Hakusan Shirakawa-go White Road

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Operating Information
Open from 8AM to 6PM (entry stops at 5PM) Two-wheeled vehicles prohibited

Directions/
pricing

If traveling by car

Tolls

Toll (includes consumption tax)

In effect since 4/1/2015

Vehicle type Standard fee Discounts available for those with disabilities Round-trip fee Repeated use fee
Light vehicle 1,400 Yen 700 Yen 2,200 Yen 12,400 Yen(10 tickets)
Standard Vehicles 1,700 Yen 800 Yen 2,600 Yen 14,900 Yen(10 tickets)
Micro buses 5,000 Yen ― 7,900 Yen 44,600 Yen(10 tickets)
Large bus 11,000 Yen ― 17,600 Yen 49,500 Yen(5 tickets)
*Making U-turns on paid routes incurs one-way tolls *Please present your Disability ID card or "MIRAIRO ID" on the app at the cashier to receive the disability discount. *Round-trip use is valid for 5 days *In addition to purchasing at toll booths, coupon books can be purchased at each management office and bureau
  • Note that payment by highway card or credit card is not available. (Please pay in cash.)
  • Fee discounts: discounts are offered for student tours for pupils from elementary and middle schools in Ishikawa and Gifu prefectures.
    (Large buses: subject to microbus rates; microbuses: subject to standard vehicle rates)

*You must file in advance with the management office; please inquire.

Traffic regulations (when exceeding set thresholds)

Hourly rainfall 25mm Fog visibility 20m
24 hour rainfall 70mm Maximum wind speed 15m/sec
Continuous rainfall 80mm Snow and freezing time

All roads along the 33.3km route from Ozou, Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture to Hatogaya, Shirakawa, Ono-gun, Gifu Prefecture are two lane paved roads.
(The paid route spans from the Ishikawa Chugu Tollbooth to the Gifu Magari Toolbooth. The route takes about one hour to travel through.)

  • Camping (including making fires) along the forest route (paid route) is forbidden. Poaching and plucking of animals and plants forbidden.
  • Night-time parking forbidden; two-wheeled vehicles forbidden