Cannot pass during Golden Week
The passage is possible around the beginning of June every year (subject to change due to snow cover).
The schedule will be posted on the traffic information screen (orange part at the top of each page) on this website as soon as it is confirmed.
The White Road is usually closed on November 10th.
It is usually around the end of April (it may change depending on the snow conditions).
Specific dates will be posted on the traffic information screen (orange part at the top of each page) on this website as soon as they are confirmed.
The time you can pass through the White Road is as follows.
June to August: 7AM to 6PM (gates close at 7PM)
September to November: 8AM to 5PM (gates close at 6PM)
If you enter from the toll booth by the following admission time, you can pass through (please enter by the closing time).
＜Admission time＞
June-August: until 6:00 pm,
September-November: until 5:00 pm
＜Closing time＞
June-August: 7:00 pm,
September-November: 6:00 pm
Trikes are classified as “small three-wheeled vehicles” under the Road Transport Vehicle Act.
On the White Road, all vehicles with three or more wheels, except for “large vehicles (buses, microbuses)” and “light vehicles,” are treated as “ordinary vehicles.”
Therefore, trikes are classified as “ordinary vehicles” and the “ordinary vehicle fee” will be charged.
Motorcycles with sidecars are also considered “two-wheeled vehicles” under the Road Transport Vehicle Act,
so they cannot be used on the White Road, where two-wheeled vehicles are prohibited.
Therefore, there is no fee.
There are three types of proofs that are eligible for the disability discount usage fee: physical disability certificate, long-term care certificate, and mental disability health and welfare certificate.
If you have the above certificate, you will be charged a discounted fee for the vehicle (please show your notebook at the tollhouse).
In addition, from the third year of Reiwa, you can receive a discount by presenting your digital disability certificate “Mirairo ID” on your smartphone.
It is possible to exit from the same tollhouse that you entered by making a U-turn at the parking lot within the toll section. In this case, the fare will be a one-way fare.
Payment is by cash only, and payment by credit card, ETC card, is not possible.
In Ishikawa Prefecture, we are implementing a “one-way free hot spring campaign” in which one-way tolls on White Road are free when you stay at registered accommodations.
For details, please check the following external site on the Ishikawa side, or check directly with the accommodation facility.
https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/event/21135
During the opening period (usually from early June to November 10th), you can go from Kanazawa to Shirakawago via White Road. It takes about one to one and a half hours compared to using the Tokai Hokuriku Expressway, but you can enjoy the highlights at the foot of Mt. Hakusan and White Road.
It takes about 60 minutes just to go through.
It takes about an hour and a half via National Highway 8 and National Highway 157.
It takes about 10 minutes.
For details, please see the “Access / Charges” page.
You can go by tour bus or sightseeing taxi. For more information, please see the “Tour Information” page
There is a barrier-free observatory in the Sanpoiwa parking lot, from which you can enjoy a magnificent view of the mountains.
There are four multipurpose restrooms in total, including the management offices of both prefectures, the Shirakawago Observatory Parking Lot, and the Nakamiya Visitor Center.
There are three toilets for the physically challenged: Sanpoiwa Parking Lot, Katsutsukidai Parking Lot, and Toyota Shirakawa-Go Nature School.
Toilets are located in 8 of the 13 parking lots.
For details, see the table (facility) at the bottom of the page and the “model course”.
Currently there is no place to serve food or drink on the toll road.
Vending machines are installed at the management offices in the toll-free section of both prefecture.and Tyuuguu-Onsen on the Ishikawa prefecture side, and Toyota Shirakawa-go Nature School on the Gifu prefecture side.
It is about a 15-minute walk (about 20 minutes on the way back) from the Jadanienchi parking lot on the promenade
The Promenade closing time June-August: 17:00, September-November: 16:00
You cannot use your mobile phone on the White Road for most of the toll roads.
In case of an emergency, there are emergency telephones at 14 locations within the toll road, so please use these.
Within the area of Hakusan Sirakawa-go White road the use (flying, photographing, operating) of dronesis prohibited. Strict warnings will be issued to anyone using a drone without permission.
The toll section of the White Road is prohibited for motorcycles, including motorcycles with sidecars, for safety reasons. I can’t ride a motorcycle However, trikes (three-wheeled vehicles) are considered normal vehicles under the Road Traffic Law, so they are allowed to pass.
No studless tires are needed.
If there is snow or the road surface freezes, the road will be closed.
So please check the traffic information screen on this website (orange part at the top of each page) or call the management office before departure.
Depending on the climate of the year,the altitude difference on White Road is close to 1,000 m.
So the autumn leaves usually last for more than a month from the end of September to the beginning of November.
And the tollhouses in both prefectures are from high altitude to low altitude.
During the period, you can enjoy the best time to see the autumn leaves somewhere along the roadside.
Depending on the weather, the sea of clouds can be seen from the Sanpoiwa parking lot to the Shirakawago observatory parking lot in the early morning of autumn, from mid-September to early November every year.
There are eight waterfalls on the Ishikawa side around White Road, of which seven can be seen on the side of the road.
Each waterfall is unique and wonderful, but we recommend Hukubeno-otaki which have large height differences,
and Ubagataki which is elegant.