Key points

1.Encounter impressive experiences for the first time.

2.Heighten your tour with this profound experience.

3.Take your time to review before making a reservation.

Participation fees

¥5,000/person

(free for children under elementary school age and accompanied by a parent)

Duration

90 min.

Feel the spirit of the Warring States Period at the place where Nobunaga lived, visit the 14-meter-high Buddha statue built in the late Edo Period, and learn the story of Dosan Saito’s struggle to usurp the country in Mino Province during the Warring States Period.

On this tour, you’ll also learn about Nobunaga Oda’s “Tenka-Fubu” seal, along with the tales of Mitsuhide Akechi, who lived during the same period.

Gifu City is a place that is associated with many dramas from the Warring States Period.

While you’re in Gifu City, we highly encourage you to take an enjoyable tour of the Jokamachi (city around the castle), led by an eloquent tour guide with expert knowledge of the area and its history. 

Travel back in time to the fascinating Warring States Period. Our tour guides are happy to show you the dramatic aspects of the castle area.

Guided tour of the Warring States Period Jokamachi (castle town area), the Great Buddha of Gifu and the ruins of Nobunaga's residence.

Dosan, who restored Inabayama Castle (currently Gifu Castle) around 1535, built a sogamae (a surrounding defense line with a moat and entrenchments) outside the castle town. During this time, he also carried out full-scale development of the town by building streets and attracting visitors.

The castle town called Inokuchi is the origin of present-day Gifu.

Oda Nobunaga brought major development to the town of Gifu after Dosan.

On this tour, visitors will walk through the castle town and experience the remnants of the old moat and roads, and see one of the largest Buddha statues in Japan, the Great Buddha of Shoboji Temple.

Spots visited on the tour

• Shoboji Temple (containing the Gifu Daibutsu, Japan's largest dry-lacquered Buddha)　
• Gifu Castle Town (built by Dosan and further developed by Nobunaga)

Tour route

Meet at Gifu Park Information Center → ruins of Nobunaga's residence → Gifu Daibutsu (Great Buddha) → Gifu Castle town (Jokamachi) → old streets of Kawaramachi → cormorant fishing boat waiting area (end of tour)