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Wonderful half-day experience Takayama tour

wedding ceremony in the old shrine

Japanese garden from the tatami mat room in the old office building

unique monument on the bridge

sunken fireplace in the old house of rich merchant

beautiful red bridge in Takayama

Wonderful half-day experience Takayama tour

Highlights

Joined 2018

Yuriko S.

4.96 / 5

(70 reviews)

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Takayama

English

5 hours

Private tour (only you and Yuriko S.)

Up to 6 people

Takayama has a lot of nature and culture. In this tour, you can experience such a wonderful time of culture and nature in Takayama. At first, I guide you to the only surviving old office building in Japan where has a beautiful Japanese garden. Next, let's enjoy local street morning market for shopping! Then, how about seeing magnificent festival floats? Passing through the old street, why don't you go to the crafts square in order to enjoy making some local products by yourself?

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

09:00 AM

Meeting Point

at your hotel in Takayama

09:00 AM

your hotel in Takayama

pick you up at your hotel and start the half-day tour

09:30 AM

Takayama-Jinya

visit the only surviving old office building since 17 century

10:00 AM

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)

10:30 AM

Kusakabe Heritage House

visit the rich merchant house which has "irori",or old sunken fireplace and cute "hina" dolls

11:00 AM

Takayama Festival Floats Exhibition Hall

visit and enjoy magnificent "yatai", or festival floats

11:30 AM

Sakurayama Hachiman Shrine

visit the old shrine just beside the Floats Exhibition Hall

12:00 PM

Sammachi Street

enjoy walking through the nostalgic old town street and have some local food for lunch

01:00 PM

Takayama Traditional Culture and Crafts Square

enjoy experiencing craftsmanship. Let's try to make some lucky charm or knife by yourself!

02:00 PM

your hotel in Takayama

return to your hotel, or if you want to go somewhere, such as "Shirakawago", I will guide you. (My hourly guide fee is 3500 yen)

Ending Point

at your hotel in Takayama

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 fee, transportation fee for guide

What‘s not included

admission fee for you, local products making experience fee for you, lunch for you and guide

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 a good luck charm is 1100 yen to 1650 yen, for making paperknife is 1500 yen (you can experience some other local products, such as plaited cord(2200 yen), bamboo horse or bamboo frog(500 yen), folding paper (100 yen) and so on

Tour Important Information

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

※ admission fee and experience fee are not included in the guide fee

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.

4.96 / 5

(70 reviews)

Identity Verified

Interview-Based Quality Checks

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

Stephanie B.

5 / 5

Jul 4, 2026

Wondeful one-dayTakayama tour from Nagoya

Jul 4, 2026

Takayama

10 hours

“Dream Tour”

Yuriko is a miracle worker in more ways than I could ever imagine. She created a custom tour of 3 towns in the one day we had left in the area. It was so well organized and she kept us on track of a jam-packed itinerary to ensure we saw all the places on our wish list. It was heavenly breathing in the fresh mountain air while walking in the rain through Shirakawago and touring the inside of these steeply-pitched roofed houses. Yuriko introduced us to the most delicious beef sushi that I can’t stop thinking about in Takayama. She thoughtfully found points of interest depicted in anime movies for the anime fan in our family. Yuriko turned our dreams into reality on this tour. We spent two back-to-back days touring with her and by the end she felt like family.

Yuriko S.

Thank you so much for posting your nice review even about another tour. I also had a wonderful day in Shirakawago, Takayama and Hida Furukawa with you though a little bit busy tour. Especially, Hida-Beef sushi which we ate together in Takayama was so delicious!! Also, Festival Museum in Hida Furukawa was great, wasn't it? Thank you for giving me such a wonderful chance to guide around Gifu's charming places to you. There are lots of fun memories with you about the tour because you are so friendly to me. Please come to Gifu again with your family. I'm looking forward to seeing you again.

Stephanie B.

5 / 5

Jul 4, 2026

Gujo-Hachiman Private Tour from Nagoya

Jul 4, 2026

Gifu

9 hours

Customized

“Wonderful Castle Town”

I would never have imagined how one small town could be so enchanting, but Yuriko designed a wonderful day of sightseeing mixed with just the right blend of history and culture. There are many temples in Japan, but the one Yuriko selected was the perfect place to be still and enjoy the serenity of the garden. The koi fish canals added to the charm of the town. We had so much fun seeing the local handicrafts and trying our hand at traditional silkscreening. The mountain castle was the pinnacle of the day. It made such a difference that Yuriko picked us up at and brought us back to our hotel in addition to going out of her way to show us nearby restaurants to eat at near where we were staying. We enjoyed our time with Yuriko so much that our only regret was that we had two days with her.

Yuriko S.

Thank you for your excellent review and nice comments. I'm so happy to hear that you enjoyed Gujo Hachiman tour. It's my pleasure to guide around Gujo Hachiman to you, because the town is close to my husband parents' house. In summer, the town holds bon-dancing and anyone can join the dancing. Please come to Gujo Hachiman in summer with your family and enjoy bon-dancing together!

Kent D.

5 / 5

Feb 19, 2026

Kyoto Full-Day Tour

Feb 19, 2026

Kyoto

7 hours

Customized

“Gotta Go Kyoto with Yuriko”

Yuriko provided our family of 5 with a delightful tour of the Arashiyama district, Tenryu-ji Temple, and the Kinkaju-ri Golden Pavilion. She took us to a fun conveyor belt sushi spot (which she selected to accommodate my wife’s gluten intolerance). We highly recommend Yuriko!

Yuriko S.

Dear my guest, Thank you choosing me your tour guide. I also had a wonderful day in Kyoto with you and your nice family. I'm so happy to hear that you enjoyed Kyoto Tour with me. Today, we enjoyed golden route of Kyoto UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Tenryuji, Ryoanji , and Kinkakuji. Kyoto has other hidden nice places to visit, so please come to Kyoto again. I'm looking forward to seeing you and your family! Your guide, Yuriko Suematsu(Lily)