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Where to stay in Gifu Prefecture
This guide covers 12 destinations in Gifu Prefecture, a first-level administrative division of Japan, with 43 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Gifu, Ōgaki and Kakamigahara. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Nagoya Airport / JASDF Komaki Air Base (NKM).
- Destinations in this guide
- 12
- Places to stay
- 43
- Main airport
- NKMNagoya Airport / JASDF Komaki Air Base
- Currency
- JPYyen
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
Destinations
Destinations in Gifu Prefecture
Every destination in this guide in Gifu Prefecture, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takayama | 85,199 | 27 | TOY · 56 km |
| Gifu | 400,118 | 7 | NKM · 24 km |
| Nakatsugawa | 75,500 | 5 | NKM · 61 km |
| Ōgaki | 158,386 | 2 | NKM · 31 km |
| Hashima | 66,312 | 2 | NKM · 21 km |
| Kakamigahara | 143,641 | NKM · 17 km | |
| Tajimi | 106,746 | NKM · 19 km | |
| Kani | 99,545 | NKM · 23 km | |
| Seki | 85,636 | NKM · 27 km | |
| Minokamo | 57,007 | NKM · 27 km | |
| Mizuho | 56,106 | NKM · 26 km | |
| Toki | 55,388 | NKM · 26 km |
Where to stay
Places to stay in Gifu Prefecture
2 places to stay in Gifu Prefecture from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Where |
|---|---|
| Toyoko Inn Gifu hotel | Gifu |
| Toyoko Inn Gifu-hashima-eki Shinkansen Minami-guchi hotel | Hashima |
Where to stay
More hotels in Gifu Prefecture
41 hotels in Gifu Prefecture recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Comfort Hotel Gifu | Gifu | 2002 |
| Hotel Associa Takayama Resort | Takayama | 1994 |
| Senzairou | Ōgaki | 1764 |
| Takayama Green Hotel | Takayama | 1973 |
| Hida Hotel Plaza | Takayama | |
| Honjin Hiranoya Kachoan | Takayama | |
| Honjin Hiranoya Kofuan | Takayama | |
| Miyako Hotel Gifu Nagaragawa | Gifu | 1995 |
| Sumiyoshi Ryokan | Takayama | |
| Takayama Ouan | Takayama | |
| ホテルパーク | Gifu | |
| Gifu Washington Hotel Plaza | Gifu | |
| Guest House Gifuhashima COCONE | Hashima | |
| Hida Tomoe Hotel | Takayama | |
| Hidatakayama Futarishizuka Hakuun | Takayama | |
| Hidatei Hanaougi | Takayama | |
| Hoshokaku | Takayama | |
| Hotel Kuretakeso Takayama Ekimae | Takayama | |
| Hotel Resol Gifu | Gifu | |
| Hotel Route-Inn Ena | Nakatsugawa | |
| Hotel Wood Takayama | Takayama | |
| Iori Stay | Takayama | |
| Juhachiro | Gifu | |
| Minshuku Kuwataniya | Takayama | |
| Nagataki | Nakatsugawa | |
| Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Hotel Kisoji | Nakatsugawa | |
| Oyado Yamakyu | Takayama | |
| Oyado Yoshinoya | Takayama | |
| Pop Culture House | Takayama | |
| Ryokan Kaminaka | Takayama |
When to go
Best time to visit Gifu Prefecture
From the climate of 12 destinations in Gifu Prefecture with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 12 | 8 °C | 72 mm |
| February | 0 of 12 | 9 °C | 77 mm |
| March | 0 of 12 | 13 °C | 130 mm |
| April | 0 of 12 | 19 °C | 151 mm |
| May | 0 of 12 | 24 °C | 163 mm |
| June | 0 of 12 | 27 °C | 221 mm |
| July | 0 of 12 | 30 °C | 256 mm |
| August | 0 of 12 | 32 °C | 154 mm |
| September | 0 of 12 | 28 °C | 226 mm |
| October | 0 of 12 | 22 °C | 140 mm |
| November | 0 of 12 | 17 °C | 85 mm |
| December | 0 of 12 | 11 °C | 72 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Gifu Prefecture
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Gifu Prefecture name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
NKM · Nagoya Airport / JASDF Komaki Air Base
TOY · Toyama Kitokito Airport
NGO · Chubu Centrair International Airport
KMQ · Komatsu Airport / JASDF Komatsu Air Base
MMJ · Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport
FSZ · Mount Fuji Shizuoka Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Gifu Prefecture, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
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Nearby
Regions near Gifu Prefecture
Other regions of Japan with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.