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Shirakawa-go Day Trip from Kanazawa by Car, Licensed Guide

Great trip

Very nice and impressive trip with a very safe and nice driver Sake and the super friendly and competent guide Yoshi! Many thanks!!

Shirakawa-go Day Trip from Takayama by Car, Licensed Guide

Very touristy but place cannot handle number of tourists

If you've been to Nagoya Castle and any other castle for that matter, you can be overwhelmed by the number of tourists. However, these castles have a traffic system, and the hordes of tourists do get to see all the sites. Shirakawa go is different. Hordes of bus loads of tourists. I believe that's because it is the cheapest and most affordable way to encounter and do any snow activity from Tokyo or Nagoya. But the place is not ready for this. One bus goes up to the observation deck/hill once every 20 minutes. That's a line of freezing underdressed tourists on top of the hill. There are not enough restaurants to cater to all tourists. So your standing in line in -degree weather waiting freezing for a place to eat. It's a small village with only one public parking space. Don't ever come here on your own vehicle. So I guess it's not going to be a pleasant experience anytime soon for anyone. Tourists lugging trollies. Children running thus way and that. All local.people probably locked behind their house doors. Unless you've never seen snow before. Nevertheless, the experience was good. Lily eventually found us a cafe whose meal choice was only beef curry.

Private 2Days Takayama & Shirakawago Tour

Once in a lifetime!

This was a once in a lifetime tour. The guide grew up in the area, and her knowledge & experience allowed us to see the local farmers market, antique market, and the local rice fields at peak season—think fields of gold as far as the eye can see. We even used e-bikes to beat the heat. On top of that, the tour of Shirakawgo was memorable, and I would not have been able to figure out how to get to this remote area on my own.