Ogaki

Ogaki is a small/mid-sized city located 10 minutes by train from Gifu City, the capital of Gifu Prefecture. The population of Ogaki in 2012 was 164,000.

Tourist information site
水都旅 すいとりっぷ is a Japanese-only tourist guide site for the city and surrounding areas.

Get in
Most travelers will arrive via the Tokaido Main Line. The line runs from Maibara to the west through Ogaki and onward to Gifu, Nagoya, and Toyohashi. Although Gifu-Hashima Station is within Gifu Prefecture, those traveling by Shinkansen can get here faster by transferring at Maibara (from the west) or Nagoya (from the east).

The Yoro Line runs from the northern city of Ibigawa (Ibi Station) to Kuwana down in Mie Prefecture. The Tarumi Line connects Ogaki with Motosu, although if you're in Motosu, you probably already went through Ogaki to get there.

The Sunomata area can be reached by bus from Gifu Station.

Get around
Ogaki is a city divided into three disconnected areas thanks to city mergers. Most travelers will be coming to Ogaki Station. This area is the city center and original Ogaki. The castle and Matsuo Basho museum can be reached on foot. Akasaka Station is within walking distance of Akasaka-juku, the 56th station of the Nakasendo.

The merged districts are Sunomata and Kamiishizu. Neither of these areas has a train station, so you'll have to take a bus to reach them. Ogaki City Community Bus has lines to the Kamiishizu area. Meishin Kintetsu Bus connects Ogaki with the Sunomata area (buses bound for Shotoku Gakuen Daigaku).

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Go next

 * Gifu Gifu City is 10 minutes away by train (¥230), and has about 400,000 people, making it the go-to "city" in Gifu prefecture.
 * Sekigahara
 * Yoro
 * Ibigawa
 * Mino
 * Gero
 * Inuyama
 * Hikone
 * Nagoya Nagoya is definitely a good city-getaway if you feel suffocated by the ample countryside of Ogaki.