Gifu Private Tours
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Gifu Art, Culture, & Historical Tours
Walking tour in Seki city
About one hour bus ride from Gifu station or Nagoya bus terminal brings you to Seki city area. Seki city is small but very famous for its cutlery. In this tour we visit some museums related to cutlery , a temple, a shrine and Seki terrace where you can shop high quality cutlery.
Art, culture et histoire sur la route de NAKASENSO (1) : Une journée à OCHIAI
Avant la randonnée à MAGOME-TSUMAGO, vous descendrez à OCHIAI pour l’auberge destinée aux samouraïs etc. restée telle quelle, le jardin fleuri d’un temple, entre des rizières en terrasses, le long de la rivière où vous pourrez apprécier le paysage nostalgique d’une estampe de l’époque Edo ainsi que la calligraphie, la cérémonie du thé dans le temple, la teinture à l’indigo. Ma présentation de l’histoire du NAKASENDO avec des épisodes marquants enrichira votre visite.
1 day Takayama excursion
We'll visit the beautiful old town, Takayama, where you can find the traditional Japanese local life. You can feel like you have time-traveled to the Edo era 400 years ago. We can enjoy the authentic old buildings and Takayama's local cuisine, Japanese wagyu BBQ, Japanese sake, rice cake stick, and more.
Art, culture et histoire sur la route de NAKASENSO (2) : Une journée à OCHIAI et MAGOME
Avant la randonnée à MAGOME-TSUMAGO, vous descendrez à OCHIAI pour l’auberge destinée aux samouraïs restée telle quelle, le jardin fleuri d’un temple, entre des rizières en terrasses ainsi que la teinture à l’indigo, le mini-concert de piano et de chants japonais, ensuite l’arrangement des fleurs, la façon de mettre un kimono, une séance de photos en kimono dans un temple à MAGOME. Ma présentation de l’histoire du NAKASENDO avec des épisodes marquants enrichira votre visite.
Gifu Highlights Tours
Takayama 4 Hour Town Walk Tour
Let's walk one of the most popular traditional town in Central Japan. Your guide will pick you up at the reception of your hotel and walk with you throughout the old town of Takayama city. There are many traditional Japanese architectures and cultural museums in Takayama. You can also enjoy talking with local store clerks via your guide's translation. And you can optionally drop by some sake breweries, food stalls and have lunch in highly recommended Hida beef restaurant
Discover the Water city/Gujo Hachiman one day tour
Gujo Hachiman a Castle town where people live with clean water. Gujo city is situated at the uppermost region of the Nagara river. Local people cherish and preserve the clean water and beautiful streams as the pride of their hometown. We would enjoy real clean water city!
Seki City Highlights (Swords & Knives)
Day 1 in Takayama, Day 2 ... there are guests who would also like to explore other places from Takayama as a day trip. I'd love to help you plan & realize such an excursion. It's a 1.5 hour Highway Bus ride from Takayama. Seki is one of the top-quality cutlery producers in the world and historically blessed with its perfect surrounding for making samurai swords with a history of over 700 years.
Gujo Hachiman walking tour
Gujo Hachiman is located in Gifu Prefecture. This town is well known as a town with clear water. You can spend a relaxing time walking around this town feeling tranquil atmosphere. Only 84 minutes bus ride brings you to Gujo Hachiman from Gifu station.
Gifu Day Trip Tours
The exploration tour to the site of the Battle of Sekigahara
Do you know “the Battle of Sekigahara” ? If you are a Japanese samurai fun, I think you have heard of it and the Battle field is must-see! Why don’t you come with me to the memorial site in Sekigahara where the greatest field battle in Japanese history was taken place. Why don’t you come with me and let’s find out what happened in a tiny village central Japan 420 years ago?
Discover Authentic Japan in Tsumago & Magome, Nakasendo
You hike an old highway Nakasendo walking through two posttowns. Strolling around the most famous traditional post towns, Magome & Tsumago, takes you back to nostalgic Japan. The moment you enter these towns along Nakasendo highway, you will feel as if you are in a time warp back in the Edo period, where local people spend their daily lives as well as welcoming tourists, preserving buildings and the landscape.
Hida Furukawa Tour
Furukawa is a small town next to Takayama. We can go just 15 minutes by train from Takayama. It locate on the way to Toyama, Kanazawa by train. We will go around the town which more calm and not too touristy.
Local classic train-ride and silk-screen printing in Gujo
Gujo is an old castle town, where holds bon-dancing every summer. You also enjoy dancing together! Local classic train takes you to such a nostalgic town. You also enjoy the beautiful scenery of clean river and mountains from the window during the train-ride. In the town, you enjoy the castle on top of the hill, clean canal with some colored carps and silk-screen printing. Please come to Gujo-Hachiman in Gifu!!
Gifu Unique Experience Tours
Cormorant fishing viewing on the Nagaragawa River
Gifu Castle standing on the Mt.Kinka provides visitors with nice panoramic views day and night. You also enjoy watching a traditional unique event Cormorant Fishing on the Nagara River while eating dinner in a viewing boat. Sir Charlie Chaplin visited Gifu twice to enjoy this unique traditional event. Besides, a photogenic street Kawara-machi and the Great Buddha statue in Shoboji-temple move you so much.
Handmade paper Mino-Washi and traditional swords of SEKI
You will enjoy two distinctive fields of Japanese culture by visiting two small towns in one day trip. The one is Mino which is famous for Japanese hand-made paper Washi. Another one is Seki famous for Japanese-swordsmith. Strolling around two towns, you will learn some of secrets of cool Japan.
Let's enjoy City of Water and making handmade "masu" !
Have you ever been to Ogaki, in Gifu? Ogaki is a beautiful city which has a castle and a canal. The city is called "City of Water" thanks to its beautiful springs and a canal. It also has unique local products, and one of them is "masu", or a square wooden cup. People use it for measuring rice and drinking "sake", Japanese tasty alcohol. It is made of pieces of Japanese cypress. It smells good and eco-friendly product. Let's enjoy beautiful water city and making SDG's product together!!
UNESCO World Heritage site Gokayama & Shirakawago tour
We visit Gokayama Suganuma and Shirakawago. We use a highway bus from Kanazawa, and arrive at Gakayama. We visit folk museum ( gun powder museum ), and stroll the village. We board on a local bus, and arrive at Shirakawago. We have a lunch ,and vist observation point ,and gassho farm house.
Gifu Nature & Outdoor Tours
Gifu Tour Reviews
“Japan Tour 2024”
We as a group of 6 adults and 1 Infant had a very nice and memorable 8 days trip with Soq J. Soq J was very professionally attentive to all of our needs, despite of some challenges with the weather, Soq J managed to alter our plans according to the weather conditions without missing out any places from our planned itinery. He went above and beyond to ensure we had a good time. Overall, we had a good trip with Soq J.
Soq J.
(19 reviews)It is an honor to receive your recognition. Thank you all for supporting my work during my time in Japan. I wish everyone good health and happiness in their families. Next time, I will make sure not to use the air conditioning in the car. From SoQ
“Great tour of Takayama and Furukawa”
Tetsuji is a patient, knowledgeable guide who managed to fit all the highlights of two towns into a relaxed-feeling day. He introduced us to many under the surface aspects of local culture that we would have overall missed. And he made us feel comfortable traveling with children with constant food and bathroom needs. A five-star guide and great person!
Tetsuji Y.
(39 reviews)Thank you for excellent praise for my tour. I am very happy to hear that you are satisfied with my guiding. I hope you could come back to Japan again and enjoy traveling around my area with me. I believe you still have a lot of places to visit and know the details. Please give my best regards to your family members.
“Yoko was a wonderful guide for us in Takayama!”
We spent a very nice 6 hours with Yoko in Takayama. She was very knowledgeable about the city and region, the history, and special events that take place there. We don't speak Japanese, so it was very nice to have someone fluent in English as our guide. Yoko is very kind, easy to talk to, and she was great with our two kids, aged 7 and 10. Despite having almost constant rain during our tour, Yoko found many interesting things for us to see and do. She also knew some excellent places for local foods and treats, and we all had an amazing lunch together. I really feel like Yoko would be able to cater a tour experience to your exact tastes and wishes. I highly recommend Yoko to be your tour guide!
Yoko T.
(17 reviews)I appreciate your kind words. Spending six hours with the charming and lively family made me happy too. I’m glad that you could all enjoy Japanese cuisine and culture. Best wishes.
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