• Gujo Hachiman: Located in the center of Japan in Gifu Prefecture, the streets of Gujo Hachiman have retained an atmosphere unchanged since the Edo period.
• See the rows of old houses that have been selected as a group of important traditional buildings by the national government. Explore the town known for its waterway that runs past the eaves of the houses.
• Hida Takayama: a castle town from the Edo period. Enjoy local gourmet food and shopping while strolling through the old streets, including traditional Hida handicraft stores and candy stores.
• Shirakawago: Shirakawa-go and the Gokayama Gassho-Zukuri Villages are well known for the large number of gassho-zukuri houses, some 100 in all, that still remain and are used by the people who live there. The village has been inscribed in the Michelin Green Guide Japon and as a World Heritage Site. It is a place like the hometown of Japan where you can deeply feel the rural culture and lifestyle that is the original landscape of Japan.

The townscape, which retains an atmosphere unchanged since the Edo period, is an old town designated as a group of important traditional buildings by the national government, and is called "Mizu-no-sato" (the town of water) because of the waterway that runs past the eaves of the houses. The waterway is still used as water for daily life, and visitors can enjoy strolling through the scenery where the waterway and town houses are integrated.