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Shirakawa-go, Nagoya — where to start?

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From the airport to Shirakawa-go
Bus Nagoya Sta. → Shirakawa-go About 170 min
Highway bus (reservation required)
Direct, no transfers
Recommended Food in Shirakawa-go
  1. HakurakuRamenChicken-broth ramen
  2. NagomiIzakayaIzakaya small plates
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Getting around Shirakawa-go

On footEverything in the village is walkable

BusBook buses to Takayama or Kanazawa in advance

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Souvenirs

Ogimachi souvenir street, Shirakawa-go

白川郷 荻町

Souvenir shops and tea rooms in thatched houses along the village's main street.

Area
Nagoya · Shirakawa-go
Getting there
5 min walk from the Shirakawa-go bus terminal
Shopping list picks
  • Thatched-house miniatures
  • Doburoku (cloudy sake) sweets
  • Pickled mountain vegetables
Travel tips · Some shops take cash only.
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More places nearby

Historic·TemplesShirakawa-go

Shirakawa-go gassho-zukuri village

白川郷合掌造り集落

A World Heritage village of steep thatched houses shaped like hands in prayer, still lived in today.

Bus from Takayama or Nagoya
Scenery·NatureShirakawa-go

Shiroyama Viewpoint

白川郷展望台

A lookout with the postcard view of the whole village.

Shuttle bus or 20 min walk from the village
Historic·TemplesShirakawa-go

Wada House

和田家

One of the largest gassho-zukuri houses in the village, an Important Cultural Property open to visitors.

5 min walk from Shirakawa-go bus terminal
January festivalsShirakawa-go

Shirakawa-go light-up

白川郷ライトアップ

A winter event that lights up the snow-covered gassho-zukuri houses for a fairy-tale scene.

Shirakawa-go
Department storesCentral Nagoya

JR Nagoya Takashimaya & Gate Tower Mall

ジェイアール名古屋タカシマヤ

Department store and mall right above Nagoya Station, with Nagoya specialty sweets in the food hall.

Nagoya Sta.
Department stores & fashionCentral Nagoya

Sakae

栄

Nagoya's biggest shopping district, with Matsuzakaya, Mitsukoshi and underground malls.

Sakae Sta. (subway)
Shopping streetInuyama

Inuyama Honmachi street

犬山 本町通り

The old street below Inuyama Castle, lined with skewered snacks and chopstick and craft shops.

10 min walk from Meitetsu Inuyama Sta.
SouvenirsTakayama

Takayama old-town shops

高山 さんまち通り

Sake breweries, Hida beef skewers and sarubobo doll shops along the old streets.

10 min walk from JR Takayama Sta.