Nostalgic Shirakawa-go & Kanazawa 1-Day Bus Tour

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Discover Shirakawa-go & Kanazawa in a day! Enjoy scenic views, make Japanese sweets, and experience gold leaf crafting. Book your adventure now!

Duration: 9 hours, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Kanazawa Station - Our meeting point
The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go Gassho Style Houses - ・Shirakawa-go（Shirakawa Village) is a Japanese mountain settlement.
・Gassho style, which looks like hands joined in prayer.
・You can enjoy lunch by yourself at Shirakawa-go village
・This fairytale village is bound to inspire you as one of Japanese most picturesque site.
・You can have lunch by yourself
Kenrokuen Garden - ・One of Japan’s three most famous gardens
・You can enjoy the beauty of the four seasons
Kanazawa Castle - Walk pass
Kanazawa - ★Japanese Sweets making or Craft making
・Enjoy making Japanese sweets(Wagashi) with professional Wagashi craftman
※Depending on the craftsman’s schedule, this experience may be making traditional crafts (painting of Daruma dolls).
Higashi Chaya District - ・Discover one of Kanazawa’s largest geisha districts
・Please Try gorgeous gold leaf ice cream!
Kanazawa Bikazari Asano - ★Gold leaf experience
・You can learn about traditional gold leaf experience
Kanazawa Station - Our finish point

What's Included

Professional English Speaking Tour Guide
In-vehicle air conditioning
Admission for Kenrokuen Garden
Japanese sweets making experience or painting of Daruma dolls
Multilingual Audio Guidance
Wi-Fi service available on the bus
Gold leaf experience

What's Not Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Food and drinks, unless specified
Gratuities

Additional Information

Explore the world-famous UNESCO village on our full-day Shirakawago & Kanazawa tour from Kanazawa station! Admire the picturesque landscapes in Shirakawa-go in the morning, then return to Kanazawa to visit must-see attractions like Kenrokuen Garden and Higashi Chaya District. In Kanazawa, you will make Japanese sweets with a professional craftsman and enjoy the traditional craft of gold leaf experience. Stroll through the geisha district while savoring luxurious soft serve ice cream adorned with gold leaf. Enjoy unique experiences on this one-day tour that you wouldn’t have on your own.

・1 Day adventure to World Heritage Shirakawago and Kanazawa city
・A Professional English-speaking guide attend this tour
・On top of that, multilingual audio guidance is available in EN, FR, IT, ES, DE, PT, UK
・Please enjoy Walking & Local food in Shirakawa-go
・Let’s make Japanese Sweets(Wagashi)with professional Wagashi craftsman
・Learn about Traditional craft Gold leaf experience

Audio guide is available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Germany, Portuguese, Ukrainian
Itinerary order is subject to change depending on traffic, weather, and operation.
If any of the visiting places is closed, we will try to attend an alternative place.
We do not supply any extra pick up & drop off service.
Please let us know your booking numbers and total number of people before the tour, if you have several bookings or if you have booked separately so that we can arrange same bus for you..
Due to the weather conditions, traffic conditions, or suspension of operation, we may have a possibility not to achieve all the activities. The tour will be attending to alternative place or giving out a gift as a compensation, depending on the situation at that time. There will not be any refunds for these changes.
Late arrivals will not be entertained and joining midway is not feasible for the tour. Please arrive the meeting point on time.

Location

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【MEETING POINT】 Kanazawa Station West Plaza - Short-term Car Park URL; https://maps.app.goo.gl/uf7DTGVBCAgC8VwJ7 【ADDRESS】1 Chome-802 Hirooka, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Japan 【Meeting time】7:50am 【Departure time】8:00am ★Look out for green and white flag "Japan Panoramic Tours"

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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F7040mxeval

Mar 19, 2020

Spectacular Day Trip - We were extremely happy and glad that we chose this itinerary. Takayama is such a cute little town and the hida beef (sushi, on the charcoal tick and steamed bun) were so tasty. It practically melts in your mouth. We also had free sake tasting, We ended buying a 3 different small bottles to bring home. Shirakawa-go is such a unique place. We were lucky that it was snowing that day. Our tour guide Yoshi-San was very courteous and kept us informed of the history and areas we were heading to. The gold leaf postcard activity was pretty fun too. Overall, we are grateful and money well spent.

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Jjewelry

Mar 15, 2020

Amazing tour! - My experience with Japan Panoramic Tour has been absolutely amazing! From the person who met me at the station to the tour guide and driver, they all did such a great job, I was well taken care of throughout the tour. Yoshi San, the tour guide speaks fluent English and I had learned so much from him about Japanese culture and history. He guided me through the markets, took me to one of the village houses, even offered to take pictures of me coz I was traveling alone. Yoshi San simply made my day! If you happen to be in Kanazawa and would like to go to see the old town Takayama and world heritage Shirakawa-go, this is a tour you shouldn’t miss! A brand new and clean tour van, a friendly and knowledgeable tour guide, beautiful scenery and delicious food. What more could you ask for?

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Flemmert_d

Mar 13, 2020

Excellent tour - We enjoyed the tour with our excellent guides. They were very friendly and informative. We can really recommend this tour.

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Joannielo2019

Mar 12, 2020

Best day trip to see it all! - I originally planned to stay in Takayama and visit the region from there but realised it was faster and easier to go to Kanazawa from Tokyo rahter then Takayama. I still wanted to visit Takayama and Shirakawa-go though and was so happy when I found this day tour. It is a new tour but it is already so well organized. I was alone in my tour due to the covid-19 outbreak but my guide Yoshi made it very entertaining for me. He even show me how to do origami while on the road! First, you'll go to Takayama in the old township where you'll have plenty of free time to walk around for shopping and trying different food at the market. Then you'll stop for lunch. I strongly recommended that you take the tour with the lunch option included as the food was really good and cheap! And then, we headed out to Shirakawa-go with, again, plenty of time to walk around and discover the small town, before going to the last stop at the gold leaf museum. It is a pack day but it was for me, by far, the best and easiest way to visit those two historical sites. Highly recommend!

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Argilop

Mar 10, 2020

Day tour to Takayama and Shirakawa-go - I would definitely recommend the day trip to Takayama and Shirakawa-go. Due to the current viral circumstances, we were the only ones assiting to the tour. I have to thank Japan Panoramic Tours for offering us the oportunity to enjoy the lovely japanese scenery. Our guide Yoshi was great, he gave us a lots of information and kindly answered all our questions about Japanese culture. Overall, the tour is well balanced between free time and guided activities.

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Experience721979

Mar 10, 2020

Lovely day with our guide Yoshi - Pretty much had a private tour 2 of us due to the tourism affected by coronavirus fear. They even came to our hotel to get the payment because our visa credit cards were not working online. Loved Takayama, architecture and all the little shops selling sake and other Japanese goods. Lunch was very tasty. Our guide Yoshi guided us through Takayama streets to pick some local snacks. He tirelessly answered all our questions about Japan overall and gave us some insight. Lovely tour, suggested to all who wants to see Takayama and Shirakawago in a day.

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285ellih

Mar 8, 2020

Great one day trip - We visited Kanazawa on my roundtrip. It is not so far from Shirakawa-go and Takayama, so we decided to go there and do that with a guided tour. I already die the Hakone and Mt. Fuji Tour so I know that Japan Panoramic Tours is doing a great job. So was it that time, too! Yoshi our guide showed us the most important spots and recommended us some places, so we could easily decide on our own what we wanted to see, when we had some time on our own. First we went to Takayama, where we tasted some sake and learned about brewing sake. My friend musn't drink, so they prepared some non-alcoholic amazake for her, that was also really delicious! After that we were able to walk around, most people only walk around the main street, but we were able even to check out a small market with local food along the river. After that we had lunch at another place. The food was very good and beautiful and we even could try some Hida-Beef. We loved the rice which was produced in this area. After lunch we went to Shirakawa-go, where we also had some time on our own to have a look around and could take many pictures and also some souvenir shopping. In the end we went to a spot above from where you can see the whole town. Back to Kanazawa we were able to put a gold leaf on a post card and eat some ice with gold on it. It was really interesting and we had a lot of fun! We enjoyed this daytrip very much! Without this guided tour we weren't able to such a lot of things! We learned a lot about special local food, history and also architecture thanks to Yoshi! That made the tour very special! If you are only staying a short time in Kanazawa, that would be the perfect daytrip for you!

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