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Drone to repel bears

A drone emitting sounds of fireworks and hunting dogs is flown in Hida in Gifu Prefecture on Nov. 14, 2025, to repel bears amid a recent surge in attacks on humans.

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Drone to repel bears

A drone emitting sounds of fireworks and hunting dogs is flown in Hida in Gifu Prefecture on Nov. 14, 2025, to repel bears amid a recent surge in attacks on humans.

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Hyper-Kamiokande neutrino observatory

The University of Tokyo's Institute for Cosmic Ray Research unveils to the media on June 28, 2025, a huge cavity excavated in the mountains of Hida in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, for the installation of the Hyper-Kamiokande neutrino observatory.

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Hyper-Kamiokande neutrino observatory

The University of Tokyo's Institute for Cosmic Ray Research unveils to the media on June 28, 2025, a huge cavity excavated in the mountains of Hida in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, for the installation of the Hyper-Kamiokande neutrino observatory.

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UNDERGROUND SPACE OBSERVATORY

UNDERGROUND SPACE OBSERVATORY,Concerts, pianos, Super-Kamiokande, neutrinos, elementary particles, research facilities 1000 meters below Kamioka=Date:1994, Place:Kamioka Mine, Hida City, Gifu Prefecture,JAPAN

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Scenic spot in Toyama, central Japan

Photo taken on April 3, 2023, in the Toyama prefectural town of Asahi in central Japan, shows a landscape dubbed "Spring trio," in which cherry blossoms and tulips can be seen together in front of the snow-covered Hida Mountains, or Northern Alps, stretching through Nagano, Toyama and Gifu prefectures.

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Scenic spot in Toyama, central Japan

Photo taken on April 3, 2023, in the Toyama prefectural town of Asahi in central Japan, shows a landscape dubbed "Spring trio," in which cherry blossoms and tulips can be seen together in front of the snow-covered Hida Mountains, or Northern Alps, stretching through Nagano, Toyama and Gifu prefectures.

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'Hida beef' exported from Nagoya airport for 1st time

NAGOYA, Japan - A cargo of the famous Hida beef from Gifu Prefecture is ready for loading onto an airplane bound for Bangkok, Thailand, at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 22, 2014. It was the first time the prized beef brand had been exported from the airport, which is much closer to Hida Takayama where beef cattle are raised than Fukuoka airport in southwestern Japan used previously.

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Residents invited to tunnel for housing huge telescope

GIFU, Japan - Invited residents in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, walk about 1.5 kilometers along a 6-kilometer L-shaped tunnel intended to house the large-scale cryogenic gravitational wave telescope "KAGRA" some 200 meters below the surface of the Kamioka mining area near the Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory on Oct. 26, 2014.

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Citizens see tunnel for housing huge telescope

GIFU, Japan - Invited residents in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, observe a tunnel below the Kamioka mining area intended to house the large-scale cryogenic gravitational wave telescope "KAGRA" on Oct. 26, 2014.

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Japan's 'Hida beef' popular at H.K. food fair

HONG KONG, China - Many people stand in a queue in front of a corner serving high-quality "Hida beef" from a black-haired Japanese cattle breed raised in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, during a food exposition in Hong Kong on Aug. 14, 2014.

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University of Tokyo professor at press conference

GIFU, Japan - Takaaki Kajita, director of the University of Tokyo's Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, speaks at a press conference in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on July 4, 2014. Tunnels to be used for the "Kagura" gravitational wave telescope system were unveiled to the press the same day.

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Tunnel for gravitational wave telescope unveiled

GIFU, Japan - Part of a 3-kilometer tunnel built underground at the Kamioka mine in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, for the large-scale cryogenic gravitational wave telescope system is shown to the press on July 4, 2014.

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Tunnel for gravitational wave telescope unveiled

GIFU, Japan - Part of a tunnel built underground at the Kamioka mine in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, for the large-scale cryogenic gravitational wave telescope system is shown to the press on July 4, 2014.

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Coach Stojkovic

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Grampus coach Dragan Stojkovic meets reporters at the soccer team's training camp in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, on June 21, 2013.

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Probable N. Korea defectors in Japan

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a helicopter taking off from the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Hida, in the Sea of Japan off Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2011. The helicopter was carrying nine probable defectors from North Korea-- six adults and three children -- found earlier in the day on a wooden boat. A man among them told the coast guard that they are relatives and they left a North Korean port on Sept. 8 in the hope of going to South Korea.

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Exploring dark matter

TOKYO, Japan - The University of Tokyo Institute for Cosmic Rays Research shows to reporters the XMASS detector which searches dark matter in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, on Oct. 8, 2010.

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

TAKAYAMA, Japan - A total of 10 colorfully decorated floats are gathered around the Hida Takayama Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on Oct. 9 for the annual two-day autumn festival. Some 20,000 people are expected to visit the city to watch the festival.

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Wholesaler suspected of falsifying low-level beef as high quality

GIFU, Japan - Akiichi Yoshida, president of wholesaler Maruaki, bows in apology during a news conference in Yoro, Gifu Prefecture, on June 23 after state and local authorities raided the head office of Maruaki for allegedly falsely labeling and selling low-level beef as high-quality Hida-brand beef from the Hida region of the prefecture.

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Noodle-made three-story pagoda is on display

TAKAYAMA, Japan - A noodle-made three-story pagoda is on display at a hotel in Takayama in the Japanese central prefecture of Gifu. The pagoda, modeled on the three-story pagoda of Hida Kokubunji Temple in Takayama, will be displayed until Nov. 5.

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Osim confirms deal is in works with JFA

HIDA, Japan - JEF United Chiba manager Ivica Osim speaks with reporters at the club's training camp in Hida, central Japan, on July 2. He confirmed he is headed toward a deal with the Japan Football Association for the job of national coach and said he hopes to build a team with a style suited to Japanese players.

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Iraqi boy's 2nd eye operation ends successfully

MITAKA, Japan - Tetsuo Hida, professor of Kyorin University who conducted an eye operation on Mohamad Haytham Saleh, a 10-year-old Iraqi boy, shakes hands with the boy's uncle after the operation ended in a success on Dec. 14. The boy had his left eye badly injured during a military clash in Iraq. ''Although I am not sure to what extent he will regain his eyesight, he is now able to wear a contact lens,'' Hida said.

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Emperor, empress visit Super-Kamiokande

HIDA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko looks at a device during their visit to Super-Kamiokande, a large detector for cosmic particles located in Kamioka, Gifu Prefecture, on July 13. (Pool photo)

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Head surgeon fields questions on Iraqi boy's surgery

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Dr. Tetsuo Hida answers questions regarding the surgery of 10-year-old Mohamad Haytham Saleh. Two Japanese journalists covering the Iraq war arranged for the boy's procedure before being killed in an ambush.

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World's largest tunnel boring machine begins operations

GIFU, Japan - Photo shows the tunnel boring machine (TBM), the world's largest according to the Japan Highway Public Corp., to be used in boring operations for the Hida Tunnel on the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway in Gifu Prefecture.

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Iraqi boy's 2nd eye operation ends successfully

MITAKA, Japan - Tetsuo Hida, professor of Kyorin University who conducted an eye operation on Mohamad Haytham Saleh, a 10-year-old Iraqi boy, shakes hands with the boy's uncle after the operation ended in a success on Dec. 14. The boy had his left eye badly injured during a military clash in Iraq. ''Although I am not sure to what extent he will regain his eyesight, he is now able to wear a contact lens,'' Hida said. (Kyodo)

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Wholesaler suspected of falsifying low-level beef as high quality

GIFU, Japan - Akiichi Yoshida, president of wholesaler Maruaki, bows in apology during a news conference in Yoro, Gifu Prefecture, on June 23 after state and local authorities raided the head office of Maruaki for allegedly falsely labeling and selling low-level beef as high-quality Hida-brand beef from the Hida region of the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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World's largest tunnel boring machine begins operations

GIFU, Japan - Photo shows the tunnel boring machine (TBM), the world's largest according to the Japan Highway Public Corp., to be used in boring operations for the Hida Tunnel on the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway in Gifu Prefecture.

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Japan starts test run of gravity wave detector

Photo taken in November 2015 shows a part of "Kagra," a giant underground telescope, installed in Hida, Gifu Prefecture. Japan started a test run of the equipment on March 25, 2016 aiming to detect so-called "gravitational waves" and gain a better understanding of the universe by observing the ripples in space-time from colliding black holes and supernova explosions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan starts test run of gravity wave detector

The control room for the Kagra underground telescope is shown to the media in Hida, Gifu Prefecture on March 25, 2016. Japan started a test run of the equipment aiming to detect so-called "gravitational waves" and gain a better understanding of the universe by observing the ripples in space-time from colliding black holes and supernova explosions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan starts test run of gravity wave detector

The control room for the Kagra underground telescope is shown to the media in Hida, Gifu Prefecture on March 25, 2016. Japan started a test run of the equipment aiming to detect so-called "gravitational waves" and gain a better understanding of the universe by observing the ripples in space-time from colliding black holes and supernova explosions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan starts test run of gravity wave detector

Photo taken in November 2015 shows a part of "Kagra," a giant underground telescope, installed in Hida, Gifu Prefecture. Japan started a test run of the equipment on March 25, 2016 aiming to detect so-called "gravitational waves" and gain a better understanding of the universe by observing the ripples in space-time from colliding black holes and supernova explosions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

File photo taken in November 2015 shows a part of "KAGRA," a gravitational wave detector, installed in Hida in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu. KAGRA research team members celebrated in Osaka on Feb. 12, 2016 the detection by an international team of scientists of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time predicted 100 years ago by Albert Einstein in a physics theory, from colliding black holes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

File photo taken in November 2015 shows a part of "KAGRA," a gravitational wave detector, installed in Hida in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu. KAGRA research team members celebrated in Osaka on Feb. 12, 2016 the detection by an international team of scientists of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time predicted 100 years ago by Albert Einstein in a physics theory, from colliding black holes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gravitational wave detector revealed to media

Photo taken in the central Japan city of Hida shows a large-scale gravitational wave detector, KAGRA, revealed to the media on Nov. 6, 2015. Under the KAGRA project, led by the University of Tokyo professor Takaaki Kajita, winner of the Nobel Physics Prize, researchers aim to determine the structure and evolution of the cosmos by using the telescope. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gravitational wave detector revealed to media

Photo taken in the central Japan city of Hida shows a large-scale gravitational wave detector, KAGRA, revealed to the media on Nov. 6, 2015. Under the KAGRA project, led by the University of Tokyo professor Takaaki Kajita, winner of the Nobel Physics Prize, researchers aim to determine the structure and evolution of the cosmos by using the telescope. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gifu governor pitches prefecture's attractiveness in Manila

Gifu Gov. Hajime Furuta gives a sales pitch for Hida beef and other attractions of the central Japanese prefecture on July 16, 2015, in Manila. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abandoned railway tracks in spotlight as tourist attraction

Members of a family ride on a "mountain rail bike" tour on the abandoned Kamioka Railway line in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, in April 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anime "your name." ranks as 2nd-highest grossing Japanese film

People wait in line to watch the Japanese animation film "your name." at a movie theater in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2016. A month later, the time-traveling fantasy was found to have topped the 20 billion yen ($176 million) mark in domestic box office receipts, making it the second-highest grossing Japanese film released in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel laureate Kajita speaks at central Japan research facility

Takaaki Kajita, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics, speaks to Kyodo News on Nov. 5, 2015, at a facility in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, operated by the University of Tokyo's Institute for Cosmetic Ray Research. He started his postgraduate academic life at the facility some 30 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel laureate Kajita seeks to confirm Einstein's prediction

A tunnel in the central Japanese city of Hida, Gifu Prefecture, where the KAGRA cryogenic gravitational wave telescope will be housed, is shown to local citizens in October 2014. Institute for Cosmic Ray Research Director Takaaki Kajita, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2015, is expected to work on the detection of gravitational waves in space to confirm Albert Einstein's prediction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Expert explains work at facility linked to Nobel physics prize

Yoshinari Hayato, associate professor at the University of Tokyo's Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, shows one of the photomultiplier tubes at Super-Kamiokande, the world's largest underground neutrino detector facility, in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 9, 2015. The detector was instrumental in research by Japanese scientist Takaaki Kajita, who was named a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics on Oct. 6 "for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Expert explains work at facility linked to Nobel physics prize

Yoshinari Hayato, associate professor at the University of Tokyo's Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, explains work in the control room at Super-Kamiokande, the world's largest underground neutrino detector facility, in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 9, 2015. The detector was instrumental in research by Japanese scientist Takaaki Kajita, who was named a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics on Oct. 6 "for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osim confirms deal is in works with JFA

HIDA, Japan - JEF United Chiba manager Ivica Osim speaks with reporters at the club's training camp in Hida, central Japan, on July 2. He confirmed he is headed toward a deal with the Japan Football Association for the job of national coach and said he hopes to build a team with a style suited to Japanese players. (Kyodo)

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3 arrested over false labeling of Hida-brand beef

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Akiichi Yoshida, former president of meat wholesaler Maruaki in Yoro, Gifu Prefecture, who was arrested Dec. 6 along with two others for allegedly falsely labeling and selling lower-grade beef as highest-quality Hida-brand beef in violation of the unfair competition prevention law. (Kyodo)

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Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Prefecture

TAKAYAMA, Japan - A total of 10 colorfully decorated floats are gathered around the Hida Takayama Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on Oct. 9 for the annual two-day autumn festival. Some 20,000 people are expected to visit the city to watch the festival. (Kyodo)

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Noodle-made three-story pagoda is on display

TAKAYAMA, Japan - A noodle-made three-story pagoda is on display at a hotel in Takayama in the Japanese central prefecture of Gifu. The pagoda, modeled on the three-story pagoda of Hida Kokubunji Temple in Takayama, will be displayed until Nov. 5. (Kyodo)

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Snow-covered Hida mountains from Nakasendo Kikyogahara

Yukiyama of Hida seen from Kikyogahara of Siojiri on the Nakasendo. People gathering in the center seem to be building something out of lumber.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐34‐0]

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Yabuhara and Kiso River from Nakasendo Torii Pass

Looking down at the Kiso River and the Yabuhara village (presently Kiso village )from the Torii range on the Nakasendo. The Yabuhara juku of the village prospered as a resting place before the difficult path on the Nakasendo Kisoji of Torii range and the parting point leading to Hidatakayama on the Nagawado of Hida Kaido.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐23‐0]

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Antibacterial sand on sale

GIFU, Japan - A worker at a cooperative lumber association in the village of Miya, Gifu Prefecture, watches antibacterial agents being glazed onto specially processed sand. The Carbo-tec Hida association said Jan. 7 it has started selling antibacterial sand produced in this method for use in kindergarten sand pits and golf courses as a hygienic measure against dog and cat dung.