Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県 , Gifu-ken) is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of central Japan. Its capital is the city of Gifu.
Located in the center of Japan, it has long played an important part as the crossroads of Japan, connecting the east to the west through such routes as the Nakasendō. During the Sengoku period, many people referred to Gifu by saying, "control Gifu and you control Japan."
The land area that makes up modern-day Gifu became part of the Yamato Court around the middle of the fourth century. Because it is in the middle of the island of Honshū, it has been the site of many decisive battles throughout Japan's history, the oldest major one being the Jinshin War in 672, which led to the establishment of Emperor Tenmu as the 40th emperor of Japan.
The area of Gifu Prefecture consists of the old provinces of Hida and Mino, as well as smaller parts of Echizen and Shinano. The name of the prefecture derives from its capital city, Gifu, which was named by Oda Nobunaga during his campaign to unify all of Japan in 1567. The first character used comes from Qishan (岐山), a legendary mountain from which most of China was unified, whereas the second character comes from Qufu (曲阜), the birthplace of Confucius. Nobunaga chose those characters because he wanted to unify all of Japan and he wanted to be viewed as a great mind.
Historically, the prefecture served as the center of swordmaking in all of Japan, with Seki being known for making the best swords in Japan. More recently, its strengths have been in fashion (primarily in the city of Gifu) and aerospace engineering (Kakamigahara).
On October 28, 1891, the present-day city of Motosu was the epicenter for the Mino–Owari earthquake, the second largest earthquake to ever hit Japan. The earthquake, estimated at 8.0 (surface wave magnitude), left a fault scarp that can still be seen today.
Gifu (岐阜県, Gifu-ken) is a large, landlocked prefecture in the center of Honshu. Takayama, a beautiful town in the mountains, and Shirakawa-go, a collection of small villages even deeper in the mountains, are Gifu's main tourist attractions. The prefectural capital Gifu City is famous for cormorant fishing.
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Enakyo Wonderland is an amusement park located in Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture.
It was originally a field athletic field, and later developed as an amusement park, and opened in 1970 as Ena Gorge Land. With the main feature of Enakyo being served by a ropeway (Enakyo Ropeway), 25 types of amusement facilities such as a large ferris wheel were prepared, and at the peak in 1991, the number of visitors per year was 500,000. However, the business turned to a downward trend under the influence of the economic downturn and declining birthrate, and the number of visitors near the closing of the park dropped to less than one third of the peak, giving up management. It was closed on November 30, 2000.
One and a half years later, it was reopened as "Enakyo Wonderland" by Okamoto Manufacturing Co., Ltd., which deals with the play equipment regeneration business in April 2002. There are more than 37 types of play facilities.
Seasonal business only from mid-March to the last Sunday of November.
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