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Shirakawago

117 Reviews

#4 of 35 things to do in Shirakawa-mura

Sights & Landmarks, Historic Sites

517 Hatogaya, Shirakawa-mura, Ono-gun 501-5629, Gifu Prefecture

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Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, Snow Otani Walk, Shirakawago and Hida Takayama

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From $356.39*

Multi-Day Bus Tour of Mt. Fuji, Lake Kawaguchiko, Shirakawago from Tokyo

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Private Tour from Kanazawa to Shirakawago, Hida Furukawa and Takayama

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From $776.95*

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“an overnight stay”(5 reviews)

“day trip”(12 reviews)

“mountain stream”(2 reviews)

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517 Hatogaya, Shirakawa-mura, Ono-gun 501-5629, Gifu Prefecture

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yossir2015

Tel Aviv, Israel

10923

Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile

Lovely very special little village

We were there in a very poor weather, rain an snow, but still enjoyed it. The Gacsho houses are unique. It is recommended to visit at list one house from the inside. Very touristic but still a lovely place. It is nice for half a...More

Date of experience: February 2019

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Mixed-up-infoman

York, United Kingdom

4417

Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile

Day trip from Takayama

We visited this by bus from Takayama bus station. First some comments about the bus: while wandering around Shirakawago is free, the cost of the return bus ride is quite substantial (4420 yen) and the service is quite infrequent, especially as many services are reservation...More

Date of experience: March 2019

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Susan G

Melbourne, Australia

17052

Reviewed 4 weeks ago via mobile

Beautiful village

We came here with our guide Hisa who gave us a lot of the history of this village and informed us on their way of life. There was a lot of tourists during the day while we visited, but I imagine it would be quite...More

Date of experience: March 2019

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moumou199

Hong Kong, China

18570

Reviewed March 16, 2019 via mobile

So much fun

We came here twice during our recent trip to Japan. The first day without snow and the second day after some snow. The village looked so different after a night of snow. At the beginning, we drove through the village because the parking lot looked...More

Date of experience: March 2019

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Samuelpas

Bekasi, Indonesia

531281

Reviewed March 16, 2019

Snowy village

We went here by bus from Nagoya for about 3 hours. We took the first bus to avoid crowd and after arrived we immidiately walk to the bus station to the observation deck but there has been long enough queue there. Unfortunately the snow fall...More

Date of experience: January 2019

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fqtravellernd

Singapore, Singapore

10528

Reviewed March 7, 2019

Awesome romantic winter

This place is simply breathtaking! The views along the way... a small village with a lot of charm. The winter snow makes it so romantic to be in this village. Going up the peak to get a full view of the village in snow made...More

Date of experience: December 2018

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Lynda Y

Reviewed February 22, 2019 via mobile

Check up what’s open before you go!

We planned a day trip from Kanazawa but found the busses quite booked up in advance and so took the only day we could get. Bad choice. In February there seems to be a bit of ‘winter closure’ (e. g. Silk Centre) and Thursday seems...More

Date of experience: February 2019

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tyler_27

Manila, Philippines

7030

Reviewed February 22, 2019 via mobile

Winter wonderland

It took us 3 hours to get here from Nagoya via Bus but going there was like going up the mountains of the Swiss alps .. such a beautiful view since i come from a tropikal Country , i truly enjoyed coming here and would...More

Date of experience: February 2019

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galaforrefreshments

Reviewed February 20, 2019 via mobile

Autumn @shirakawago

We booked a ticket in Takayama to go in Shirakawa Village.It was a small traditional village located in Gifu Prefecture.It was nice. Very clean surroundings. You must visit this also.

Date of experience: November 2018

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Kitty L

Sydney, Australia

Reviewed February 6, 2019 via mobile

Amazing

This is a must do journey. Take yourself back in time with the fairytale like backdrop of Shirakawago folk village. It is worth it.

Date of experience: December 2018

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Taniamarselia

I'm going to visit Shirakawago in the middle of April 2019. Can I still see the snow?

January 19, 2019|

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Most snow should've melted by mid April. So, the chances that you'd see snow aren't very high. There may be some remaining snow on the field, but it doesn't look nice.