Introducing Gifu
Historically, Gifu has a strong association with Oda Nobunaga, daimyō (regional lords under the shōgun) of the castle and bestower of the city’s name in 1567. It was later visited by famed haiku poet Matsuō Bashō, who witnessed ukai here in 1688; Charlie Chaplin did the same in his day.
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Contemporary Gifu shows little evidence of those historic times. In 1891 Gifu was hit by a colossal earthquake, followed by a thorough drubbing in WWII, so the city centre is not much to look at. Still, it remains a popular destination for ukai on the Nagara-gawa and handicrafts, as well as a reasonably colourful district of sidestreets near the station and a post-war reconstruction of the castle Gifu-jō atop the nearby mountain, Kinka-zan.
Last updated: Sep 17, 2008
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RE: Cormorant Fishing Nagara River, Gifu
by bamse 02 June 2011
Thanks a lot, also for sharing your settings. Seems that I will have to get a new camera first since ISO 2000 on a Nikon D200 is not a…
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RE: Cormorant Fishing Nagara River, Gifu
by les112 02 June 2011
The fire is bright enough to take photos, but you really need to use flash to expose the fishermen and the boat outline otherwise the…
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Re: Cormorant Fishing Nagara River, Gifu
by bamse 02 June 2011
Thanks. I've been to the cormorant fishing at the Li River (near Yangshuo in my case) and liked it even though in the dark we could not…
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