Nawa Insect Museum
The is a museum in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Nawa Insect Research Center. History Yasushi Nawa, the man who discovered the Gifu Butterfly and is known as "The Insect Man," opened the Nawa Insect Research Center in April 1896. The center was moved to its present location in Gifu Park in 1904, and became the Nawa Insect Museum in 1919, the first insect museum in Japan."Museums in Gifu Prefecture," ''Gifu Prefecture: Japan's Beautiful Heartland", pg 81. Gifu International Center, 1994. It currently houses over 300,000 specimens of 18,000 different insect species. The building that houses the museum was designed by Goichi Takeda in a modern western style that was quite rare at the time.''Gifu City Walking Map''. Gifu Lively City Public Corporation, 2007. The building is now a Tangible Cultural Property of the prefecture. Facilities Information *Hours of Operation: 10:00am to 5:00pm (9:00am to 6:00pm during summer months) *Holidays: Dec. 27 to J ...
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Gifu, 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 NakasendōNakasendo to Shukuba-machi
Gifu City Hall. Accessed September 9, 2007. and, later, as one of Japan's fashion centers. It has been designated a by the national government.

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