Hachiman-cho in Gujo city, Gifu prefecture is commonly called 'Gujo Hachiman' and famous for Gujo Odori dance festival.
Gujo Odori is one of the three major bon dance festivals in Japan, and designated as a Japan's Significant Intangible Cultural Folk Asset.
Shokunin machi - one of the streets designated as Japan's Important Preservation District for Groups of Historic Buildings.
Yoshida River Gujo Hachiman Castle can be seen on a hill.
Gujo Hachiman Castle with a wooden four-story tenshukaku (keep or tower)
The Yoshida-gawa river is a tributary of Nagara-gawa river well-known for a cormorant fishing.
It's selected as one of the best 50 natural water sources in Gifu prefecture.
Yanaka-mizu-no-Komichi, a path with canals and fountains.
Landscape of the path with cobblestone and the canal with clean water flowing.
Igawa-komichi or Igawa-path
The canal behind private houses is still nowadays used for their daily life.
Carps and other fishes in the canal have helped to purify the water.
The gate with hanging lanterns at the entrance to Sogi Sui.
Sogi Sui is a water spring which was the first to be selected as one of Japan's best 100 natural water sources.
Going down the stone-paved steps, there is the Sogi Sui water spring just before the red bridge.
Sogi Sui water shrine Sogi Sui is the best water to spring out perennially for more than 500 years.
The houses on the riverside are built protruding to the river.
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