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Mino Udatsu Townscape

Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0

Mino Udatsu Townscape

美濃うだつの上がる町並み

Gifu · Chubu

A nationally designated Preservation District of Edo-period merchant streets in Mino City, lined with white-walled houses topped by ornate udatsu fire-block walls built with wealth from the local washi-paper trade.

Why we picked it

A living, still-inhabited historic streetscape that draws far fewer visitors than comparable districts in Kyoto or Takayama.

Crowd level
Moderate
Rating
4.0· 2,075 reviews
Opening hours
Daily Open 24 hours

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

Admission
Free to walk the streets; individual shops/museums charge separately
Nearest station
Mino-shi Station
Website
minokanko.com/seeing/category/history-culture/p5973

Today

Open 24 hoursFree

Stored weekly hours

Daily Open 24 hours

How to get there

10-15 minute walk from Mino-shi Station (Nagaragawa Railway), or 5 minutes by car from Mino IC via Route 156.

Tags

historyarchitecturewalking

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