Things to do in Shirakawa-mura, Chubu: The Best Private Tours

March 6, 2022 Esmeralda Fenner

Discover the best top things to do in Shirakawa-mura, Japan including Private Tour of Shirakawago from Kanazawa (Half Day), Gokayama and Shirakawago full day tour with professional photographer, Shirakawago (UNESCO world heritage) / Onsen / Hiking Waterfall / 1day Private Tour, Shirakawago Charter Car Tour (Takayama departure) with English-speaking Driver, Shirakawago & Gokayama Charter Car Tour (Takayama departure) with Private Driver, Private Tour Kanazawa, Shirakawago, Hida Furukawa,Takayama, Private Tour of Shirakawago and Gokayama from Kanazawa, Private 2Days Takayama & Shirakawago Tour, Kanazawa ⇒ Takayama (one way) Including Shirakawago (Private Tour), Takayama & Shirakawago 3 days tour.
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1. Private Tour of Shirakawago from Kanazawa (Half Day)

Kanazawa Walking Tours
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Explore the world heritage hamlet of Shirakawa-go on our 4-hour package tour with access to a private vehicle exclusively for you and your fellow travelers. Our English-speaking driver will take you to the World UNESCO site of Shirakawa-go. We collect you from your hotel lobby and whisk you off to the UNESCO village of Shirakawago. Our morning or afternoon driving tours are designed for those looking for convenient access to this beautiful but remote mountain village

Inclusions: All Fees and Taxes, Private transportation, English Speaking Driver, Private Car

Exclusions: Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast

Reviewed By Cameandsawit

Nozomi Kondo gave us a really superb guided tour. Spoke excellent English. Knew her subject perfectly. Amusing and bright personality. Went well over the allotted time to ensure we saw everything and then sent extra information by email for the next day and to help us with our travels.

2. Gokayama and Shirakawago full day tour with professional photographer

TK Photography Kanazawa
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Regardless of whether you are coming to Japan for the first time, or you’re an obsessed Japan lover, this intimate, private tour will be a unique experience to enhance your treasured memories in Japan. You will be taken to the Japan's most beautiful places, guided by a local English-speaking professional photographer. During the tour I will capture your magical moments, leaving you free to take in the sights without worrying about the best angles and light, or asking a stranger to take your picture! I am experienced in portrait and travel street photography, and my work has been published in many magazines, guidebooks including Lonely Planet and the city guides of tourism boards. A day out with me ensure you will have a knowledgeable, funny, local professional photographer, and Insta-worthy travel photos will be guaranteed!

Inclusions: Private English-speaking professional photographer guide, Photo sessions by a professional photographer, Professionally edited 30 digital images of your day out., Location-based photography tips, Hotel pickup and drop-off, Private car and driver, Highway toll and car parking fee

Exclusions: Lunch, Snacks, Wada house admission fee

Reviewed By Kawaskuri

This tour was absolutely worth it! I always look for something a bit different to do than the usual tourist stuff, and having my own professional photographer guide me around beautiful Kanazawa ticked all the boxes! It was a great way to see almost everything in one go, and having an English speaking guide really helped me appreciate the sights more. But the best bit was the photos. TK is incredibly professional and took stunning shots (I'm not usually photogenic at all!), but also helped me learn a bit more about taking my own photos for the future. Japan is a bit expensive in general, but I found this to be pretty good value for money considering all the inclusions. Thank you so much for showing me your city. I really loved our time together. And the photos made the perfect gifts when I returned!

3. Shirakawago (UNESCO world heritage) / Onsen / Hiking Waterfall / 1day Private Tour

Takayama Station, Japan, 〒506-0053 岐阜県高山市昭和町1丁目22−2 Happy Tour
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Shirakawa-go, a world heritage site that you should see once when you visit this region.And hiking to enjoy nature-rich Takayama. many hot springs and you can go to various places all day long. Please bring few luggages. Towel for hot spring / shoes for hiking we do this tour by English guide.Please let us inform when you need other language guide.You can change our start time. Not less than 8 people. (We can not accept more than half person child.e.g.we can not accept 3 adult 5 children / 2 adult 6 children) If you want to do this tour few people (3-7 person.Not less than 3 person), we can do this tour by using public bus with guide. In this case we can include your bus fee in this tour but we can not guarantee  that every place we can go.Because bus schedule is not so much and we have to take bus more than 4 hours for complete this tour.

Inclusions: Air-conditioned vehicle, guide, Explanation of Japanese spiritual part

Exclusions: Breakfast, lunch and dinner are not included, but here are some delicious restaurants., Facility entrance fee / service fee

Reviewed By Daniele_deblasio

A lovely walk through the gorgeous old town and new parts of Takayama, at a slow pace and with loads of attention to details that we would have otherwise missed. I recommend the tour to anyone interested in visiting Japan, our host was very competent and answered our questions as the tour progressed.

4. Shirakawago Charter Car Tour (Takayama departure) with English-speaking Driver

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Explore the beautiful mountain settlement of Shirakawa-go via chartered vehicle exclusively for you and your travelmates. Our English-speaking driver will take you first to the World Heritage Site of fairy-tale village Shirakawa-go. Shirakawa-go is a remote settlement designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the mountains of Gifu Prefecture. As the region receives considerable snowfall in the winter, the farmhouses are well-known for their distinctive architecture featuring steep roofs to easily shed snow. Learn more about this unique village on a full-day chartered vehicle tour with English-speaking driver. On this day trip departing from Takayama, leave the hustle and bustle of the city behind to wander around a unique village, stroll through historic streets, take in stunning mountain landscapes, and enjoy a lunch made of authentic local ingredients. Your driver will customize your four-hour tour according to your interests and requests!

Inclusions: Licensed Local Guide, Private transportation, Air-conditioned vehicle, Hotel Pick up and Drop-off, Free Photos, Fuel surcharge

Exclusions: Parking fee : 1,000JPY, Highway fee : 1,680JPY, Entrance fee (for yourself), Lunch

Reviewed By Cwshaman

The flexibility to chose locations that suited our wants and abilities was great. Hiro San was very quick to put together an itinerary that accommodated a family with a stroller-baby (no monkey park due to long unpacked walking paths). Taking in the beautiful temples and view of the Kyoto from the west was breath taking and the guide was able to explain many things we as new Japanese learners could not read or know through cultural knowledge. Overall a great experience, a wonderful and lively guide, and some great memories.

5. Shirakawago & Gokayama Charter Car Tour (Takayama departure) with Private Driver

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Explore the beautiful mountain settlement of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama via chartered vehicle exclusively for you and your travelmates. Our English-speaking driver will take you first to the World Heritage Site of fairy-tale village. Shirakawa-go and Gokayama is a remote settlement designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the mountains of Gifu Prefecture. As the region receives considerable snowfall in the winter, the farmhouses are well-known for their distinctive architecture featuring steep roofs to easily shed snow. Learn more about this unique village on a full-day chartered vehicle tour with English-speaking driver. On this day trip departing from Takayama, leave the hustle and bustle of the city behind to wander around a unique village, stroll through historic streets, take in stunning mountain landscapes, and enjoy a lunch made of authentic local ingredients. Your driver will customize your four-hour tour according to your interests and requests!

Inclusions: Free Photos, Hotel Pick up and Drop-off, Licensed Local Guide, Air-conditioned vehicle, Fuel surcharge, Private transportation

Exclusions: Entrance fee (for yourself), Highway fee : 2,500JPY, Lunch, Parking fee : 2,000JPY

Reviewed By Cwshaman

The flexibility to chose locations that suited our wants and abilities was great. Hiro San was very quick to put together an itinerary that accommodated a family with a stroller-baby (no monkey park due to long unpacked walking paths). Taking in the beautiful temples and view of the Kyoto from the west was breath taking and the guide was able to explain many things we as new Japanese learners could not read or know through cultural knowledge. Overall a great experience, a wonderful and lively guide, and some great memories.

6. Private Tour Kanazawa, Shirakawago, Hida Furukawa,Takayama

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Explore the beautiful villages and towns of Shirakawa-go, Hida Furukawa and Takayama on our 9-hour package tour with access to a private vehicle exclusively for you and your fellow travelers. Our English-speaking driver will take you first to the World Heritage site of Shirakawa-go, followed by the fairy-tale village of Hida Furukawa, then onto the famous town of Takayama.

Inclusions: All taxes, fees and handling charges, English Speaking Driver, Private Car, Hotel pickup and drop-off, Transport by private vehicle

Exclusions: Food and drinks, Lunch, Professional Tour Guide

Reviewed By Cameandsawit

Nozomi Kondo gave us a really superb guided tour. Spoke excellent English. Knew her subject perfectly. Amusing and bright personality. Went well over the allotted time to ensure we saw everything and then sent extra information by email for the next day and to help us with our travels.

7. Private Tour of Shirakawago and Gokayama from Kanazawa

Kanazawa Walking Tours
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Explore the hamlets of Gokayama and Shirakawa-go on our 7-hour package tour with access to a private vehicle exclusively for you and your fellow travelers. Our English-speaking driver will take you first to the World Heritage site of Gokayama followed by Shirakawa-go

Inclusions: All taxes, fees and handling charges, English Speaking Driver, Private Car, Parking Fees, Local taxes, Hotel pickup and drop-off

Exclusions: Food and drinks, Lunch, Professional Tour Guide

Reviewed By Cameandsawit

Nozomi Kondo gave us a really superb guided tour. Spoke excellent English. Knew her subject perfectly. Amusing and bright personality. Went well over the allotted time to ensure we saw everything and then sent extra information by email for the next day and to help us with our travels.

8. Private 2Days Takayama & Shirakawago Tour

Takayama Station, Japan, 〒506-0053 岐阜県高山市昭和町1丁目22−2 Japan Oriental Tours

Visit the best parts of Takayama & Shirakawago with a private English speaking guide. You will be taken to the Sanmachi Street in Takayama, where you'll see the old castle town which has many restaurants, souvenir shops. Walk along the traditional local food street where Mitarashi Dango (rice dumpling in a sweet soy sauce) is the local specialty. The tour will also go to Shirakawago to see Japanese traditional buildings. You will learn the history of Shirakawago, how people have remained those life style. Take a photos of the well-preserved Shirakawago, then your tour will end at Kanazawa (We'll take you to Shirakawago by local express bus and you can keep your luggage in lockers at Shirakawago. Or send it to your Kanazawa accommodation one day in advance. Lockers or sending costs are not included.)

Inclusions: Breakfast, Lunch, Overnight accommodation, Professional guide, Pickup and drop-off from designated meeting points, Private tour, Round-trip shared transfer, Air-conditioned vehicle

Exclusions: Food and drinks, unless specified

Reviewed By Yvo51

Dreadful value for money. We spent £450 for something which would have cost less than £50 for entry and travel. The tour suggests driver and guide to cover a lot of sightseeing on the same day. We got picked up at the hotel and dropped at the ferry. The people were nice. The taxi could not take the ferry - though other cars did! We then walked for about 2.5 hours through the shops and to the shrine at Miyajima and back to the ferry. We a nice lunch at the Ferry Port in the Hiroshima side which we paid for) and then got picked up at the same ferry port and taken to the peace museum and then on to the A dome about 2pm. We had a lift to the A dome which they had expected that we might have walked. Its not that far but we were tight on time and i was tired b It was already 4pm so we missed the castle, they did offer it but we had had enough as the info we were getting was better said when read in english at the museum. The guide meant we did not get the audio at the museum which would have been far more informative than telling us what we were reading or looking at. I would have preferred to do the peace museum before the crowds came into town at 9/10am. It was so full at 2pm to move around, it was like leaving a football stadium or concert. In hindsight, our JR pass made the ferry free ( they refunded that) and a tram would have done it all for a day pass of 600 yen each. I feel completely ripped off and so disappointed. The English was learnt to share info but not to answer questions which were never understood or answered, we supply gave up engaging. Don't take this tour. The price is seriously inflated and not made up with the quality of the product.

9. Kanazawa ⇒ Takayama (one way) Including Shirakawago (Private Tour)

Kanazawa Walking Tours

Our exceptional tour service will transport you in style and comfort from Kanazawa to Takayama. Take in the beautiful UNESCO village of Shirakawago on your way and at your leisure. Our professional English speaking driver guide will take you through the fairytale village on your way to Takayama.

Inclusions: Air-conditioned vehicle, English Speaking Driver, Private transportation, Parking, Hotel Pickup and Drop-off

Exclusions: Dinner, Lunch

Reviewed By Cameandsawit

Nozomi Kondo gave us a really superb guided tour. Spoke excellent English. Knew her subject perfectly. Amusing and bright personality. Went well over the allotted time to ensure we saw everything and then sent extra information by email for the next day and to help us with our travels.

10. Takayama & Shirakawago 3 days tour

Takayama Station, Japan, 〒506-0053 岐阜県高山市昭和町1丁目22−2 Happy Tour

You can satisfied completely this Hida Takayama & Shirakawa-go area within 3 days with special local guide. -1 day- Shirakawa-go (UNESCO world heritage site 2hours walking) / Lunch in restaurant (include fee) / Big fall + Big tree (Hiking about 1hour) / Hot spring in nature. -2 day- Higashiyama walking course (walking 90min.you can see lot's of temples) / Lunch in restaurant (include fee) / Rickshaw ride (about 10min) / City side walking (90min) / -3 day- Mount-Deus mountain (2hours hiking) / Lunch in restaurant (include fee) / Ogenji temple (15 min.) / Garyu Park (20 min.) / Suimu Shrine (30 min.) Please bring the following few luggages. Towel for hot spring / shoes for hiking we will do this tour by English guide.we can also booking your hotel around this Takayama area if you need please let us know. (Not include hotel fee) Max 20 person. please let us inform when you need other language guide. you can change our start time. we can arrange other your private tour. (e.g. Kamikochi, etc ..)

Inclusions: Explain about spiritual part of Japanese, Special lunch for 3 days, Guide, Air-conditioned vehicle

Exclusions: Any other meals, Hotel (where you staying place between 3 days tour), Entrance fee of any places

Reviewed By Daniele_deblasio

A lovely walk through the gorgeous old town and new parts of Takayama, at a slow pace and with loads of attention to details that we would have otherwise missed. I recommend the tour to anyone interested in visiting Japan, our host was very competent and answered our questions as the tour progressed.

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