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Travel: Gifu Prefecture
 
 
 
 

It is about 1 hour 40 minutes from Nagoya Station to Tokyo Station via the JR Tokaido Shinkansen Line. It takes about 20 minutes from Nagoya Station to Gifu Station on the JR Tokaido Line. If you are coming from Osaka, it is about 37 minutes from Shin-Osaka Station to Maibara Station by JR Tokaido Shinkansen Line and about 40 minutes from Maibara Station to Gifu Station on the JR Tokaido Line.

Gifu City

It takes about 1 hour 40 minutes from Tokyo Station to Nagoya Station by JR Tokaido Shinkansen Line. It is about 20 minutes from Nagoya Station to Gifu Station by JR Tokaido Line. It is 37 minutes from Shin Osaka Station to Maibara Station by JR Tokaido Shinkansen and about 40 minutes from Maibara Station to Gifu Station by JR Tokaido Line.

Mt Hakusan

It is approximately 2 hours to Nishi-Kanazawa Station from Maibara Station on the JR Hokuriku-Honsen Line Limited Express and 3 hours to Nishi-Kanazawa Station from Osaka Station on the JR Hokuriku-Honsen Line Limited Express. It is then 25 minutes to Tsurugi Station from Shin-Nishi-Kanazawa Station by Hokuriku-Tetsudo Line.

Takayama

It is about 2 hours and 10 minutes from Nagoya Station to Takayama Station on the JR Takayama Honsen Limited Express.

Ontake

The easiest way to get to Ontake is by car. It takes about 2 1/2 hours to drive from Nagoya to Ontake and the nearest town is Kiso-Fukushima. Coming from Route 19 follow the "Ontake Ropeway" signs all the way to the resort parking area.

Oku Hida

Take the JR Takayama Line for 2 hour and 10 minutes from Nagoya Station to Takayama Station. Then take a bus for 1 hour from Takayama Bus Terminal to Hirayu-onsen.

Shirakawako

It is about 45 minutes from Nagoya Station to Mino Ota Station on the JR Takayama Honsen Line. From Gifu Station it is about 25 minutes to Mino Ota Station by JR Takayama Honsen Line. It then takes about 2 hours from Mino Ota Station to Mino Shiratori Station by Nagara-gawa Tetsudo Line and 1 hour 50 minutes to Hagi Machi-ai Shuraku by JR bus to Hatogaya.

Gero Onsen

It is about 1 hour 37 minutes from Nagoya Station to Gero Station by JR Takayama Honsen Limited Express.


By Train
It takes about 96 minutes from Tokyo to Nagoya via Tokaido Shinkansen (Nozumi Super Express). From Osaka to Nagoya is about 60 minutes via the Tokaido Shinkansen (Hikari Super Express). From Nagoya to Gifu City is 18 minutes via JR Tokaido Line. Take the Nagaragawa Railway to most resort areas.

By Car
For the resorts in northern Gifu Prefecture, from the Gifu/Nagoya region take the Tokai Hokuriku Expressway north to Shirotori and from there Routes 156 or 158.

By Bus
From Nagoya Airport to Gifu City takes about 60 minutes (by bus).