🏯 Gifu Castle, the starting point of Oda Nobunaga's "Tenka Fubu"

Gifu Castle is located about 10 minutes by car from Gifu Station. It is located on the top of Kinka Mountain, which is over 300 meters above sea level. It is one of the top 100 castles in Japan. 📍 Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture 18 🚎 At JR [Gifu Station], transfer to the "N80" Gifu bus or the city loop left-turn bus towards Takatomi, get off at [Gifu Park and History Museum], and then transfer to the Kinkasan Ropeway at Gifu Castle 🎫 "Gifu Castle Museum" Adults 200 yen / Children (4 to 15 years old) 100 yen 🚡 Kinkasan Ropeway Adult round trip 1,080 yen, one way 620 yen / Child (4 to 11 years old) round trip 540 yen, one way 280 yen "Gifu Castle" was called "Inabayama Castle" before it was conquered by the famous general Oda Nobunaga. It was also his final battle to conquer Mino Province after six years of war with the Saito army. After Oda Nobunaga conquered "Inabayama Castle", all the powerful families and retainers in Mino surrendered to the Oda family, allowing Nobunaga to completely occupy Mino Province and renamed the castle "Gifu Castle". About nine years after the Battle of Inabayama Castle, Oda Nobunaga used this castle as a base and the ruling center of the Oda regime, and began to use the seal of "Tenka Fubu". If you want to climb Mt. Kinka and visit Gifu Castle, you can choose to hike for an hour or pay to use the Kinkasan Ropeway. The ropeway only takes about 4 minutes. The scenery you see from the two locations is completely different. If you have time, it is recommended that you take the cable car up the mountain and then slowly walk down the mountain. Kinkayama is 329 meters above sea level, so the view from the Castle Observatory on the top of the mountain is extremely open and unique. For example, you can see the Alps to the north, and the vast Nobi Plain, the streets of Gifu and the Nagara River flowing through it to the south. After seeing the beautiful scenery outside Gifu Castle, I felt that this trip was extremely worthwhile. In addition to the charming scenery overlooking the castle tower, looking up from the foot of the mountain at Gifu Castle, which was Nobunaga's base for unifying the world, and the natural flowers and plants of Kinka Mountain, one will also be moved by Nobunaga's lofty ambitions and feel sorry that he was unable to achieve his wish in the end. When you come to Gifu, it is worth taking the time to visit this famous city that was once occupied by the world's overlord! #See the Earth in an Instant #Overseas Travel #Japan #Countryside Series #Gifu Prefecture #Gifu Castle #Oda Nobunaga #Tenka Fubu #Warring States #Historical Buildings #japan #gifu