World Heritage Shirakawa-go and KanazawaTour by Professional guide

Yasushi was one of my favourite tour guides of all the trips during my stay in Japan - his energy was great and he was very helpful in ensuring that our visit to Shirakawa-go was a memorable one. The pace of the tour was very comfortable - we were able to visit the Shirakawa-go area without feeling rushed. The tips that Yasushi provided also were great in ensuring that we visited the best places for hida beef and pudding (a must try!). We upgraded to the afternoon tour as well and were so glad we did -while we had already visited the garden and higashi chaya, having a local guide share the experience made the visit so much more meaningful. Would highly recommend this tour!

If you have time do the full day tour! Tour from Kanazawa to Shirakawa Go,a winter wonderland with lots of snow and amazing historical A frame houses. Than back to Kanazawa to see the beautiful Kenroku gardens and finished in Higashi Chaya district( Geisha district ). Painted a daruma doll and made a gold leaf post card. our guide was the wonderful Yusushi he was so knowledgeable and friendly. His local and historical knowledge was fantastic. highly recommend this tour.

Aiko was fabulous. She spoke very good English, Spanish, Japanese, and others. She was entertaining and educational making custom materials that enhanced the experience. The tour was a great way to see the village, garden, and gisha district, and to make candy and a gold leaf post card. I recommend the full day optiin. Best way to see it all.

Had a great time. Our guide Keita took time to give us lots of background info. We did the full day tour that included painting the Daruma and this was a fun activity and a great way to also see parts of Kanazawa. I would definitely recommend this tour.

We had the most amazing guide for this tour, Yasushi, who made the day so enjoyable and relaxing. He gave us great and valuable information on the bus so we could have as much time to ourselves in Shirakawa-go once we arrived. His local food recommendations were spot on, some of the best food we have had. The gardens were beautiful and the craft sessions were a lot of fun and something a bit different and special to add to our trip. Highly recommend this tour.

Arriving early at Shirakawago was fantastic. Weather was beautifully sunny great for exploring the area. Our tour guide Yasushi had great energy and explained about Japanese culture and area. We had a fantastic first part of the day finishing at Kerouen garden

Full day tour was a good choice, allowed plenty of free time in-between each stop whether it was the walk to the observatory in Shirakawa-go for the amazing view, trying the rice cake dipped soy to enjoying an extra stroll in kenroku-en gardens (not until after Sakura had already taken us through with a great guided tour) and finishing it all off at higashi chaya district with a hands on gold postcard experience to enjoying a gold leaf ice cream to end the day off perfectly. Everything was smooth and efficient thanks to both our tour guide Sakura and our also amazing bus driver of the day on the 9/03/26. Unforgettable thank you.

The weather was great, and it was a fulfilling trip. I took some wonderful landscape photos. Yasushi was a fantastic guide. During the trip, I asked about the bear incident. I’m sorry my English isn’t very good—I was trying to make a joke to lighten the mood. I truly hope all disasters have passed and won’t happen again. Peace and safety are the most important things.

I had really wanted to visit Shirakawa after seeing it on Youtube. I thought a tour would be the best option especially as a solo traveler. Ciel was a very good guide, giving knowledge, history and humour during the journey. The timing for the tour seemed good, I was able to visit everything during the time as well as try out some food and shop for gifts. Ciel also gave additional knowledge on site and was always happy to help, offered food tips and was generally pleasant to be around. Highly recommend this tour as it seems like easiest and best way to explore Shirakawa and is early in the day to beat the crowds

Had a wonderful day exploring Shirakawa-Go and Kanazawa. We made Wagashi (japanese Sweets) and tried goldleaf postcard making. Our Guide Yasushi was really nice and gave us Information about Japan history, and the places we visited.