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Discover Authentic Japan in Tsumago & Magome, Nakasendo
Gifu
9 hours
You hike an old highway Nakasendo strolling through two post-towns. Magome & Tsumago. Strolling around well-preserved popular post towns takes you back to nostalgic Japan. The moment you enter these towns, you will feel as if you are in a time warp back in the Edo period, where local people spend their daily lives as well as welcoming tourists, preserving buildings and the landscape. You also enjoy hiking an old trekking route through mountains.
FROM$120/ per group
Tetsuji Y.
4.88 / 5
(43 reviews)
Takayama 4 Hour Town Walk Tour
Gifu
4 hours
Let's walk one of the most popular traditional town in Central Japan. Your guide will pick you up at the reception of your hotel and walk with you throughout the old town of Takayama city. There are many traditional Japanese architectures and cultural museums in Takayama. You can also enjoy talking with local store clerks via your guide's translation. And you can optionally drop by some sake breweries, food stalls and have lunch in highly recommended Hida beef restaurant
FROM$160/ per group
Yuichi W.
4.61 / 5
(18 reviews)
Hida Furukawa Tour
Gifu
2 hours
Furukawa is a small town next to Takayama. We can go just 15 minutes by train from Takayama. It locate on the way to Toyama, Kanazawa by train. We will go around the town which more calm and not too touristy.
FROM$120/ per group
Mao M.
4.64 / 5
(14 reviews)
Best Choice for one-day Takayama tour
Gifu
7 hours 30 min
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.
FROM$120/ per group
Tetsuji Y.
4.88 / 5
(43 reviews)
Cormorant fishing viewing on the Nagaragawa River
Gifu
9 hours
Gifu Castle standing on the Mt.Kinka provides visitors with nice panoramic views day and night. You also enjoy watching a traditional unique event Cormorant Fishing on the Nagara River while eating dinner in a viewing boat. Sir Charlie Chaplin visited Gifu twice to enjoy this unique traditional event. Besides, a photogenic street Kawara-machi and the Great Buddha statue in Shoboji-temple move you so much.
FROM$113/ per group
Tetsuji Y.
4.88 / 5
(43 reviews)
Handmade paper Mino-Washi and traditional swords of SEKI
Gifu
10 hours
You enjoy two distinctive fields of Japanese culture by visiting two small towns in one day trip. The one is Mino which is famous for Japanese hand-made paper Washi. Another one is Seki famous for Japanese-swordsmith. Strolling around two towns, you will learn some of secrets of cool Japan.
FROM$113/ per group
Tetsuji Y.
4.88 / 5
(43 reviews)
Monet's Pond, Knife‒city Seki & Washi‒hometown Mino
Gifu
10 hours
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.
FROM$120/ per group
Tetsuji Y.
4.88 / 5
(43 reviews)
Bushido tour of 4 highlights
Gifu
8 hours 30 min
Don't you want to know how the Samurai spirit ‘Bushido’ was raised and kept in those days in Japan? You will find some hints by joining this tour. In this tour, there are four highlights relating to Bushido; Castle, Tea-ceremony, Swordsmith and Japanese paper ‘Washi’. I am sure you realize that these cultural elements contributed to create a unique Japanese refined value of life, Bushido.
FROM$107/ per group
Tetsuji Y.
4.88 / 5
(43 reviews)
Castle town of Lady Samurai & magnificent Ruins
Gifu
9 hours 30 min
A well‒preserved hidden castle town, Iwamura, makes you feel warped into Edo era. Strolling around old houses and shops along the tranquil street, you will reach the ruins of the castle on the hill. Photogenic townscapes reveal the quintessence of Japanese beauty with a tragic story of the chatelaine. You also visit Hiroshige Museum of Art that exhibits lots of Ukiyoe prints of Utagawa Hiroshige.
FROM$107/ per group
Tetsuji Y.
4.88 / 5
(43 reviews)
Magome-Tsumago Nakasendo Hike One-day Private Tour
Gifu
7 hours
The Nakasen-do, or Central Mountain Road, is one of the five highways that connect between Edo (present-day Tokyo) and Kyoto. You can walk and experience the atmosphere of a way old travelers passed, Probably it is one of THE things to do in Japan. I will accompany you for exploration of beauty and nature from Japan's old times.
FROM$301/ per group
Yoko T.
5.00 / 5
(18 reviews)
Seki City Highlights (Swords & Knives)
Gifu
3 hours
Day 1 in Takayama, Day 2 ... there are guests who would also like to explore other places from Takayama as a day trip. I'd love to help you plan & realize such an excursion. It's a 1.5 hour Highway Bus ride from Takayama. Seki is one of the top-quality cutlery producers in the world and historically blessed with its perfect surrounding for making samurai swords with a history of over 700 years.
FROM$150/ per group
Yoko T.
5.00 / 5
(18 reviews)
MINO WASHI papermaking (Unesco status) Half day Private tour based on your requests
Gifu
3 hours
For 1300 years, the Mino region has specialized in the production of washi, a traditional handmade paper, and it is now one of the three remaining major centers of papermaking in Japan. Explore the wonder of paper! ・Two or three places where you would like to go in Mino, Gifu. ・For ideas of places to go, please see the images or the highlights.
FROM$150/ per group
Yoko T.
5.00 / 5
(18 reviews)