Japanese Travel and Tourism Tips
World Heritage Shirakawa-go
The most distinctive feature of Shirakawa-go is the Gassho-style houses. The gassho-zukuri style uses heavy wood and has a large, steeply sloping ro...
Hida Takayama old townscape
The townscape developed as the castle town of Takayama Castle, and the merchant houses and townhouses of that time still remain today. The irrigation ...
Shinhotaka Ropeway
There is a 1st ropeway and a 2nd ropeway where you can transfer. Transfer is a 1 minute walk. From Nishihotakaguchi Station, you can access trailhe...
Okuhida Hirayuotaki
And there from Kamikochi of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture and Gifu Prefectur...
Okuhida Onsenkyo Hirayu Onsen Hirayu no Mori
The water flows directly from the source at a temperature of 67.7 degrees. ...
Village of Maze river hot spring YoshiTeru of Minami Hida
Rather than the spa town as Gero hot springs, it is a taste, such as hot sp...
Gero spa town
There are several free footbaths. As a day-trip hot spring facility, you...
Nakazaki Sanso Okuhida no Yu
There are two types of springs: simple springs and sulfur springs. In addit...
Hida Ichinomiya Mizunashi Shrine
The main deity enshrined is Mizunashi Okami (collective name for Mitoshi Ok...
Nakasa, a popular soba restaurant in Gero
Using only small grains of buckwheat grown in Okuhida and parts of Nagano P...
Kiyomian Okura & Okura Falls
The soba is not hand-made, but stone ground. There is a promenade where ...
Sobasho
It is located along National Route 156 from Gujo City to Shirakawa-go.
Hida large limestone cave
The Hida Great Limestone Cave was at the bottom of the sea about 250 million years ago, so fossils such as coral and shells can be seen here. It is al...
Otaki Limestone Cave/Jomon Cave
"Otaki Limestone Cave" is a limestone cave with a beautiful underground scenery, with a 30m drop called "Underground Waterfall" at the deepest part of...
Amida Falls
It is a waterfall with a height of approximately 60 meters that flows down ...
Garyuzakura
This is a large Edohigan cherry tree that is representative of Japan, with branches extending 30 meters and a height of 20 meters. The best time to...
Takayama Jinya
Takayama Jinya played an important role as a political and administrative base in the Hida region during the Edo period. Magistrates and gundai were i...
Miyagawa morning market in Takayama
The history of Miyagawa Morning Market dates back to the Edo period. Initially, it developed as a rice market, a mulberry market, and a flower market,...
Yoshijima family residence
The Yoshijima family is an old family that was involved in the buying and selling of raw silk and cocoons, finance, and sake brewing from the late Edo...
Gandate Park in Gandate Gorge
Gandatekyo is a lava plateau with a total length of approximately 17 km, formed by the lava flow of Mt. Ontake. Among them, a rock wall approximately ...
Hida Furukawa Shirakabe Dozogai
Hida Furukawa prospered as a castle town belonging to Hida Province during the Edo period. In Shirakabe Dozo-gai, merchant houses and townhouses from ...
Hakusan Shirakawago White Road & Fukubee Otaki
There are many attractions such as Fukube-no-Otaki, Kamoshika Falls and an ...
Roadside Station Shirakawago
In addition to gassho-zukuri exhibits, there are restaurants and souvenir s...
Hida Kanayama Onsen Yuttarikan
The spring quality is a simple alkaline hot spring that is gentle on the sk...