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Wondeful one-dayTakayama tour from Nagoya
Takayama is located in the north of Gifu, central Japan. It takes about 2 and half hour from Nagoya by highway-bus. While bus riding, you can enjoy beautiful mountainous scenery, especially in winter, the snow-covered landscape from the bus window is wonderful!! Takayama is an old castle town, I am sure you will have a wonderful time while walking through the nostalgic town street!! Takayama also has a lot of high quality craftsmanship, you can experience such a skillful art by yourself!!
Meeting Point
at your hotel in Nagoya
Hotel pick-up
meet at you hotel in Nagoya., and let's enjoy expressway bus to Takayama with me.
※9:15am Nagoya →11:50am Takayama (round bus fare is 5400 yen)
lacal restaurant in front of Takayama JR station
enjoy lunch at a local restaurant near Takayama JR station, which menu do you prefer, ramen noodle or 'hida' beef?
Takayama-Jinya
visit the only surviving old office building since 17 century
Miyagawa morning market
visit the local morning market beside the river, you can enjoy shopping and talking to local shop owners. Some of them speak English well!!
Kusakabe Heritage House
visit the rich merchant house which has 'irori', or old sunken fireplace and cute 'hina-dolls'
Takayama Festival Floats Exhibition Hall and Sakurayama Hachiman Shrine
visit and enjoy magnificent 'yatai', or festival floats and an old shrine by the hall
Takayama Traditional Culture and Crafts Square
enjoy experiencing craftsmanship. Let's try making some lucky charm or paperknife by yourself!!
Bus stop near Takayama JR Station
Please relax while riding the expressway bus for 2 and half hours to Nagoya, you can get to Nagoya at 6:35pm
(I say "good-by" at the bus stop in Takayama)
Ending Point
bus stop in front of Takayama JR Station
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Inclusions & Exclusions
guide fee, hotel pick-up fee in Nagoya, transportation fee for guide
transportation fee for you, lunch for you and guide, entrance fee for you, experience fee of making folk craft
※expressway bus fee for round-trip is 5400 yen per a person
※admission fee for Takayama-Jinya is 440 yen, for Kusakabe Heritage House is 500 yen, Takayama Festival Floats Exhibition Hall is 1000 yen per a person
※experience fee for making 'sarubobo', or local lucky charm shaped small monkey is 1100 yen, paper knife is 1500 yen
Tour Important Information
I pick you up to your hotel in Nagoya, but my guided tour ends at the bus stop in Takayama. (If you want to return to your hotel with me, would you please tell me? In that case, I will. but extra charge will be needed) ※my guide fee for an hour is 3500 yen
※expressway bus fee for round-trip is 5400 yen per a person
※admission fee for Takayama-Jinya is 440 yen, for Kusakabe Heritage House is 500 yen, Takayama Festival Floats Exhibition Hall is 1000 yen per a person
※experience fee for making 'sarubobo', or local lucky charm shaped small monkey is 1100 yen, paper knife is 1500 yen
(above fees are not included in my guide fee)
Important message from the guide
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
Takayama Tour Reviews
“Excellent Tour of Kanazawa with Yuriko”
We had a wonderful day exploring Kanazawa with Yuriko. She is very friendly and her English is excellent. The tour she organised for us was great and included all the highlights of the town. Her extensive knowledge of the history and local customs added to our enjoyment. She also helped us negotiate the local bus system and organised an excellent lunch. She is highly recommended as a guide.
Yuriko S.
(45 reviews)Thank you for an excellent review and wonderful comment! I also had a memorable day in Kanazawa with you and your nice group. You're always very kind to me and gave me interesting questions. Please say my gratitude to your nice fellows, yes! three cool, gentle and sometimes very funny SAMURAI. Please come to Japan again, Suzi san! Yuriko(Lily)
Taty P.
Kyoto 8-Hours Private Tour around Gion Area
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“Great tour with knowledge guide”
Lily was a great guide who went out of her way to teach us about the history and culture. Very knowledgeable and able to answer even our more specific questions. 10/10 experience.
Yuriko S.
(45 reviews)Thank you for your quick and wonderful review. I'm so happy to read your nice comment. I could enjoy Kyoto Tour with you and your hansom and gentle two sons. Thank you again, Taty. Please enjoy Japan with your sons! From your guide, Lily(Yuriko)
Gabriel O.
Let's enjoy Full-day Kyoto Tour with a private van!
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“Unforgettable two days in Kyoto and Osaka!”
Where to begin! Starting from the planning of the tour, Yuriko was patient and understanding with the absurd amount of suggestions I made for our full day tours in Kyoto and Osaka. Our family was a huge group - 12 people - so we are extremely appreciative of Yuriko and her willingness to accommodate to every single one of us! As for the tour days, Yuriko was punctual and brought a bag full of information/notes she has on the sites we had planned to visit. You can immediately tell Yuriko takes pride in her work: At the various sites, Yuriko introduced the culture, history & ancient myths of Japan which was very interesting to learn; She had hand-written notes to help us visualize and understand the intricate history and symbolisms (truly like a teacher!). Also, Yuriko gave activities for the children to make the site visits much more fun & interesting! Yuriko's friendly nature made it easy for us to converse, she talked to us about everything we could think of, from her hometown, food, traditional clothing and even her family! At the end, Yuriko surprised us with souvenirs made personally by her family, which we all cherish dearly. Overall, Yuriko is an exceptional tour guide and is even better to know personally. Her fluent English along with her dedicated work ethic make her one of the best tour guides I've ever had. I highly recommend her to everyone!!
Yuriko S.
(45 reviews)Wow!! Thank you so much for such a long and heartwarming comment, Gabriel san. I also had unforgettable two days in Kyoto and Osaka with your cheerful family. You were always so kind to me that I could guide you comfortably with lots of fun. At the end of the two days tour, I felt so sad to say "Good bye" to your family because I felt like you all are my real family. Please come to Japan with your nice family again! (Next time's destination must be my home prefecture, Gifu, right?)
