Travel Gifu Hokuriku Trip Shibuya246 · 21 October 2010 · 1 min read · 2,986 views · 3 comments
Shirakawago I am in Hokuriku for 4 days and will be back in Tokyo by the weekend. In Hokuriku I am visiting Shirakawago and Gokayama, Toyama-Ken. In Kanazawa, Ishikawa-Ken I visited Kenrokuen and tonight I am at Kagawa Onsen. Tomorrow I will visit Fukui-Ken before returning to Tokyo.
I should have lots of photos by the time I get back home.
Visiting today · Gifu, Chubu
Visiting Shirakawa-go (Ogimachi village) and Gokayama today October 2026 · next check January 2027
SHIBUYA 246 GIFU · 岐阜県 白川郷 COLLECT Added by Shibuya246, separate from the original post above. Facts are checked every quarter against the sources below. Check opening times and prices before you go.
What it is: Villages of steep-roofed gassho-zukuri farmhouses. Ogimachi in Shirakawa-go (Gifu) and Ainokura and Suganuma in Gokayama (Toyama) share one UNESCO World Heritage listing; Gokayama is smaller and quieter.Getting there: Highway buses run from Kanazawa Station (about 75 minutes, ¥2,800, reservation required) and from Takayama (about 50 minutes, ¥2,800). Buses towards Takaoka stop at Gokayama. The Japan Rail Pass does not cover them.Admission: Entry to the village is free. Wada House is ¥400 for adults; the Gassho-zukuri Minkaen open-air museum is ¥800.Tip: Sightseeing hours are 8:00-17:00; after dark only overnight guests may stay in the village. There are no bins, so take rubbish home.Best time: The winter light-up runs on 11, 17, 24 and 31 January 2027, 17:30-19:30, by advance reservation only.Best time J F M A M J J A S O N D Snow and the reservation-only winter light-up in January Same stamp, more posts: Shirakawago (2010)
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perdomot
Hope you get lots of pics of the onsen. Never get tired of seeing those. Have a safe trip.
Shibuya246
Thanks. It took me over an hour to make that post from my iPhone so glad to hear from someone. Will bring lots of photos back.
irinabel13
Lovely photo!