Have you ever been to Ogaki, in Gifu? Ogaki is a beautiful city which has a castle and a canal. The city is called "City of Water" thanks to its beautiful springs and a canal. It also has unique local products, and one of them is "masu", or a square wooden cup. People use it for measuring rice and drinking "sake", Japanese tasty alcohol. It is made of pieces of Japanese cypress. It smells good and eco-friendly product. Let's enjoy beautiful water city and making SDG's product together!!
At your hotel in Nagoya
Meet at your hotel in Nagoya
by JR train, let's go to Ogaki, only for 20 minutes ride from Nagoya Station to Ogaki Station.
Ogaki Castle once was a National Treasure and it has a rich history.
Let's enjoy rare experience of making "masu" at a local factory!
Ogaki is the final destination of famous haiku collection, named "Oku-no-Hosomichi" by Matsuo Basho
Let's enjoy local food, such as sushi lunch!
Get on the JR train bound for Nagoya
Ogaki Station
・rare experience of making "masu"
・visiting Ogaki Castle(former National Treasure) and beautiful Japanese garden in History Museum
・walking along the beautiful canal
・visiting Haiku Poem Museum
・eating local food such as "mizu-manju" and sushi
guide fee, hotel pick-up in Nagoya area, transportation fee for guide, entrance fee for guide
transportation fee for you, entrance fee and masu experience fee for you, lunch for you and guide
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.
entrance fee for Ogaki Castle and History Museum is 200 yen per a person
It costs 1000 yen for the experience of making "masu" per a person
entrance fee for Haiku Museum is 300 yen per a person
JR train fare from Nagoya to Ogaki is 770 yen per a person(round trip costs 1540 yen)
It takes about 30 minutes on foot from Ogaki Station to the masu factory
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