Ukiyoe experience, Castle ruins and Castle town
Joined 2018
Gifu, central Japan near Nagoya, has many attractive castle ruins because three major warlords, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu were born in here, central Japan.
Especially in Gifu, there are a lot of mountains, you can enjoy both samurai culture and beautiful and nostalgic town, like Magome and Tsumago.
You can also enjoy experiencing Ukiyoe woodblock print in this tour!!
Why don't you enjoy local and nostalgic town, Iwamura, castle ruins and ukiyoe making?
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Nagoya JR Station or your hotel in Nagoya
Nagoya Station or your hotel
Let's meet and start a wonderful one day trip from JR Nagoya Station!
Hiroshige Ukiyoe Museum in Ena
After arriving at Ena Station, only 10 minutes walk, you can enjoy ukiyoe museum not only seeing authentic ukiyoe artworks but also making ukiyoe by yourself.
※The museum is closed on Monday, so you enjoy old post town, Oi-juku on Monday instead of ukiyoe museum.
Ena Station
Let's enjoy local train trip for about 30 minutes from Ena to Iwamura. I'm sure you can enjoy local beautiful scenery from the window.
Iwamura Castle Town
Iwamura Castle Town is just like Tsumago and Magome. Please enjoy local sake brewery, Japanese sweet shop and local
food!
Iwamura Castle Ruins
Iwamura Castle Ruins is one of the three best mountain castles. You can walk through nice forest to the castle ruins. The castle ruins is on top of the mountain, so you can see beautiful scenery from there.
Iwamura Station
Return to the station and enjoy local train again, maybe you can enjoy local train ride with some high school students.
Nagoya Station
Did you have a good day? I hope so. See you again!!
Ending Point
Nagoya JR Station or your hotel in Nagoya
Want to personalize this tour?
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
guide fee, hotel pick-up, entrance fee for guide, transportation fee for guide
transportation fee(3320 JPY for round trip ticket per person for you)
lunch(about 1000 JPY per person, for you and guide)
entrance fee for ukiyoe museum(820 JPY per a person, for you ※special exhibition)(520 JPY for you ※ordinary exhibition)
Tour Important Information
Ukiyoe Museum is closed on Monday, so you enjoy old post town instead of the museum on Monday
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
Joined 2018
About Tour Guide Yuriko S.
I am Yuriko from Gifu Prefecture. I was an assistant English teacher at junior high school. I started to work as a National Certificate tour guide in 2019.
I'm very interested in kimono, tea ceremony and Japanese castles. I sometimes guide in kimono. There are so many nice places to visit in Gifu and Nagoya! I also guide around Takayama, Shirakawago, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka and Kanazawa if you pay my transportation fee from my hometown. Let's enjoy Japan with me!
Reviews
“Fantastic half-day walking tour!”
Lily has been a wonderful guide on our half-day tour of Takayama, explaining history, culture and interesting anecdotes at different places of attraction. She was always happy to answer our questions.She had the tour well-planned yet accommodated any deviations to the plan e.g when we wanted to take a detour. She also offered to take a lot of photos for us. At the end of the tour, she even gifted us a handmade good luck charm. Anyone would have a great time with her has a local guide. Thank you very much , Lily. ありがとうございましゅた!
Yuriko S.
Thank you so much for such a wonderful review and comments! I'm so happy to read your warmhearted comments. Actually, it was so snowy day and very cold, but you were always smiley and looked happy. Also you listened to me so carefully and sometimes asked me some questions. Your kind attitude made me happy. Thank you for a wonderful snowy day in Takayama with both of you. Please enjoy winter season in Japan and please come to Japan in different season again. I hope to see you again! ありがとう〜！
“Kanazawa in 4 hours”
Yuriko organized and conducted a wonderful tour of Kanazawa in just 4 hours. We visited Kanazawa Castle, Kenruku -en garden and the Higashi -chaya district, which was the traditional geisha district in the old times. All of these were extremely interesting and brought to life by the excellent English skills of Yuriko. There was a an issue with our railroad tickets that resulted from of neglect and she resolved this in an extremely efficient and polite manner. She was well organized, very polite and knowledgeable. It was a pleasure knowing her. We enthusiastically recommend Yuriko for anyone needing a guide in Japan.
Yuriko S.
Thank you for a wonderful review and kind comments! I'm so happy to read it. I appreciate your generous mind to say such heartwarming words. Kanazawa is so beautiful city and has deep culture. I also had a nice day with you in Kanazawa and during train trip. Please come to Japan again, and please come to Gifu, my hometown next time!
Hela R.
Shirakawago Half-Day Tour from Takayama
Customized
“Shirakawago village with guide”
Yurikosan is very dependable and clever guide. She took care of us - 3 people and explained history of prefecture, Sharakawago village and Japan. I would recomend her to my frend.
Yuriko S.
Thank you for an excellent review and nice comments! I also enjoyed driving from Takayama to Shirakawago and visiting the nostalgic village with you and your nice family. Someday in the future, I'd like to visit your country with my husband. See you again!
$263/ per group
More tours by Yuriko S.
Enjoy sightseeing in Nagoya on route bus
Nagoya is located in the center of Japan. It has both "samurai" culture and modern technology. If you visit Nagoya, you can enjoy traditional culture as well as modern technology. Why don't you come and enjoy Nagoya with me?
Let's enjoy early morning Kyoto and maiko experience
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Wondeful one-dayTakayama tour from Nagoya
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Let's enjoy Lake Biwa cruise and National Treasure Castle!
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Discover Authentic Japan in Tsumago & Magome, Nakasendo
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The exploration tour to the site of the Battle of Sekigahara
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Hida Furukawa Tour
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Best Choice for one-day Takayama tour
Takayama is a small city in a mountainous area. The tour includes some healing spots in addition to popular highlights like Miyagawa Morning Market, Higashiyama Walking, Old Town and Hida-Furukawa. I'm sure you’ll be able to see why Takayama mesmerizes tourists so much through this tour.