Takayama is located in the north of Gifu, central Japan. It takes about 2 and half hour from Nagoya by highway-bus. While bus riding, you can enjoy beautiful mountainous scenery, especially in winter, the snow-covered landscape from the bus window is wonderful!! Takayama is an old castle town, I am sure you will have a wonderful time while walking through the nostalgic town street!! Takayama also has a lot of high quality craftsmanship, you can experience such a skillful art by yourself!!
at your hotel in Nagoya
meet at you hotel in Nagoya., and let's enjoy expressway bus to Takayama with me.
※9:15am Nagoya →11:50am Takayama (round bus fare is 5400 yen)
enjoy lunch at a local restaurant near Takayama JR station, which menu do you prefer, ramen noodle or 'hida' beef?
visit the only surviving old office building since 17 century
visit the local morning market beside the river, you can enjoy shopping and talking to local shop owners. Some of them speak English well!!
visit the rich merchant house which has 'irori', or old sunken fireplace and cute 'hina-dolls'
visit and enjoy magnificent 'yatai', or festival floats and an old shrine by the hall
enjoy experiencing craftsmanship. Let's try making some lucky charm or paperknife by yourself!!
Please relax while riding the expressway bus for 2 and half hours to Nagoya, you can get to Nagoya at 6:35pm
(I say "good-by" at the bus stop in Takayama)
bus stop in front of Takayama JR Station
guide fee, hotel pick-up fee in Nagoya, transportation fee for guide
transportation fee for you, lunch for you and guide, entrance fee for you, experience fee of making folk craft
※expressway bus fee for round-trip is 5400 yen per a person
※admission fee for Takayama-Jinya is 440 yen, for Kusakabe Heritage House is 500 yen, Takayama Festival Floats Exhibition Hall is 1000 yen per a person
※experience fee for making 'sarubobo', or local lucky charm shaped small monkey is 1100 yen, paper knife is 1500 yen
I will guide you every day except for the day that my schedule is not vacant.
I'm a local guide of Gifu, Nagoya and Aichi, but I can guide you around Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Kanazawa, Takayama and Shiga if you pay my transportation fee.
I pick you up to your hotel in Nagoya, but my guided tour ends at the bus stop in Takayama. (If you want to return to your hotel with me, would you please tell me? In that case, I will. but extra charge will be needed) ※my guide fee for an hour is 3500 yen
※expressway bus fee for round-trip is 5400 yen per a person
※admission fee for Takayama-Jinya is 440 yen, for Kusakabe Heritage House is 500 yen, Takayama Festival Floats Exhibition Hall is 1000 yen per a person
※experience fee for making 'sarubobo', or local lucky charm shaped small monkey is 1100 yen, paper knife is 1500 yen
(above fees are not included in my guide fee)
Yurikosan is very dependable and clever guide. She took care of us - 3 people and explained history of prefecture, Sharakawago village and Japan. I would recomend her to my frend.
Thank you for an excellent review and nice comments! I also enjoyed driving from Takayama to Shirakawago and visiting the nostalgic village with you and your nice family. Someday in the future, I'd like to visit your country with my husband. See you again!
Yuriko guided myself and my son for a one-day trip from Osaka to Hiroshima and then to sacred island of Miyajima. She is a wonderful guide. Knowledgeable, well organized and good company. Would happily recommend her to anyone thinking about a guide.
Thank you for using your precious time in order to post such a good review and comments! I'm so happy to hear that you and your son enjoyed Hiroshima and Miyajima. I also had a wonderful day with both of you. Please come to Japan again, maybe next destination would be Ghibli Park in Aichi Prefecture. If so, please drop in my hometown, Gifu! Gifu has lots of sightseeing spots, such as swordsmith town, Seki City, beautiful and nostalgic castle town, Gujo-hachiman and Takayama, and World Heritage Site, Shirakawago. See you again! Yuriko
Yuriko is very nice, calm and gentle. She took care about the needs of everyone in our family group She organized a wonderful two half day tour around Kyoto and made her best to make us survive the heat
Thank you for an excellent review and nice comments! I'm happy to hear that. It was my pleasure to guide around Kyoto to you and your nice family! You all tried to listen to me even though too hot and humid weather. My precious memory with your family in Kyoto makes me happy. Thank you again for two wonderful days in Kyoto and iced coffee at Starbucks.
Yuriko (also known as Lilly) was an amazing tour guide. She was so very knowledgeable about the history of Takayama and told interesting stories that we all enjoyed. Our family of 6 ranged in ages from 6 years to 70 years. I would highly recommend her as a guide and also recommend Takayama as a beautiful town to visit on your journey. Yuriko organised a lovely lunch and we enjoyed delicious food.
Thank you for an excellent review and heartwarning comments!(^-^)/ I'm so happy to hear that you all enjoyed beautiful Takayama with my guiding. Your kids are so cute and they reminded me of my three sons when they were little kids . I also enjoyed answering your clever boy's interesting questions. Please come to Japan again! From your guide, Lily