One of the world's largest freshwater fish aquariums, with national/international pride.
The theme is ‘from the headstream to the estuary of the Kiso and Nagara Rivers and freshwater fish from around the world’.Mountain castle associated with Lord Saito Dosan and Lord Oda Nobunaga.
Gifu Castle is an existing castle with the high altitude (329 meters). From the top floor, you can see the clear stream of Nagara River, famous for cormorant fishing, flowing through the city, and the magnificent mountains, Mt. Ena and Mt. Kiso Ontake in the east, Mt. Norikura and Japanese Alps in the north. Additionally, you can see mountains in the west, Mt. Ibuki, Mt. Yoro and Mt. Suzuka, the abundant sweeping plains in the south, Nobi Plains, and the stream of Kiso River leisurely flowing into Ise Bay.The famous castle was a stage for battles in Sengoku Period.
The National Treasure Inuyama Castle was built by Oda Nobuyasu, the uncle of Oda Nobunaga, in 1537 during the Muromachi Period.Preserve and transmit the genuineness.
Meijimura is an open-air museum founded to preserve these cultural assets being demolished with the current of the times. The architecture has been relocated to preserve fruits of spirit and effort from the devotion of modern Japanese people. What do you feel by reading the history and spirit one by one from the numerous architecture and documents in Meijimura? Each visitor has each answer. We are looking forward to welcoming more visitors to transmit the culture to the next generation.