is a city

Cities of Japan

||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...

 located in the Gifu Prefecture

Gifu Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the Chūbu region of central Japan. Its capital is the city of Gifu.Located in the center of Japan, it has long played an important part as the crossroads of Japan, connecting the east to the west through such routes as the Nakasendō...

 of central Japan

Japan

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.

Founded on 1 April 1954, Mino covers a total area of 117.05 km². As of July 2011 the city had an estimated population

Population

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 of 22,447 inhabitants.

The city is renowned for traditional Japanese Mino washi paper and its streets, which are in the style of the early Edo period (1603-1868).

Bicycle rental scheme

A scheme designed to attract and encourage tourists, begun in 2004, offers bicycle

Bicycle

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s and electric bicycle

Electric bicycle

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s for low-price rental. The city has also established a number of cycling paths.

Railroad

• Nagaragawa Railway
  • Etsumi-Nan Line
    Nagaragawa Railway Etsumi-Nan Line
    The is Japanese railway line in Gifu Prefecture, between Mino-Ōta, Minokamo and Hokunō, Gujō. This is the only railway line operates. The line was originally operated by Japanese National Railways. JNR planned to connect Etsumi-Nan Line and Etsumi-Hoku Line , but the plan was never realized...
    
     - Matsumori, Minoshi, Umeyama, Yunohora-Onsen-guchi, Suhara

External links

• Mino official website