Gifu

It starts with a good tour guide Ms Xiao YU and a safe driver. Great touring experience at Hida and Shirakawago. We learn a lot on the history of the area and leaves color in the northern part of Nagoya is breathtaking. Lunch offered considering the location of restaurant, which is quite remote , is good. Only complaint is the lunch time is too rush. All in all, I would recommend to my friends.

Upon arriving at the entrance, immediately use KKDay to buy tickets and enter directly; it's cheaper than buying tickets outright.

The itinerary was very fulfilling, with visits to three scenic spots, all of which were beautiful. It would have been even better if we could have spent more time in Takayama Old Town. The tour guide was very professional, providing explanations in three languages, which deepened my understanding and impression of these places.

Arriving early morning before crowds was a big plus to enjoy our time in the beautiful village of Shirakawa-go. Tour guide Nagomi was excellent, making the trip smooth and enjoyable.

Communication was smooth, the driver was very nice, drove very smoothly, and the car was very clean.

The bus will arrive at Takayama at 11am, so you can take a trip to the Miyagawa Morning Market (closes at 12am). The 2-hour stay in Takayama is only enough to visit the Miyagawa Morning Market and queue for lunch. In order to spend more time walking around the old street, I didn't go to the restaurant and only ate the Hida beef sushi and doughnuts from the morning market. A stay of 1.5 hours in Shirakawa-go is just right. I booked a trip directly up to the observation deck, so the bus would take us to the observation deck first and stay for about 20 minutes. Then load us down again and stay a little over 1 hour. Takayama is worth a careful visit for half a day or even a night stay. But hotels in Takayama are hard to book and hostels are expensive. So I eventually opted for a day trip from Nagoya.