Gifu, my hometown has a lot of beautiful nature and traditional cultures, such as river boat, nostalgic street, and big Golden Buddha Statue. I'm sure you can enjoy it.
Why don't you enjoy Gifu with me?
Gifu JR Station
10:00 AM Gifu JR station ( place to meet )
10:30AM Oshinji Temple ( one of the three luckiest temples for driving out evil spirits in Japan )
11:30AM "Obeni-no-Watashi" ferry port (enjoy ferryboat ride across the river)
12:30PM "Minato-ya", coffee shop (lunch time at an old traditional Japanese house)
1:30PM Kogane Shrine ( visit a shrine in Gifu, where has a big golden shrine gate )
2:30PM Shoboji Temple ( one of the three biggest Buddha Statues in Japan )
3:00PM Kawaramachi, or nostalgic town beside the river ( enjoy shopping and watching the beautiful river and mountains with Gifu castle )
4:00PM return to Gifu JR station
Gifu JR Station
At first, you can experience a rare traditional ferryboat ride across the clean river. From the boat, you can enjoy tranquil scenery. Then, in the temple, you can see mysterious pine tree, which is like a dragon! After that, let's enjoy lunch at a traditional Japanese house. It's so nice!!
In the afternoon, let's enjoy two golden monuments, big golden shrine gate and big golden Buddha Statue. In front of the big Buddha statue, I'm sure you can feel like surrounded by the peaceful love of the big Buddha statue. At the final spot, please enjoy watching the picturesque scenery from the bridge!!
It has been my favorite place since I was a high school student. ( I went to the high school near that place. )
Anyway, I highly recommend you the tour in Gifu!! Please contact me. I'm very looking forward to introducing my beautiful Gifu to you soon!!
guide fee, transportation fee for guide, admission fee for guide (guide doesn't need to pay )
transportation fee for you(460 yen per a person for a route bus in Gifu), admission fee for you (200 yen per a person), lunch for you and guide (1000 yen to 1500 yen per a person )
I will guide you every day except for the day that my schedule is not vacant.
I'm a local guide of Gifu, Nagoya and Aichi, but I can guide you around Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Kanazawa, Takayama and Shiga if you pay my transportation fee.
The tour covers guide fee, transportation fee for guide and admission fee for guide. But it doesn't cover your transportation fee, admission fee for you and lunch for you and guide.
*transportation fee around Gifu is 460 yen in total (ferry boat is free of charge)
*admission fee of Buddha Statue Temple is 200 yen (you don't need to pay any admission fee for Oshinji Temple)
*lunch at the restaurant is about 1500 yen per a person
On Monday, ferryboat is closed. If you want to experience the tour on Monday, I will guide you another place. (rainy day is also)
If you pay my transportation fee from your hotel to Gifu JR station(about 1000 yen), I will pick you up at your hotel.
Yurikosan is very dependable and clever guide. She took care of us - 3 people and explained history of prefecture, Sharakawago village and Japan. I would recomend her to my frend.
Thank you for an excellent review and nice comments! I also enjoyed driving from Takayama to Shirakawago and visiting the nostalgic village with you and your nice family. Someday in the future, I'd like to visit your country with my husband. See you again!
Yuriko guided myself and my son for a one-day trip from Osaka to Hiroshima and then to sacred island of Miyajima. She is a wonderful guide. Knowledgeable, well organized and good company. Would happily recommend her to anyone thinking about a guide.
Thank you for using your precious time in order to post such a good review and comments! I'm so happy to hear that you and your son enjoyed Hiroshima and Miyajima. I also had a wonderful day with both of you. Please come to Japan again, maybe next destination would be Ghibli Park in Aichi Prefecture. If so, please drop in my hometown, Gifu! Gifu has lots of sightseeing spots, such as swordsmith town, Seki City, beautiful and nostalgic castle town, Gujo-hachiman and Takayama, and World Heritage Site, Shirakawago. See you again! Yuriko
Yuriko is very nice, calm and gentle. She took care about the needs of everyone in our family group She organized a wonderful two half day tour around Kyoto and made her best to make us survive the heat
Thank you for an excellent review and nice comments! I'm happy to hear that. It was my pleasure to guide around Kyoto to you and your nice family! You all tried to listen to me even though too hot and humid weather. My precious memory with your family in Kyoto makes me happy. Thank you again for two wonderful days in Kyoto and iced coffee at Starbucks.
Yuriko (also known as Lilly) was an amazing tour guide. She was so very knowledgeable about the history of Takayama and told interesting stories that we all enjoyed. Our family of 6 ranged in ages from 6 years to 70 years. I would highly recommend her as a guide and also recommend Takayama as a beautiful town to visit on your journey. Yuriko organised a lovely lunch and we enjoyed delicious food.
Thank you for an excellent review and heartwarning comments!(^-^)/ I'm so happy to hear that you all enjoyed beautiful Takayama with my guiding. Your kids are so cute and they reminded me of my three sons when they were little kids . I also enjoyed answering your clever boy's interesting questions. Please come to Japan again! From your guide, Lily