Day Trip for Shirakawago ,Takayama & gujo hachiman from Nagoya
Description
・Visit World Heritage Site Shiragawa-go in Gifu Prefecture with the largest scale of thatched roof houses, which is called “Gassho-zukuri”. The houses are capped with snow during cold time in winter and the scenery is just like a fairy-tale! ・Appreciate the historic streets of Hida Takayama. There are many delicious country-style restaurants in Takayama, so please enjoy eating out on your own. ・Gujo Hachiman is also called the "water town". It is full of atmosphere, with pebble roads, waterways, rows of willow trees, and large mansions. ・There will be shopping stop for local souvenirs such as pickles or soy bean ice-cream！ ・Depart from and return to Nagoya Station, which is easily accessible for public transportation.
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Gujo Hachiman is also called the "water town". It is full of atmosphere, with pebble roads, waterways, rows of willow trees, and large mansions.
There are many delicious country-style restaurants in Takayama, so please enjoy eating out on your own.
Shiragawa in Gifu Prefecture has the largest scale of thatched roof houses as World Heritage Site. In Japanese, this kind of house is called “Gassho-zukuri” meaning two hands holding together which resembles the shape of roof fixed merely by rope without a nail. Up to end of Meiji Period, villagers utilized it as workshop to practice silkworm raising, paper and gunpowder making- a single house could hold maximum 30 people to live in. You will have sufficient time of 2 hours strolling and exploring this fairy-tale like area.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Depending on road conditions and other unavoidable circumstances, your stay at the sightseeing spots may be shorter than planned.
- This tour will visit Shirakawa-go, Takayama, and Gujo Hachiman. *Please note that we will not be going to see the Shirakawago Light-up.
- If there are a small number of participants, a small car may be used.
- In front of Nagoya Station Taiko-dori Exit West Police Box（Nagoya Ekinishi Police Box）. Your guide will be waiting with a blue flag. Please tell your guide your name. 【The meeting point is currently under construction, please do not go towards Bic Camera】
- The tour guide will only provide simple information in English, such as departure time and duration. There will be no explanation of sightseeing.
- Please note that we do not accept bus seat requests.
- Latecomers or no-shows can't be refunded
- The order of sightseeing may change.
- Return time is around 20:30
Reviews(28)
On January 22nd, we took part in your company's Nagoya-cho Shirakawa-bo, Takayama, and Prefectural Hachiman Himori tour (car No. 1), and we had a very good day under Wang Jie's guide. Yesterday's weather was a state I wanted to experience very much, the scenery was charming, Wang Jie guide along the way in three fluent languages to explain, introduce the human landscape, seriously answer each guest's questions, responsible for taking care of each guest, especially I went to the toilet to delay departure for four minutes, I very much blame myself, but instead of blaming my seventy-somethings, he comforted me, I was touched. The biggest windfall was that Jay Wang's guide helped me retrieve the very precious photos I had lost of my trip to Thailand earlier this month. In order to retrieve the photos, I turned to the technical department of UQ and Samsung mobile phones, au shops, professionals in Japan and China, as well as recent college graduate friends in the United States, all failed to solve, so quickly my blood pressure soared, I didn't think in Wang Jie's hands didn't take two minutes to solve, despite his extraneous affairs, and also warm and helpful, he is really a clear-headed, knowledgeable, very good guide, I really admire him. I feel that the cost of participating in your tour is very cheap. If we drive the car ourselves as a couple, the total cost of gas + highway + parking at the attraction is much higher than your company price. I hope to continue to follow your company to travel in the future! I also look forward to continuing my trip with your excellent guide like Jay Wang. Thank you, thank you.
这次非常感谢您参加我们的旅行，也感谢您用心写下如此温暖、详细的评价。 我们很高兴您度过了愉快的一天，王杰导游能得到您的认可，我们也感到非常骄傲。 期待今后还有机会再次为您服务，祝您身体健康、生活愉快！
We enjoyed the nature mostly, the weather was so hot we couldn’t visit all areas. The trip worth to try but not during summer time. The guide was kind of boring we felt asleep on the way to the locations and she was in a hurry. Besides, there was not enough time to explore the last stop most of the tours time was taking up by the bus.
We are sorry that you were not satisfied. We will take your feedback into consideration in the future. Thank you very much.
It’s a nice trip, 3 different towns that are all worth a visit. The guide was helpful and spoke English well. June is a hot time to travel but the bus ride was easy and well air conditioned. The crowds were not a problem.
It seems that you were satisfied. I'm glad. There are still many famous tourist spots in Japan, so please come again. Thank you.
Our guide was very nice and gave explanations before each stop. He even suggested what to do with our limited time.
I'm glad that you were satisfied. I hope to work with you again in the future. Thank you！
This “tour” was essentially transportation to the various sites. Very little explanation or description of the visited sites. That said, we very much enjoyed Shirakawa and Takayama. Because it was the holiday weekend, traffic was crazy and we could fit in gujo hachiman. The snow in Shirakawa was beautiful. Before you go on this trip, be sure to do some homework ion what you will be seeing.
This tour is a great deal that takes you to three places: Shirakawa-go, Takayama, and Gujo Hachiman. Thank you for participating.
Th tour was chaotic at best. The tour guides with the blue Wonder flag did not show up until 8:05 for the 8:15 tour start. We boarded the bus about 8:35. Most of the passengers spoke Chinese and the tour was geared to them. The guide only read a brief summary in hard to understand English. I have lived in Asia for more than 60 years so I can read the Japanese signage and gain a lot from it. The bus driver and guide were arguing constantly about the correct time to return to the bus. It was a beautiful day and the stops were fabulous. The bickering on the bus between the professionals made it uncomfortable.
We are very sorry to hear that you were not satisfied with your stay. We will use your valuable opinions as future reference. thank you very much.
It is not easy to access these beautiful historical towns so this very reasonably priced tour makes it all possible. We enjoyed our day immensely and our tour guide was friendly, efficient and ensured the day was well organised and everyone felt comfortable.
Easy to find meeting place, especially if you come by taxi, just ask for Shinkansen side. Tour guide Kiki was very efficient and very sweet. A long day, but well worth it. Goucho H and Takayama seem to have a closing day on a Wednesday as most shops closed in both places.
Our guide Wang Jie was excellent! Extremely responsible and well versed in 3 languages. Highly recommended for a day getaway from Nagoya.
The views were amazing, as was our tour guide, Kiki. Highly recommend. So much to see and not enough time in Nakayama bc the plethora of shops but overall 5/5 for value, efficiency and convenience.
