Beautiful Shirakawago Gassho Village. Find a Japanese treasure World Heritage deep in the mountain.

Guided Private Tour from Nagoya to Shirakawago gassho village

We are offering guided private tour service from Nagoya to Shirakawago gassho village. You can include Takayama and other places. If you are interested in our model courses, please contact us.

For the list of Takayama/Shirakawago tours, pelase visit our special site for Takayama and Shirakawago from here.

Ready-made Shirakawago tours from Nagoya

There are some ready made tours to Shirakawago available from Nagoya, such as Shirakawago and Takayama 2 Days Tour from Nagoya. These tours use cars directly from Nagoya. If you are a budget traveller, then you'd better taking train to Takayama and join in a tour there, or take a public bus.

Observation point at the ruin of Hagiwaracho Castle

This is the only spot from where you can observe and take a picture of whole Shirakawago Gassho Village in a single view. You may have seen many photos taken here. You can climb up there by car or on foot.

Shirakawago Gassho Village

Shirakawago was registered as one of the World Cultural Heritage by UNSESCO in 1995. There are several gassho-zukuri traditional houses gathered in a small village. Some of them are used for souvenir shops and inns, and some others, such as Wada House, are open for the public view. All vehicles except those of villagers are not allowed to drive through the streets within the village. Parking areas for tourists are located outside of the village and all tourists are required to visit the village on foot. All traditional houses are made of wood and straw, so smoking is not permitted inside the village.

Wada House

This is the largest gassho-zukuri house in the village. This house is registered as a national important cultural heritage, and you can observe inside the house. Wada family is still living in this house so please pay attention when you visit this house.