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Ukiyoe experience, Castle ruins and Castle town

You can see "ukiyoe", or traditional woodblock prints and making ukiyoe by yourself!

very rare multiple tiers stone wall

trekking route from the castle town to castle ruins

nostalgic castle town

samurai armor at the traditional house in the castle town

scenery from the local train

scenery from the castle ruins

castle ruins

scenery from the window

cute local train

Ukiyoe experience, Castle ruins and Castle town

Day Trip

Joined 2018

Yuriko S.

4.95 / 5

(64 reviews)

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Gifu

English

8 hrs 30 mins

Private tour (only you and Yuriko S.)

Up to 10 people

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!

09:00 AM

Meeting Point

Nagoya JR Station or your hotel in Nagoya

09:00 AM

Nagoya Station or your hotel

Let's meet and start a wonderful one day trip from JR Nagoya Station!

10:30 AM

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.

12:30 PM

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.

01:00 PM

Iwamura Castle Town

Iwamura Castle Town is just like Tsumago and Magome. Please enjoy local sake brewery, Japanese sweet shop and local

food!

02:30 PM

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.

03:30 PM

Iwamura Station

Return to the station and enjoy local train again, maybe you can enjoy local train ride with some high school students.

05:30 PM

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

What‘s included

guide fee, hotel pick-up, entrance fee for guide, transportation fee for guide

What‘s not included

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

Yuriko S.

4.95 / 5

(64 reviews)

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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

Immanuele S.

5 / 5

Nov 18, 2025

Shirakawago Village Tour from Takayama

Nov 18, 2025

Shirakawago

7 hours

Customized

“3 data with Yuriko”

“As already said, Yuriko is an exceptional guide — absolutely worth using at all costs.”

Yuriko S.

Thank you so much for posting a nice review and an excellent review. I also had a wonderful day with you in Shirakawago Village where we could see autumn leaves under the beautiful blue sky. Thank you again for choosing me as your tour guide. I also enjoyed chocolates which you gave me with a cup of coffee every day. It is so delicious!! Arigatou gozaimashita.

Immanuele S.

5 / 5

Nov 14, 2025

Takayama Half-Day Tour

Nov 14, 2025

Takayama

3 hours

Customized

“perfect all ok”

“An amazing guide: kind, friendly, knowledgeable, caring, and above all full of initiative. Most importantly, whenever a problem came up, she knew how to solve it quickly and correctly.”

Yuriko S.

Thank you so much for an excellent review and such a nice and warm comment! I'm so happy to read it and also your kind comment encourages me a lot. I also had great three days in Takayama, Shirakawago and Kanazawa with you. Thanks to you, I enjoyed lots of beautiful autumn leaves scenery and very happy time with your joking. Arigatou gozaimasu for all of your kindness and funny joking. Your guide, Lily(Yuriko)

Immanuele S.

5 / 5

Nov 14, 2025

Kanazawa One-Day Tour

Nov 14, 2025

Takayama

7 hours

Customized

“perfect all more than ok”

“An amazing guide: kind, friendly, knowledgeable, caring, and above all full of initiative. Most importantly, whenever a problem came up, she knew how to solve it quickly and correctly.”

Yuriko S.

Thank you so much for an excellent review and wonderful comments！I'm so happy to read your comments. I also had great three days in Takayama, Shirakawago, and Kanazawa where we enjoyed beautiful autumn leaves thanks to you. Further more, I enjoyed your talking with humor while three days tour. Arigatou gozaimasu for your kindness and fun talking. Yuriko(Lily)