[Shirakawa-go] 2 Days Trip from Tokyo to Kanazawa – Shirakawago – Takayama (Part 2/3)

Shirakawa-go – Gifu Prefecture
This post is continuation from my previous blog at Kanazawa. Please click here if you want to read my blog in Kanazawa.

Getting to Shirakawa-go from Kanazawa:
Travel to Shirakawa-go can be accessed with Nohi bus. Online reservation is required for most of the nohi routes.
Nohi bus station in Kanazawa is located at Kanazawa Station bus stop #2 in the east gate. It took around 1 and half hour to arrived at Shirakawa Ogimachi village.

Time Spent at Shirakawa-go
I reserved the 8.10 am bus and arrived Shirakawa-go Ogimachi Village at around 9.30 pm. I spent approximately 3 hours in this village, and then heading to Takayama by Nohi bus. I bought the bus ticket online at japanonlinebus website before I arrived Japan.

Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal
There is a tourist information desk, toilet, coin locker in the Shirakawago station. If you bring luggage, do not worry as you can put it in the coin locker with around JPY 500. I didn’t bring luggage for this trip as I planned to go Takayama after the Shirakawago, so I put my luggage in the hotel in Tokyo.

Ogimachi Village
I expected to see the whole village covered in thick snow. It was pretty sad that the weather did not turn out to what I expected. Without snow, Shirakawa-go is just a normal village. 

There are some souvenirs shop along the way. I love the Sarubobo doll <3
Also, some Japanese snacks

Observatory Point
There are 2 ways to go to the observatory point:
  1. Walking around 20 minutes from Ogimachi village, or
  2. Take shuttle bus for 5 minutes from Ogimachi village. The fee is JPY 200 for one way. There are 3 bus schedules in every 1 hour.

It is a beautiful village but I was not really impressive as I expected to see something more beautiful with snow.



Thank you for reading.


Cheers,
Elisa 

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