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Manabi no Mori Promenade

Manabi no Mori Promenade

学びの森プロムナード

Gifu · Chubu

Manabi no Mori is a park in Kakamigahara laid out on the site of the old Gifu University campus, two minutes on foot from Kakamigahara-shiyakusho-mae station. Its promenade runs about 300 metres between facing rows of ginkgo and metasequoia — seventy ginkgo in all. The avenue is lit with some 200,000 bulbs through December.

Why it's hidden

A university campus turned public park in a commuter city between Gifu and Nagoya, free and open at any hour, with 153 parking spaces and no coach traffic.

Crowd level
Hidden gem
Opening hours
Daily Open 24 hours

Usual hours — confirm with the official site for holidays + seasonal closures.

Admission
Free with no closed days. The car park is free for the first three hours, then ¥100 per hour to a ¥600 daily maximum.
Nearest station
Kakamigahara-shiyakusho-mae Station (Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line), 2 min walk
Website
city.kakamigahara.lg.jp/shisei/shisetsu/1005631/1005649.html

Today

Open 24 hours

Admission

  • Free with no closed days. The car park is free for the first three hours, then ¥100 per hour to a ¥600 daily maximum.

Stored weekly hours

Daily Open 24 hours

Tags

parkginkgo avenueilluminationfree

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