[Ishikawa] Summer Limited One-Day Tour: Shirakawa-go Gassho Village & Hida Takayama Old Town & Gujo Hachiman (Departing from Nagoya)
- Overview
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- .A perfect three-in-one itinerary: efficiently explore Gifu Prefecture's three must-visit destinations: Water City Old Town + Hida Takayama Little Kyoto + Shirakawa-go World Heritage Village.
- .Experience the essence of each of the three places without rushing, making it easy and enjoyable. The route is logical, with no backtracking, saving the most time on transportation.
- .Shirakawa-go: A World Heritage site, the Gassho-zukuri village, steps into an ancient capital where history and modernity intertwine! Shirakawa-go is famous for its traditional Gassho-zukuri farmhouses, listed as a World Heritage site, with charming scenery in all four seasons. Spring brings cherry blossoms, summer is a perfect避暑胜地 (summer retreat), autumn sees golden rice fields interwoven with fiery red maple leaves, painting the forests in vibrant colors. In winter, snow covers the Gassho houses, resembling a gingerbread fairy tale village; during the illumination season in January-February (reservations required), the night lights and s
- What to expect
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【Shirakawa-go Gassho Village】 Shirakawa-go is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with rice paddies crisscrossing and trickling rivers flowing through, earning it the name "Kingdom of Forests and Streams." The village of Ogimachi in Shirakawa-go is the largest of the three villages registered as World Heritage Sites (Shirakawa-go, Ainokura, and Suganuma in Gokayama), with 152 households. The Dairiver, flowing from the sacred Mount Haku, merges with the Shogawa River and becomes turbid and white, which is the origin of the name Shirakawa-go. The Shiroyama Observatory is located in the northeast of Shirakawa-go Ogimachi Gassho Village, offering panoramic views of the Gassho Village and the continuous Mount Haku. 【Stroll through the Old Streets of Hida Takayama】 The center of Takayama City, located in the northern part of Gifu Prefecture and the central area of the Hida region, has preserved the complete form of its castle town and merchant district since the Edo period, earning it the nickname "Little Kyoto