Takayama Full-Day Private Tour: Explore Traditional Japan with a Licensed Guide
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Takayama
Immerse yourself in the traditional charm of Takayama with a full-day private tour. Explore historic sites, museums, and temples with a licensed guide. Customize your itinerary and make the most of your visit!
Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Sanmachi Suji - Sanmachi Street is a popular sightseeing area in Hida-Takayama. As an old town, the area has houses and stores from the Edo period (1603 - 1868). The area is lined with shops carrying local specialties such as Japanese sake, senbei (rice crackers), barbecue yakiniku Hida beef, and croquettes. The area has a lively atmosphere with people shopping and eating.

Sanmachi Street is a five-minute walk from JR Takayama Station. Be sure to stop by when you visit Takayama.

What's Included
  • Licensed Local Guide
  • Customizable Tour of your choice of 3-4 sites from ‘What to expect’ list
What's Not Included
  • Transportation fees, Entrance fees, Lunch, and Other personal expenses
  • Private transportation
  • You cannot combine multiple tour groups.
  • Guide Entry fees are only covered for sights listed under What to Expect.
Additional Information

Join us on a value-filled journey conducted by an expert multilingual guide, licensed by the government, to explore the wonders of Takayama!

Takayama boasts a captivating cityscape, embellished with inns from the Meiji era and hillside sanctuaries, nestled along the river. The city’s 17th-century setup is also home to numerous museums, galleries, and temples. Don’t miss out on the much-anticipated Takayama Festival held biannually in spring and autumn, though brace yourselves for the crowd, as these festivals draw in hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts annually.

Tell us your preferences and allow us to personalize a six-hour tour tailor-made to your liking!

Note1: Please choose your preferred attractions from a list provided in the tour details to tailor-make your itinerary.
Note
2: The National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter certificate, issued by the Japanese government, signifies comprehensive knowledge and comprehension of Japanese culture and history.

  • This is a walking tour. Pick up is on foot.
Location
Sanmachi Suji
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Lautaro_d
Dec 20, 2023
Excellent option for one day in Takayama - This tour was an excellent option to enjoy the town and learn about its history, culture, crafts and gastronomy. Akane Ito was an excellent guide, very knowledgeable of the town's history and the best places to visit. We visited Takayama for one day.
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Gicdjc
Oct 12, 2022
Excellent tour of Takayama Autumn Festival with Yoko - One of the highlights of our trip to Japan has been our tour of Takayama with Yoko. Yoko’s command of English is excellent. Not only was she flexible in building our customized tour around our interests, but it was a pleasure to discuss topics of interest to us like language and culture, and she has a fun sense of humor. Yoko’s pleasant demeanor greatly enhanced our enjoyment of the Autumn Takayama Festival (高山祭, Takayama Matsuri). We definitely recommend JGA for personalized tours, and in particular we recommend Yoko Tabata.
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Madelaineng
Feb 26, 2020
Great experience at own leisure - We have a good tour guide and her name is Satomi. She speak well in English and very polite. She is very knowledgeable and accommodate to our needs throughout the walking tour. We enjoy having her with us as she takes us around to a few nice places. Glad to have her, we can be worry free and get to enjoy the full day tour at our own leisure.
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Boris_n
Jul 31, 2023
Do not need a guide for this "tour" - You really do not need a tour guide for this tour. Our guide, while very nice, simply walked us around the streets near our hotel. There was nothing unique that the guide was able to add to what we could have easily done on our own and at our own pace. There is nothing to see in Takayama beyond a few nice old streets, so having the guide is pretty pointless, and we were done with the tour in about 5 hours.
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229rogerm
Mar 11, 2023
Tour was cancelled at the last minute - The tour operator cancelled the tour at 6pm on the night before the tour! Shocking behaviour from Viator.
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