Access


By Car
From Tokyo
- 【Tokyo】 Chuo Expressway → 【Matsumoto IC】 R158 → Takayama → Chubu Junkan Expressway 【Takayama】 → 【Hida Kiyomi JCT】→ Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway 【Shirakawago IC】→ Turn right at the traffic lights after Shirakawago IC Exit → Turn right at the traffic lights at R156 Ogimachi → Turn left at the “Gasshozukuri Minkaen” sign.
From Osaka
- 【Toyonaka】 Meishin Expressway → 【Ichinomiya JCT】 Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway → 【ShirakawagoIC】 → Turn right at the traffic lights after Shirakawago IC Exit → Turn right at the traffic lights at R156 Ogimachi → Turn left at the “Gasshozukuri Minkaen” sign.
From Nagoya
- 【Nagoya】 Meishin Expressway → 【Ichinomiya JCT】 Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway → 【ShirakawagoIC】 → Turn right at the traffic lights after Shirakawago IC Exit → Turn right at the traffic lights at R156 Ogimachi → Turn left at the “Gasshozukuri Minkaen” sign.
From Toyama
- 【Toyama】 Hokuriku Expressway → 【Oyabe JCT】 Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway → 【ShirakawagoIC】 → Turn right at the traffic lights after Shirakawago IC Exit → Turn right at the traffic lights at R156 Ogimachi → Turn left at the “Gasshozukuri Minkaen” sign.
By Bus
From Tokyo
- 【Shinjuku】 Nohi Bus/Keio Bus (5 hours 20 minutes) → 【Takayama】 Nohi Bus Shirakawa-Kanazawa Line (50 minutes) → Get off at Shirakawago bus stop.
From Osaka
- 【Namba】【Kyoto】 Nohi Bus/Kintetsu Bus (5 hours) → 【Takayama】 Nohi Bus Shirakawa-Kanazawa Line (50 minutes) → Get off at Shirakawago bus stop.
From Nagoya
- 【Nagoya】 Nohi Bus/JRBus/Meitetsu Bus (2.5 hours) → 【Takayama】 Nohi Bus Shirakawa-Kanazawa Line (50 minutes) →Get off at Shirakawago bus stop.
From Toyama
- 【Toyama Airport】 Nohi Bus (2.5 hours) → 【Takayama】 Nohi Bus Shirakawa-Kanazawa Line (50 minutes) → Get off at Shirakawago bus stop.
By JR Train
From Tokyo
- 【Tokyo】Shinkansen (1 hour 40 minutes) → 【Nagoya】 JR Wideview Hida (2 hours 20 minutes) → 【Takayama】Nohi Bus Shirakawa-Kanazawa Line (50 minutes) → Get off at Shirakawago bus stop.
From Osaka
- 【Shin Osaka】 Shinkansen (50 minutes) → 【Nagoya】JR Wideview Hida (2 hours 20 minutes) → 【Takayama】Nohi Bus Shirakawa-Kanazawa Line (50 minutes) → Get off at Shirakawago bus stop.
From Nagoya
- 【Nagoya】 JR Wideview Hida (2 hours 20 minutes) → 【Takayama】 Nohi Bus Shirakawa-Kanazawa Line (50 minutes) →Get off at Shirakawago bus stop
From Toyama
- 【Toyama】 JR Wideview Hida (1.5 hours) → 【Takayama】 Nohi Bus Shirakawa-Kanazawa Line (50 minutes) → Get off at Shirakawago bus stop.
●Information on bus timetables and bus stops is available on the Nohi Bus website.
(If you are coming from Takayama by bus, we recommend buying either the “Gokayama Ainokura to Shirakawago Meguri” ticket from a regular tour bus or the “Shirakawago Nyujo Set Ken” ticket from a standard regularly scheduled bus.)