Produced by MakotoÅöAoki

Hello! My name is Makoto Aoki. I live in Gifu city, Gifu Prefecture. Now let me introduce my hometown.

ÅöGifu city

Gifu city is a center of commerce and government in Gifu Prefecture.The city has a population of 400,000.There is a lot of nature in the city:a beautiful river, clean water, mountains abundant in trees, and so on.And there are a lot of tourist attractions. For example,Gifu Castle,Mount Kinka and the Nagara river that is famous for fishing with cormorants,"ukai".

ÅöBig names

Gifu city has turned out many big names;Naoko Takahashi, the gold medalist in the women's marathon at the Sydney Olympics. Masaaki Mori, manager of Yokohama Bay Stars which is a baseball team based in Yokohama. Kansai Yamamoto, a fashion designer. Masahiro Shinoda, a director. Katsuhiko Hibino, an artist and Mr.Marick, a magician.

ÅöSpecialties

There are many well-known products in Gifu city.For example,apparel products,ayu,momiji crab,satsukimasu(these fish and shellfish are living in the Nagara river),Japanese lanterns, Japanese umbrellas, and beer made from the clean water of the Nagara river.

This picture shows the scene of Gifu city.The river that is running across the center of the picture is the Nagara river.