Minshuku Kanjiya

🏡A four-room minshuku in a 150-year-old gassho house in World Heritage Shirakawa-go

Gifu · Minshuku Kanjiya

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A Gassho House Over 150 Years Old

• 🏡A small gassho-style inn in Shirakawa-go, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage village.
• 🪵The farmhouse is more than 150 years old, with massive beams and pillars and characterful old fittings inside.
• 🤝With only four rooms it can be hard to book, and the family hosts guests with heartfelt care.

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Tatami Rooms with Verandas

• 🛏️Four Japanese rooms: 8-mat Kakitsubata and Kikyo with verandas, 6-mat Nadeshiko and 5-mat Tsubaki.
• 👨‍👩‍👧For groups, rooms can be joined into 16- or 22-mat spaces.
• 🧺Individual heating and cooling, floor heating, toothbrush set, towels, yukata and tabi socks are provided.

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Private Hinoki Bath

• 🛁It is not a hot spring; guests reserve a private cypress (hinoki) bath.
• 🕒Bath hours are 16:00-21:00 and 6:00-7:30 the next morning (shower only in the morning).
• 🧴Shampoo, conditioner, body soap and a hairdryer are provided; toilets and washbasins are shared, with separate men's and women's toilets.

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Shirakawa-go Home Cooking

• 🍲Dinner is built on traditional Shirakawa-go dishes such as Hida beef grilled on hoba leaf with miso, salt-grilled char, seasonal tempura and tofu dengaku.
• 🍚It comes with freshly cooked rice grown by the family, and char-bone sake can be ordered in advance.
• 🥚Let the inn know beforehand about allergies or foods you cannot eat, and they will adjust where possible.

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Irori Dining Room 'Fukuju'

• 🔥Both dinner and breakfast are served in Fukuju, a tatami dining room with an irori hearth.
• 🍱Meals are laid out on trays and eaten seated on cushions in the traditional way.
• ☕Breakfast is a healthy Japanese set, followed by homemade yogurt with homemade jam and coffee.

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Exploring Shirakawa-go on Foot

• ⛩️Shirakawa Hachiman Shrine, home of the Doburoku Festival each October, is a 5-minute walk; Myozenji Temple with its thatched bell gate is 3 minutes.
• 🏠The five-storey Nagase House is 2 minutes, the late-Edo Kanda House 1 minute and the Important Cultural Property Wada House 4 minutes away.
• 🌄The Ogimachi Castle Ruins Observatory, overlooking the village and the Hakusan range, is a 12-minute walk.

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Access and Parking

• 🚗From Nagoya or Osaka, about 45 minutes by car from Shokawa IC on the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway; from the Tokyo side, about 5 minutes from Shirakawa-go IC.
• 🅿️Free on-site parking; general vehicles cannot enter the village 9:00-16:00, but you can pass by telling the guard you are staying here.
• 📶Wi-Fi is available throughout, and last check-in is 18:00.

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Private Hinoki Bath

• 🛁It is not a hot spring; guests reserve a private cypress (hinoki) bath.
• 🕒Bath hours are 16:00-21:00 and 6:00-7:30 the next morning (shower only in the morning).
• 🧴Shampoo, conditioner, body soap and a hairdryer are provided; toilets and washbasins are shared, with separate men's and women's toilets.

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Shirakawa-go Home Cooking

• 🍲Dinner is built on traditional Shirakawa-go dishes such as Hida beef grilled on hoba leaf with miso, salt-grilled char, seasonal tempura and tofu dengaku.
• 🍚It comes with freshly cooked rice grown by the family, and char-bone sake can be ordered in advance.
• 🥚Let the inn know beforehand about allergies or foods you cannot eat, and they will adjust where possible.

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Stay in a 150-year-old gassho house in the heart of a World Heritage village, with irori-side meals and local cooking. There is no hot spring, toilets and washbasins are shared, and rooms are separated by thin wooden doors so neighbors may be heard.

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* This introduction was compiled from information published by each property (official website and similar sources), so some details may differ from what you find on the day. It is AI-assisted and can contain errors — please check the official website and the details shown at booking before you reserve.

From onsen etiquette to check-in — the things worth knowing first.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Minshuku Kanjiya?

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 10:00.

Where is Minshuku Kanjiya located?

It is in Ono-gun. Address: 689 Ogimachi, Shirakawa-mura.

What is the cancellation and refund policy?

Free-cancellation deadlines vary by rate plan and are shown with each room. Cancelling before the deadline gives a full refund.