Shirakawago and Takayama 2 Days Tour from Nagoya

Nagoya, Japan
Duration10h - 11h
TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish
Private tourOnly your group will participate
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

On this tour, you can explore Shirakawa-go, a village with beautiful scenery reminiscent of the past.
Shirakawago is the village with beautiful scenery that is reminiscent of olden times. The village contains 114 thatched roofed gassho style houses and was designated as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site in 1995, as the houses are still used in real life. They are called gassho style houses because the steep triangular roof, unique to the heavy snowfall area, resembles "gassho" (hands meeting in prayer). Throughout the year the highly picturesque landscape, as the representative tourist spot of Japan, attracts many tourists from Japan and abroad.
You can also take a walk through the castle town of Takayama City.
As an alpine castle town, Mimachi-dori is designated as a national important building of traditional buildings and is a popular tourist spot.

What's included

  • Round trip Train From Nagoya to Takayama
  • English speaking guide
  • Round trip Bus From Takayama to Shirakawago
  • Lunch & Dinner

What to expect

  1. Shirakawago
    2h
    The Shirakawa-go (白川郷, Shirakawagō) and neighboring Gokayama (五箇山) regions line the Shogawa River Valley in the remote mountains that span from Gifu to Toyama Prefectures. Declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1995, they are famous for their traditional gassho-zukuri farmhouses, some of which are more than 250 years old.

    Gassho-zukuri means "constructed like hands in prayer", as the farmhouses' steep thatched roofs resemble the hands of Buddhist monks pressed together in prayer. The architectural style developed over many generations and is designed to withstand the large amounts of heavy snow that falls in the region during winter. The roofs, made without nails, provided a large attic space used for cultivating silkworms.
  2. Sanmachi Suji
    1h
    Takayama's old town has been beautifully preserved with many buildings and whole streets of houses dating from the Edo Period (1600-1868), when the city thrived as a wealthy town of merchants.

    The southern half of the old town, especially the Sannomachi Street, survives in a particularly pretty state with many old homes, shops, coffee houses and sake breweries, some of which have been in business for centuries. The shops in the area are typically open daily from 9:00 to 17:00.
  3. Uni Mall
    5h · Admission ticket included
    Round trip Train From Nagoya to Takayama
  4. Takayama
    2h
    Round trip Bus From Takayama to Shirakawago

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

We pick up customer at Hotel lobby .
From hotel to Nagoya station , we use local transportation . (Subway , Train ...etc)

Additional information

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
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