In a small pond called 'Monet's Pond', many fancy Japanese carps 'KOI' are swimming through water-lilies and algae to make you feel relaxed. After having Unagi‒lunch at Seki and visiting the Traditional Swordsmith Museum, you move to Mino where you stroll around well-preserved traditional housing streets visiting old Washi merchant houses, paper museums and souvenir shops.
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
At JR Gifu station or at JR Nagoya station
JR Gifu station
Monet's pond
Monet's Pond is located in a small village in mountains. Many beautiful colored Japanese carps 'Koi' are swimming through waterlilies and algae. It just looks like one of Monet's paintings which makes you so relaxing and feel comfortable and happy.
Seki city
you have a lunch break eating delicious Japanese dish of 'Unagi' (eel) and visit the Seki Traditional Swordsmith Museum and Gifu Cutlery Hall. You will learn why this small town has developed as one of the most famous three towns for manufacturing knives in the world.
Mino old town district
you visit Mino, a hometown of traditional hand‒made paper ’Washi’. You will stroll around the important Traditional Preserved Buildings Area dropping by some museums and shops.
JR Mino-oota station
JR Gifu station
Ending Point
At JR Gifu Station
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
guide fee and hotel pick-up
transportation fee about 6000yen/person for both guests and guide, lunch fee 3500yen/person for guests and guide, entrance fee 800yen/person for guests
1) Monet's Pond is located in the deep mountains and the condition of transparency is influenced by the weather since the previous day. Therefore, depending on the comprehensive situation, the destinations might be changed.
I can guide in Kyoto in case you support transportation fee.
Hello everyone. I am Tetsuji. I worked as a public servant in the local government for 35 years. I belonged to the department of Redevelopment, Town-Landscaping, Preserving historical areas and Architectural Guidance. (I have a national 1st-class architect license.) I devoted myself to revitalizing the city by making plans and improving infrastructure for citizens.
Gifu is located in central Japan near Nagoya. As just being the crossroads of the West and the East, there are many unique attractions that are hard to discover in hectic big cities like Tokyo or Kyoto. I had a hand in restoring and preserving some of them throughout my career and want to introduce them to tourists from abroad. That’s why I became a guide-interpreter in Gifu.
I also enjoyed traveling around the world. My favorite part of each trip was walking around the city and talking with local residents. Traveling has taught me lots of things during my lifetime. Now, I would like to help others have similar experience in Japan. Shall we enjoy fantastic journey in Gifu?
Kelioniu A.
“Great time in Tsumago & Magome”
We liked our Nakasendo hike very much. With help of excellent guide, we were even able to visit local museum. Great time and really recommend our guide Mr Tetsuji.
Tetsuji Y.
I am grateful to hear that you are satisfied with my tour, including some praise for me. I hope to accept new requests of guiding from you.
Michelle B.
“Beautiful tour!”
We thoroughly enjoyed our day on the Nakaswndo trail with Tetsuji! He added to our experience with explaining history of the trail and stories of edo era Japan. The walk was beautiful scenery and we loved the tea house we stopped at halfway between Magome and Tsumago. He also did his research prior to the tour to find a Gluten free place to have lunch and helped explain my allergy to the staff of the restaurant. Tetsuji was great and I highly recommend! I will add, the bus system was different from everywhere else we went so it was super helpful to have him there to guide us through it. We added money to our IC card the day prior and found out the day of that the bus system only used yen so keep that in mind. Thankfully we had enough yen on us, but just keep that in mind...you cannot use your IC card for transportation.
Tetsuji Y.
I appreciate lots of praise for my guiding with useful information on transportation in Japan for others. Your explanation is persuasive for others to travel around Japan. I hope to see you without difficulties near future.
Alfonso B.
“Takayama and Shirakawago with Tetsuji”
Tetsuji was an excellent tourist guide. He was our guide first in Takayama and the next day in Shirakawago. He was very cordial and helpful. I recommend him!
Tetsuji Y.
I appreciate your kind words for me. I really had a very happy time with you for two days. I hope that you will come back Japan and spend some time with me again.
$125/ per group