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Motosu

Motosu is a city located in Gifu, Japan.

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The place

Motosu is a city located in Gifu, Japan. As of 1 November 2018, the city had an estimated population of 34,453 in 12, 464 households, and a population density of 390 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 374.65 square kilometres (144.65 sq mi).

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Motosu

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium

    Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium at the Gifu Memorial Center in Gifu, Japan. It is currently used mostly for football matches.

    9.2 km · stadium · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Gifu Mosque

    The Gifu Mosque or Bab al-Islam Gifu Mosque is a mosque in Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is the first mosque in the prefecture.

    6.3 km · mosque in Gifu City, GIfu Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Sōfuku-ji Temple

    Sōfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The temple has strong ties to both Saitō Dōsan and Oda Nobunaga.

    9.1 km · Buddhist temple located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Sagiyama Castle

    Sagiyama Castle was a castle built in Mino Province in middle Japan during the late-Heian period; it was destroyed during the Sengoku period in the mid-16th century. The castle's ruins are located in the present-day city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture.

    7.5 km · Japanese castle · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Honjō Shrine

    Honjō Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Alternative kanji for the shrine are 本庄神社.

    9.6 km · Shinto shrine in Gifu Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Gifu City Science Museum

    The Gifu City Science Museum is a city-supported museum in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It was built in 1955 and was moved to its present location and renamed the Gifu City Children's Science Center in 1980.

    10 km · museum in Gifu, Gifu, Japan · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Dairyū-ji Temple

    Dairyū-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai school located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the Mino Thirty-three Kannon.

    10 km · Buddhist temple in Gifu Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Hokke-ji Temple

    Hokke-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon school located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Though its formal name is Hokke-ji, it is more well known by its unofficial name, Mitahora Kōbō.

    9.9 km · Buddhist temple in Gifu Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Nagara Tenjin Shrine

    Nagara Tenjin Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the Nagara area of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is a Tenman-gū dedicated to the worship of Sugawara no Michizane.

    9.6 km · Shinto shrine in Gifu Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Kurono Castle

    Though the castle spanned the Sengoku and Edo periods, it barely did so as the castle was demolished in 1610. The castle supported the Saitō, Oda and Toyotomi clans.

    4.8 km · building in Gifu, Japan · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Motosu

Airports
Chubu Centrair (NGO), 70 km · Komatsu / JASDF Komatsu Air Base (KMQ), 104 km · Osaka Itami (ITM), 137 km
Stations
Nishi-Gifu Station, 9.6 km · Hozumi Station, 9.8 km · Ibi Station, 9.7 km · Hiro-Gōdo Station, 9.9 km · Jūkujō Station, 9.8 km
  • Tokoname → Motosu
    67 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · ¥910–1,250
  • Osaka → Motosu
    138 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · ¥1,820–2,480
  • Kanazawa → Motosu
    124 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · ¥1,960–2,670
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Motosu

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Motosu. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    942 km
  2. 02
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,363 km
  3. 03
    SakhalinRU

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    1,382 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,732 km
  5. 05
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    1,897 km

If you know how people move in Motosu – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Motosu

Motosu is 10 km from Gifu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Gifucity in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan9.7 km
  • Yamagatacity in Gifu Prefecture, Japan9.6 km
  • Gōdo-chōtown in Anpachi District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan9.7 km
  • Ibigawatown in Ibi district, Gifu Prefecture, Japan10 km
  • Ōno-chōtown in Ibi District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan4.8 km
  • Kitagatatown in Motosu district, Gifu prefecture, Japan5.3 km