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Takayama Highlights Tours

Takayama and Shirakawago in 1 day

Takayama
9 hours

How about spending 1 day to visit both Takayama and Shirakawago? This tour departs from Takayama and we will spend first 2 hours in Takayama and then depart to Shirakawago for 3.5 hours walking tour. If the group is staying in Kanazawa for the night after the tour, it is not necessary to come back to Takayama.

FROM$315/ per group
Bonnie C.
5.00 / 5
(3 reviews)

Takayama Highlights Tour of Must-Visit Gems

Takayama
3 hours 30 min

This is the ideal tour for first-time visitors looking to discover Takayama's history, authentic culture, and natural beauty with a local guide! The basic itinerary includes some of the best experiences, such as the morning market, the old town, and a local sake brewery. Please let me know your interests, and I will happily arrange a customized tour just for you!

FROM$350/ per group
Mika S.
4.96 / 5
(26 reviews)

Takayama Full-day Private Tour (6 hours)

Takayama
6 hours

You can visit the old town area in Takayama with a friendly, Hida area Government-licensed Guide Interpreter. Walk around "Miyagawa Morning Market", where you can find locally grown foods and handcrafts. Koi (carp) fish welcome you. Experience the feel of "Takayama Festival" at the Festival Floats Exhibition Hall. Skilled artisans’ works, traditional structures seen in Takayama old town are must-see, too. Also why not try talking to locals? Your guide is more than happy to help you.

FROM$203/ per group
Yoko T.
5.00 / 5
(17 reviews)

ONE DAY - private Tour based on your requests in Takayama

Takayama
6 hours

My tour is private customized tour in Hida region (Takayama, Shirakawago) based on your requests. We communicate well in advance and make your own plan. Once confirm your reservation, I will give you detailed itinerary. Please feel free to contact with me and let me know the places where would like to visit, your favorite things, interested in.

FROM$364/ per group
Kyohei Y.
5.00 / 5
(3 reviews)

"HALF DAY"- private Tour based on your requests in Takayama

Takayama
4 hours

My tour is private customized tour in Hida region (Takayama, Shirakawago) based on your requests. We communicate well in advance and make your own plan. Once confirm your reservation, I will give you detailed itinerary. Please feel free to contact with me and let me know the places where would like to visit, your favorite things, interested in.

FROM$315/ per group
Kyohei Y.
5.00 / 5
(3 reviews)

Wonderful half-day experience Takayama tour

Takayama
5 hours

Takayama has a lot of nature and culture. In this tour, you can experience such a wonderful time of culture and nature in Takayama. At first, I guide you to the only surviving old office building in Japan where has a beautiful Japanese garden. Next, let's enjoy local street morning market for shopping! Then, how about seeing magnificent festival floats? Passing through the old street, why don't you go to the crafts square in order to enjoy making some local products by yourself?

FROM$210/ per group
Yuriko S.
4.94 / 5
(52 reviews)

Takayama Day Trip Tours

Casual tour in Takayama

Takayama
2 hours 30 min

I'll guide main part of Takayama and local place. We'll go old town, morning market, sake breweries, shrines and temples area, also good cafes or eateries. Also I can arrange a plan where you want to go like to see cherry blossom, to walk in country side.

FROM$98/ per group
Mao M.
4.62 / 5
(13 reviews)

Best of Takayama & Shirakawa-go Expedition

Takayama
7 hours

Start your day with a trip to Takayama's morning market, one of the 3 largest markets in Japan. Then, take a relaxing stroll through the old town, beautifully preserved for 300 years since the samurai period. In the afternoon, you will take a trip to Shirakawa-go and see its traditional thatched roof houses, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Please let me know your special interests, and I will happily customize the tour for you, especially activities or food you'd like to try!

FROM$473/ per group
Mika S.
4.96 / 5
(26 reviews)

Takayama ( old merchant town ) and Shirakawago ( UNESCO World Heritage site ) tour from Kanazawa

Takayama
9 hours

In the Edo period, for the first 107 years Takayama was ruled by the fuedal lord Kanamori. For the latter 177 years the Tokugawa Shogunate directly ru...

FROM$287/ per group
Takashi M.
4.71 / 5
(17 reviews)

Wondeful one-dayTakayama tour from Nagoya

Takayama
7 hours

Takayama is located in the north of Gifu, central Japan. It takes about 2 and half hour from Nagoya by highway-bus. While bus riding, you can enjoy beautiful mountainous scenery, especially in winter, the snow-covered landscape from the bus window is wonderful!! Takayama is an old castle town, I am sure you will have a wonderful time while walking through the nostalgic town street!! Takayama also has a lot of high quality craftsmanship, you can experience such a skillful art by yourself!!

FROM$245/ per group
Yuriko S.
4.94 / 5
(52 reviews)

Takayama Food & Drink Tours

Sake Sensations: an Exclusive Tasting with a Sommelier

Takayama
1 hour 20 min

Thanks to its ideal climate, Takayama boasts a wide variety of local sake brewed at multiple private breweries. Each brewery has a different philosophy; understanding them will give you insight into how to enjoy the local masterpieces. Your guide will take you on an exquisite and culturally rich tasting experience at one of the breweries. Indulge in the world of sake with your guide, an International Sake Sommelier, and get detailed tips on how to enjoy Japan's national drink!

FROM$70/ per person
Mika S.
4.96 / 5
(26 reviews)

Multi-Brewery Sake Tasting Tour

Takayama
2 hours

Your guide, an experienced brewery worker, will introduce you to sake, and help you to discover the varieties that you like best. A complete explanation of the production process and the various flavor elements will help you to understand what you are tasting. Starting with some standard varieties, we will guide you toward the kinds that you will enjoy the most. There are seven sake breweries to visit, but the full circuit is not for the faint of heart.

FROM$49/ per person
William P.
4.75 / 5
(4 reviews)

Takayama Foodie Tour

Takayama
2 hours 30 min

Do you want to explore Takayama like a local? Maybe you aren’t sure where to find the best eats or quality Japanese cooking utensils and vessels. On this private tour, you can take a culinary adventure and get the best of Takayama’s unique food culture! The cold climate is ideal for making miso, pickles, sake, and many other traditional Japanese food. Get ready to go on a delicious journey where you can learn about Takayama through its authentic cuisine.

FROM$105/ per person
Mika S.
4.96 / 5
(26 reviews)

Day Trips from Takayama

Reviews

Joseph Y.

5 / 5
Sep 19, 2024

Best Guide I've every had!!!

Masumi is hands down The Best Guide!!! I had a wonderful time exploring Tokyo with her!!! She is very informative, kind, intelligent, and experienced in travel. If you want the best, simply put, book with Masumi!!!

Masumi N.

Joseph:):):) thank you soooo much for your heart full comment!!! It was very pleasure meeting you and spending time with you!!! I enjoyed every conversation we had, we laughed a lot ya!!! I really miss chatting with you! Plz plz contact me anytime whenever I can assist with you:):):) thank you very much again for amazing wonderful day yesterday!!

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Andre I.

5 / 5
Sep 19, 2024

Pleasant day in Kyoto

My wife and I had a very pleasant day with Makoto sigthseeing Kyoto and its main sights. Tak! :-)

Makoto Y.

Dear Andre, Thank you for your nice comments on Kyoto tour. I have also enjoyed guiding you very much although it was so hot day. Please come back to Japan. Jeg er glad for det. Tak for alt !! Makoto

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Ting N.

5 / 5
Sep 19, 2024

Review of my 5-day tours with Toshi M

Toshi is a decent guy. I am grateful for his additional help to me in finding the 2 meeting places that I signed up with other companies in Osaka. He often offered to take pictures at the sightseeing spots for me since I am traveling solo. Some aspects Toshi /GOWITHGUIDE can do better: 1. The company needs to have a more rigid screening process. The picture Toshi put on the website looks like a middle-aged man, but he maybe a lot older than that. I was surprised to see him on Sept 12. He came with a cane because he injured his angel. At some major sites, he did not go with me to the actual spots. Sometimes I got lost due to our walking speed/distractions, and it took more time for us to find each other. GOWITHGUIDE should have a policy asking for doctor’s certificate that the person is physically fit to do the walking and climbing in hot and cold days. 2. He was not very knowledgeable on the areas that he advertised. Lots of time he needed to stop to ask for directions. The first day he came to meet me at 11:01 since he could not find my hotel! We were supposed to meet at 9:30 am. He also told me that his wife has Parkinson’s disease he has to help her for her morning routines. With high temperature everyday I wish we could start tours earlier, but I didn’t feel comfortable to ask him. The time spent on finding directions was calculated into my 7-hour schedule. 3. Totally, I paid him/GOWITHGUIDE more than $1000 (paying to the company upfront and paying him the transportation and lunch daily directly) Here the company should make it clear about transportation and lunch policy. Overall, I don’t feel my money was well-spent. He did accomplish hotel meeting and sending-me-back job. The sightseeing part did not meet my expectations. I thought it was too late to change a guide when I met him the first day. So I worked with him till the end. Although overall he is a decent guy, he lacked the ability to do a better job as a tour guide. I can provide a longer review.

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Ken P.

5 / 5
Sep 18, 2024

A Nice Day In the Country

Best of Wicklow was a nice day in the country. Dairine was informative engaging and extremely open on the history of the area Her knowledge extended beyond history to the local plants wild life and geography She has deep roots in the local area dating back multiple generations of farming Highlight of our trip to Ireland

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Travel like a real local. With our lineup of varied tours we want to help you customize and realize your ideal tour in Takayama. Our guides can arrange for you to visit areas specific to your interests, so there will be no filler in the itinerary! Browse all the tours we offer in Takayama, and find the perfect one for you. The tours come in a variety of categories and lengths, so chances are you will be able to find the tour for you. Looking for something you couldn’t find in our lineup? Go ahead and send a message to one of the guides, they will create your tour for you! Teaming up with a local guide and getting their help in planning the itinerary is the smart way to travel, so let them sort everything out for you.