Gifu (jpn)

Gifu

Gifu ranks 1,181st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Silver Spring, Maryland, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and Lørenskog. Memorable people born in Gifu include Takenoshin Nakai, Naoko Takahashi, and Yoshi Tatsu. Gifu has been the birth place of many soccer players and biologists. Gifu is located in Japan.

Gifu is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku period, various warlords, including Oda Nobunaga, used the area as a base in an attempt to unify and control Japan. Gifu continued to flourish even after Japan's unification as both an important shukuba along the Edo period Nakasendō and, later, as one of Japan's fashion centers. It has been designated a core city by the national government. Read more on Wikipedia