Gifu Park

Inside the park, there are many attractions, including Gifu Castle, Mount Kinka, the Mt.

Though Mount Kinka was strategically important for military purposes, living in the castle atop the mountain would have made daily life very difficult.

As such, many important rulers built their main residences at the base of the mountain in modern-day Gifu Park.

Much was known about the residence because the Portuguese Jesuit Missionary Luis Frois wrote about it extensively in his journals during his time visiting with Nobunaga, even going so far as to say that Gifu was "as bustling as Babylon.

Get off the bus at "Gifu Koen, Rekishi Hakubutsukan-mae," approximately 15 minutes from the train stations.