What you’ll see & do
Book this tour alone or include it in a custom trip
This private tour can be booked as a standalone day or included within a custom Japan itinerary, with hotels, transport, guides, cultural experiences, and local support arranged around your dates.
Takayama (高山) sits in the mountains of Gifu Prefecture, three hours by train from Nagoya – remote enough that it was effectively isolated for centuries, which is precisely why so much of it survives. The Sanmachi Suji merchant district is one of the best-preserved Edo-period streetscapes in Japan: dark timber facades, sake breweries marked by cedar balls above the door, lacquerware and Hida beef shops lining the narrow lanes.
Hida-Furukawa, thirty minutes north, is quieter still – white-walled kura storehouses above the Seto River canal, carp visible in the water below, a town most foreign visitors have never heard of. Shirakawa-go’s thatched farmhouses close the day. The itinerary adapts to your pace and the season.
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
LANGUAGE
English · Japanese
AVAILABILITY
Year-round
All private, bookable directly
MEETING POINT
Your hotel lobby
