HIDA, Gifu Prefecture--Work started here to build the latest elementary particle observatory with an eye on solving mysteries of the universe and bringing another Nobel Prize in Physics to Japan ...

We visit Furukawa, an old district of Hida City in Gifu Prefecture, which is surrounded by mountains and stunning scenery. Furukawa flourished as a castle town 400 years ago, and traces of that ...

In the Hida region of Gifu Prefecture, there is a traditional decoration for New Year called hanamochi in which red and white rice cakes are made to look like flowers. People at a workshop in the ...

02:27 The city of Takayama is located in Gifu's Hida region, surrounded by many peaks topping 3,000m.