GERO, Gifu Prefecture—Complaints about naked and unruly visitors have led to a ban on bathing, except for feet, at a popular open-air riverside hot spring facility here. Gero city imposed the ...

Approximately 3 hours from Tokyo via Nagoya, Gifu is accessible by bullet train and local train. Gifu Prefecture is in the Chubu region, the center of Honshu, Japan’s largest island. It boasts a ...

GIFU--A beekeeping equipment supplier here is creating a buzz with a new business helping companies go green through raising honeybees. Akitaya Honten Co. says the bees can contribute to ...