Gifu Day 1
After Fukui we drove east and headed into the mountains of Gifu! Gifu is the prefecture right next to where we live so we've been there a lot, and it's one of my favorite prefectures. Most of it is mountainous so the roads are windy and scenic. They lead you past numerous lakes and dams settled midway between small villages.
Our first stop was my beloved Gujo Hachiman! The water city. Because it's still April no one's swimming yet, but this time we finally did their famous fake food sample workshop. The woman who ran it was so nice!
We finished up in Gero, an onsen town. Gerogero is the sound frogs make (so I guess you could say Gero city translates to Ribbit city??) so all the mascots were frogs. It was super cute. :D There were a ton of ryokan with onsen you could stay at, and some of them were quite affordable! (A nice ryokan can often be hundreds of dollars). Okanotv recorded most of Gero and our ryokan so if you wNt to see a video on it check out his channel!
There are tons of crafts you can try making throughout this prefecture, and even more shokunin. One of the most famous cities here is Seki, which I don't think we'll be going to this trip, where the world-famous Seki knives are made (marketed as Shun under the company Kai abroad). Aside from cutlery, Gifu also has a ton of Japanese sword makers as well. :D Jun and I will be going back on our own later to make videos of all of these things, so no worries! Odigo Japan #odigo47
