The Gassho-style villages of Gokayama and Shirakawa-go are where you can encounter the beautiful scenery of the original landscape of Japan. Here’s how to visit both villages in a single day by bus!
［Depart for a day trip from Kanazawa Station］
On this course, you will experience 3 cultural heritages here in Nanto City: Johana’s Hikiyama Festival, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage; Gokayama’s Gassho-style Villages, a UNESCO World Heritage Site; and Japan’s foremost woodcarving town Inami, a National Heritage. While in Inami you will try your hand at the town’s traditional craft as you carve your very own wooden sake cup!
［Depart for a day trip from Kanazawa Station］
You will feel as though you have time traveled to somewhere from a folk tale as you enjoy the rustic scenery of the World Heritage Gokayama Gassho-style Villages. Moving on to Johana, the town known as “Etchu’s Little Kyoto,” you will head to a Japanese snack shop that has been passed down through the generations and make your own Japanese snacks using the shop’s traditional wooden snack molds. Through this trip you will genuinely experience the soul of Japanese culture.