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    Hida or Hida Furukawa (飛騨市, Hida-shi, Hida Furukawa 飛騨古川) is a city located in Gifu, Japan. As of 1 December 2017[update], the city had an estimated population...
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    The Hida Mountains (飛騨山脈, Hida Sanmyaku), or Northern Alps (北アルプス, Kita Arupusu), is a Japanese mountain range which stretches through Nagano, Toyama and...
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    Hida Province (飛騨国, Hida-no-kuni) was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern portion of Gifu Prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan...
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    Gifu, Chūnō, Tōnō and Hida. The borders of the regions are loosely defined, but they are usually delineated among major cities. The northern Hida region...
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  • Hida may refer to: Hida Province, a former province in Japan Hida, Gifu, a city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan Hida (region), the northern region of Gifu Prefecture...
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    geographic area of any municipality in Japan. Fukui Prefecture Ōno Gifu Prefecture Gero Gujō Hida Shirakawa Ishikawa Prefecture Hakusan Nagano Prefecture Kiso...
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    its river valley. Since the opening of Hida Tunnel, Shirakawa can be reached within 50 minutes from Takayama, Gifu compared to the earlier three hour drive...
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    Ōno (大野郡, Ōno-gun) is a district located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The district is in a mountainous region near the geographic centre of Japan. Prior...
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  • The Hida dialect (飛騨弁, Hida-ben) is a Japanese dialect spoken in the Hida region of Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Along with the Mino dialect in the south, it...
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  • river") may refer to: Furukawa (surname) Furukawa, Gifu, a former town merged into the city of Hida, Gifu Furukawa, Miyagi, city located in Miyagi, Japan...
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    Hida Folk Village, Hida no Sato (飛騨民俗村, 飛騨の里, Hida Minzoku Mura, Hida no Sato) is an open-air museum of close to 30 old farmhouses illustrating the traditional...
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    Super-Kamiokande (category Hida, Gifu)
    is a neutrino observatory located under Mount Ikeno near the city of Hida, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research...
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  • Kamioka Observatory (category Hida, Gifu)
    Kamioka Mining and Smelting Co. near the Kamioka section of the city of Hida in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. A set of groundbreaking neutrino experiments have...
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  • Yoshiki District (吉城郡, Yoshiki-gun) was a district located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The district was dissolved on February 1, 2005, when the town and...
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    Hida Tunnel (飛騨トンネル) is a tunnel on the Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway (E41) in Japan that runs (through the Mominukasan mountain, 籾糠山) from Hida city to Shirakawa...
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    Hida (飛騨) is the northern portion of Gifu Prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan. The Hida region received its name because the area was formerly part...
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    Hida-Furukawa Station (飛騨古川駅, Hida-Furukawa-eki) is a railway station on the Takayama Main Line in the city of Hida, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated...
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    Hida Kokubun-ji (飛騨国分寺) is a Shingon-sect Buddhist temple in the Sowamachi neighborhood of the city of Takayama, Gifu, Japan. It is one of the few surviving...
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    operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture also operates two special education schools. JR Tōkai - Takayama Main Line Hida-Kanayama...
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    Masakazu Yoshizawa (category Musicians from Gifu Prefecture)
    Memoirs of a Geisha. Masakazu Yoshizawa was born on September 10, 1950, in Hida, Gifu, Japan. His mother was the only obstetrician in their village and his...
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    Hida services stop at. Nagoya – (Owari-Ichinomiya) – Gifu – (Unuma) – Mino-Ota – (Shirakawaguchi) – (Hida-Kanayama) – Gero – (Hida-Hagiwara) – (Hida-Osaka)...
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    Takayama Main Line (category Rail transport in Gifu Prefecture)
    as a way to access the scenic areas of Hida (ancient Hida Province), in the rugged mountains of northern Gifu Prefecture, such as Gero onsen (hot spring)...
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    located in the Nōbi Plain of southern Gifu Prefecture, approximately 50 kilometers north of Nagoya metropolis. The Hida River flow through the town. The town...
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    reaching a height of 3,190 m (10,466 ft). Mount Hotaka is situated in Japan's Hida Mountains and all its major peaks except Mount Maehotaka, lie on the border...
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    Motosu District (本巣郡, Motosu-gun) is a district located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. As of July 2011 the district has an estimated population of 18,389....
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    has harōta, though not miyo, and about half of it has hirōnaru as well. In Gifu, all Western features are found apart from pitch accent and harōta; Aichi...
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    Kawabe is located on the edge of the Nōbi Plain in southern Gifu Prefecture. The Hida River flows through the town, which 70% forest and hills. The...
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    Hida Gokoku Shrine (飛騨護國神社, Hida Gokoku Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is designated to the people...
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    Hida Highlands (飛騨高地, Hida-kōchi) is a mountain range of Toyama Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture in Japan. Mount Shiraki(1,586m)- Have wetland. Mount Kongōdō(1...
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    Gifu 4th district (岐阜県第4区, Gifu-ken dai-yonku or simply 岐阜4区, Gifu-yonku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national...
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