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The Broader Region Surrounding Gifu The Broader Region Surrounding Gifu To Hida Takayama Departing from Gifu City To Central Gifu City JR Gifu Station → Takayama Station [JR Takayama Main Line Limited Express Wide View Hida・2 hr・¥4,810] Departing from Nagoya ~ Or ~ JR Nagoya Station → JR Gifu Station Meitetsu Gifu Station Bus Terminal → Takayama Nohi Bus Center [JR Tokaido Main Line Rapid・18 min・¥450] [Nohi Bus/Gifu Bus on the Takayama-Gifu Line・2 hr・¥2,500] Departing from Central Japan International Airport Departing from Nagoya Central Japan International Airport → [Passing through Meitetsu Nagoya Station] → Meitetsu Gifu Station JR Nagoya Station → Takayama Station [Meitetsu Limited Express・1 hr 20 min・¥1,310] [JR Limited Express Wide View Hida・2 hr 20 min・¥5,870] ~ Or ~ Departing from Tokyo Meitetsu Bus Center → Takayama Nohi Bus Center Tokyo Station → JR Nagoya Station → JR Gifu Station [Nohi Bus/Meitetsu Bus/JR Tokai Bus on the Takayama-Nagoya Line・2 hr 40 min・¥2,900] [JR Tokaido Shinkansen・1 hr 40 min] → [JR Tokaido Main Line・18 min・¥10,990 in total] Departing from Tokyo ~ Or ~ Tokyo Station → JR Nagoya Station → Takayama Station [JR Tokaido Shinkansen・1 hr 40 min] → Tokyo Station (Yaesu South Exit) → [JR Limited Express Wide View Hida・2 hr 20 min・¥14,500 in total] JR Gifu Station (North Exit) IshikawaIshikawaTateyamaTateyama Kurobe Kurobe AlpineAlpine Route Route ~ Or ~ [JR Tokai Bus “Dream Nagoya”・8 hr・¥6,620] Shinjuku Station West Exit (Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal) → Takayama Nohi Bus Center Departing from Osaka [Nohi Bus/Keio Bus on the Takayama-Shinjuku Line・5 hr 30 min・¥6,500] Shin-Osaka Station → JR Nagoya Station WakuraWakura Hot Spring Hot Spring Departing from Osaka → JR Gifu Station Kenroku-enKenroku-en Shin-Osaka Station JR Nagoya Station Takayama Station [JR Tokaido Shinkansen・50 min] → → → [JR Tokaido Main Line・18 min・¥7,010 in total] [JR Tokaido Shinkansen・50 min] → [JR Limited Express Wide View Hida・2 hr 20 min・¥10,510 in total] ~ Or ~ Osaka Namba Station West Exit → Takayama Nohi Bus Center ToyamaToyama [Nohi Bus/Kintetsu Bus on the Takayama/Gujo Hachiman-Kyoto/Osaka Line・5 hr 37 min・¥4,500] To Shirakawa-go Note: All times and prices indicated are variable, ToyamaToyamaToyamaToyama NaganoNagano Departing from Nagoya AirportAirport are dependent on a variety of factors (such as KanazawaKanazawa the time of year), and are subject to change. Meitetsu Bus Center → Shirakawa-go KomatsuKomatsu [Gifu Bus on the Shirakawa-go Ex- AirportAirport OkuhidaOkuhida press Line・3 hr・¥3,500] Hot SpringHot Spring Villages Villages Customers cannot be accommo- WorldWorld Heritage Heritage Site SiteHida Hida Furukawa Furukawa dated when seats are full, so prior Shirakawa-goShirakawa-go NaganoNagano reservations are highly recom- KamikochiKamikochi AsakusaAsakusa MatsumotoMatsumotoMatsumotoMatsumoto Castle Castle mended. One bus per day. FukuiFukui Hida-KiyomiHida-Kiyomi IC IC ( 058-240-0489) TakayamaTakayama FukuiFukui GifuGifu GujoGujo HachimanHachiman GeroGero TokyoTokyo NakatsugawaNakatsugawa KofuKofu TokyoTokyo MinoMino ChibaChibaNaritaNarita InternationalInternational Mino-SekiMino-Seki JCT JCT Magome-Magome- juku juku YamanashiYamanashi TokyoTokyo AirportAirport GifuGifuMino-OtaMino-Ota Mt. FujiMt. Fuji DisneyDisney Resort Resort Lake BiwaLake Biwa OgakiOgaki Lake KawaguchiLake Kawaguchi HanedaHaneda Ena Ena AirportAirport MaibaraMaibara Toki JCTToki JCT Kinkaku-jiKinkaku-ji ChibaChiba Gifu-Gifu- TajimiTajimi HashimaHashima GotenbaGotenba KyotoKyoto IchinomiyaIchinomiya JCT JCT JCT JCT NagoyaNagoya ShizuokaShizuoka OtsuOtsu AichiAichi ShinfujiShinfuji ShigaShiga YokkaichiYokkaichi ToyotaToyota JCT JCT KyotoKyoto JCT JCT ShizuokaShizuoka KameyamaKameyama …Train JCT JCT MikkabiMikkabi JCT JCT CentralCentral Japan Japan Mt. FujiMt. Fuji …Airplane Tsu TsuInternationalInternational Airport Airport ShizuokaShizuoka Airport Airport UniversalUniversal OsakaOsaka MieMie (Centrair)(Centrair) …Bus StudiosStudios Japan Japan HamamatsuHamamatsu …Shinkansen OsakaOsaka TakiTaki (“Bullet Train”) KansaiKansai TobaToba Contact Information InternationalInternational Ise Ise AirportAirport NaraNara Ise GrandIse GrandShrine Shrine Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) Ise-ShimaIse-Shima http://english.jr-central.co.jp/index.html Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) http://www.meitetsu.co.jp/english/ Nohi Bus http://www.nouhibus.co.jp/english/index.html 2 3.
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