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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!!
Meeting Point
At your hotel in Nagoya
Nagoya Station or your hotel
Meet at your hotel in Nagoya
Ogaki Station
by JR train, let's go to Ogaki, only for 20 minutes ride from Nagoya Station to Ogaki Station.
Ogaki Castle and History Museum
Ogaki Castle once was a National Treasure and it has a rich history.
Ohashi Ryoki,
Let's enjoy rare experience of making "masu" at a local factory!
Haiku Poem Museum
Ogaki is the final destination of famous haiku collection, named "Oku-no-Hosomichi" by Matsuo Basho
Lunch Time
Let's enjoy local food, such as sushi lunch!
Ogaki Station
Get on the JR train bound for Nagoya
Ending Point
Ogaki Station
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Inclusions & Exclusions
guide fee, hotel pick-up in Nagoya area, transportation fee for guide, entrance fee for guide
transportation fee for you, entrance fee and masu experience fee for you, lunch for you and guide
Tour Important Information
entrance fee for Ogaki Castle and History Museum is 200 yen per a person
It costs 1000 yen for the experience of making "masu" per a person
entrance fee for Haiku Museum is 300 yen per a person
JR train fare from Nagoya to Ogaki is 770 yen per a person(round trip costs 1540 yen)
It takes about 30 minutes on foot from Ogaki Station to the masu factory
Important message from the supplier
I will guide you every day except for the day that my schedule is not vacant.
I'm a local guide of Gifu, Nagoya and Aichi, but I can guide you around Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Kanazawa, Takayama and Shiga if you pay my transportation fee.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Gifu Tour Reviews
“A beautiful day in Takayama!”
Yuriko (also known as Lilly) was an amazing tour guide. She was so very knowledgeable about the history of Takayama and told interesting stories that we all enjoyed. Our family of 6 ranged in ages from 6 years to 70 years. I would highly recommend her as a guide and also recommend Takayama as a beautiful town to visit on your journey. Yuriko organised a lovely lunch and we enjoyed delicious food.
Yuriko S.
(49 reviews)Thank you for an excellent review and heartwarning comments!(^-^)/ I'm so happy to hear that you all enjoyed beautiful Takayama with my guiding. Your kids are so cute and they reminded me of my three sons when they were little kids . I also enjoyed answering your clever boy's interesting questions. Please come to Japan again! From your guide, Lily
“Hiroshima & Miyajima Tour from Kyoto”
Yuriko is absolutely great! Perfect English-speaking guide, very lovely and kind! Absolute recommendation! :)
Yuriko S.
(49 reviews)Thank you so much for excellent review and comments! I'm so happy to see your comments. Your comments encourage me a lot. I will do my best to be a better English speaking guide. Arigatou gozaimasu.
“Solid guide”
Yuriko came a pretty long way from her home and our 4 hour tour was basically a full day commitment for her. But you wouldn't know it from her energy and enthusiasm. We hit most of the major sights in Takayama, so it was an efficient use of time, and she added some interesting information along the way. Her English skills were excellent, perhaps the best of the 4 guides we used. And like all of our guides she really went out of her way to accommodate our requests and make us feel like her personal guests. She even gave us small handcrafted gifts.
Yuriko S.
(49 reviews)Thank you for giving me such a wonderful review and nice comment! I'm so happy to read your complement. I also had a good time with you in Takayama. I've sometimes got a good information from my guests during guiding. Yes! this time, your clever daughter gave me a nice information where the watch tower in Takayama Jinya can be seen.(I've visited there so many times, but I've never noticed about it(^-^;) Thank you so much for everything, and please come to Gifu, again! Your guide, Lily(Yuriko)
