Map of Gifu-shi, Japan

Gifu-shi is the administrative centre of Gifu, Japan, with a population of about 402,557. It lies at 35.4229°N, 136.7604°E. Gifu-shi is about 267 km (166 mi) west of Tokyo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Mizuho, 9 km to the west.

Gifu-shi at a glance

Where is Gifu-shi?

• The 45th largest city in Japan by recorded population.
• The largest city in Gifu on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 46 min on the shortest day to 14 h 33 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Gifu-shi

• Mizuho — 9 km west
• Kakamigahara — 10 km east
• Hashima — 13 km southwest
• Ichinomiya — 14 km south
• Kōnan — 14 km southeast
• Ōgaki — 15 km southwest
• Sekimachi — 16 km northeast
• Inuyama — 17 km east
• Iwakura — 18 km southeast
• Inazawa — 19 km south

Largest cities in Gifu

• Ōgaki — 161,539
• Kakamigahara — 144,521
• Tajimi — 107,818
• Kani — 102,143
• Takayama — 88,473
• Sekimachi — 85,283
• Nakatsugawa — 78,930
• Hashima — 67,909
• Toki — 58,567
• Minokamo — 56,972

Largest cities in Japan

• Tokyo — 9,733,276
• Yokohama — 3,777,491
• Osaka — 2,753,862
• Nagoya — 2,332,176
• Sapporo — 1,973,832
• Fukuoka — 1,612,392
• Kawasaki — 1,538,262
• Kobe — 1,525,152
• Kyoto — 1,463,723
• Saitama — 1,324,854

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.