We took the Nohi bus day-long tour to Ainokura and Shirakawa-go and thought it was great. The bus tour had both Japanese-speaking and English-speaking tourists and each group had a guide. Our English-speaking guide was very good and gave a great orientation to the places...More

Took the bus from Takayama to this lovely spot which features many old traditional thatched japanese houses most of which are still lived in. The whole village is effectively a living museum with several nice places to eat and not too overdone as a tourist...More

We liked this trip a lot. We were especially thankful for our guide Miyako who was really kind and helpful and gave us a good insight of the area during our tour.

We decided to take the express bus over The Alps instead of going back to Tokyo by train and heading to Takayama from there. It's five hours but very cheap in comparison (half?) and you get a very scenic drive through the mountains thrown in....More

We got the 07.50 bus from Takayama arriving at Omigachi at 08.40 (reservations required) Then the 11.25 bus to Kanazawa arriving 12.50. Both journeys were comfortable and everything ran efficiently. We found the time we had in the (lovely) village was long enough. We jumped...More

I joined the Nohi Bus Company trip from Takayama to Magome/Tsumago on opening day. Departure was at 8:10 am and we arrived at Magome around 11 am. As soon as we arrived, I was struck by how well-preserved this old town is. Not only was...More

The reason why we booked Shiragawa go tour with Nohi Bus was we liked the fact that it departs later at 10.30am as it will be too cold to depart at 8.30am. The tour come with English speaking guide and it was well organised with...More