← Gifu itinerariesShirakawa-go Day Trip from Kanazawa by Bus
Leave Kanazawa Station at 08:00 and visit Deai Bridge, Wada House, Myozen-ji and 2 more places on foot and by bus. Day trip. Listed costs: about ¥7,600 per person. 2 items need booking ahead.
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The bus to Shirakawa-go needs a reservation
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- 08:001
The bus to Shirakawa-go needs a reservation
- Bus 1 hr 15 min¥2,600Booking page
- 09:202
On winter light-up days, both entry and parking need a reservation
- Walk 15 min
- 09:403
Cross the Sho River into the village
- Walk 10 min
- 10:004
A gassho-zukuri farmhouse you can go inside
- Walk 10 min
- 11:005
- Walk 10 min
- 12:006
- Bus 15 min¥200
- 13:307
- Walk 20 min
- 15:008
- Bus 1 hr 15 min¥2,600Booking page
- 16:209
Getting around and time at each stop
- Kanazawa Station (start) → Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal: Bus 1 hr 15 min (¥2,600)
- Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal → Deai Bridge: Walk 15 min
- Deai Bridge → Wada House: Walk 10 min
- Wada House → Myozen-ji: Walk 10 min
- Myozen-ji → Restaurant in a gassho-zukuri house: Walk 10 min
- Restaurant in a gassho-zukuri house → Shiroyama Tenshukaku Observation Deck: Bus 15 min (¥200)
- Shiroyama Tenshukaku Observation Deck → Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal: Walk 20 min
- Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal → Kanazawa Station (finish): Bus 1 hr 15 min (¥2,600)
Time at each stop (approx., includes free time): Wada House: about 50 min · Myozen-ji: about 50 min · Restaurant in a gassho-zukuri house: about 1 hr 15 min · Shiroyama Tenshukaku Observation Deck: about 1 hr 10 min
Travel times are a guide. Check timetables on the day.
Listed costs per person, in yen
- Transport
- ¥5,400
- Stay
- ¥0
- Admission
- ¥2,200
- Total
- ¥7,600
- Not a tour price. Meals may not be included.
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