TOURISM BOOM IN THE JAPANESE COUNTRYSIDE

Highlights:

• Tourism agency Chura-Boshi hopes to develop quaint Hida-Furukawa into a tourist attraction
• The agency offers guided bicycle tours all over the countryside

Gifu Prefecture’s Furukawa district of Hida is unknown even in Japan. The quaint location is wedged between Shirakawa-go and Takayama. Both these places have world-heritage sites associated with them. Shirakawa....