Takayama, Shirakawa-go & Kanazawa

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Hakusan Shirakawa-go White Road (toll road, Shirakawa, Gifu – Hakusan, Ishikawa)
The 2026 season runs from 12 June to 10 November (planned). The road is closed from 11 November until early June the next year. The 2027 opening date is not yet announced (as of 27 October 2026).
Hakusan Shirakawa-go White Road (official): news – 白山白川郷ホワイトロード全線開通について (Japanese, 27 May 2026)Hakusan Shirakawa-go White Road (official): アクセス・料金 (Japanese)Gifu Prefecture Tourism Association: 白山白川郷ホワイトロード (Japanese)

Prefectural Road 24, Kamikochi Park Line (from the Kama Tunnel entrance on Route 158 to Kamikochi Bus Terminal)
Private cars are banned all year. The 2026 open season ran from 17 April to 15 November. In winter the road is closed to all traffic: 19:00 on 15 November 2026 to 07:00 on 17 April 2027 (planned). After the winter closure ends, the private-car ban continues and private cars still cannot enter.
Nagano Prefecture: 上高地交通規制について (Japanese, updated 22 May 2026)Nagano Prefecture, Matsumoto Construction Office: 交通規制情報 – 冬期通行規制予定表 (Japanese, as of 8 October 2026)Ministry of the Environment, Chubu-Sangaku National Park: initiatives (Japanese)

Norikura Skyline (Gifu Prefectural Road 5, Hirayu Pass – Mt Norikura summit) and Norikura Echo Line (Nagano Prefectural Road 84, Sanbontaki – summit at Tatamidaira)
Private cars are banned whenever the roads are open (in 2026: Norikura Skyline 15 May – 31 October, Echo Line 1 July – 31 October). Winter closure: Norikura Skyline from 18:00 on 31 October 2026 to 07:00 on 15 May 2027. Echo Line, Sanbontaki – Kuraigahara Sanso bus stop: 18:00 on 31 October 2026 to 07:00 on 27 April 2027, then route buses only until 1 July; the top section to the summit stays closed until 06:00 on 1 July 2027. All dates are planned.
Nagano Prefecture: 乗鞍岳交通規制について (Japanese, updated 21 April 2026)Nagano Prefecture, Matsumoto Regional Office: 乗鞍岳交通規制案内2026 (Japanese, PDF)Gifu Prefecture, Takayama Civil Engineering Office: 令和8年～9年冬期通行止一覧 (Japanese, PDF, as of 15 October 2026)Nagano Prefecture, Matsumoto Construction Office: 交通規制情報 – 冬期通行規制予定表 (Japanese, as of 8 October 2026)

Gifu Prefectural Road 5, Norikura Park Line, Hirayu Pass section (Kute, Nyukawa, Takayama – Hirayu Pass)
2 November 2026 to 14 May 2027 (planned).
Gifu Prefecture, Takayama Civil Engineering Office: 令和8年～9年冬期通行止一覧 (Japanese, PDF, as of 15 October 2026)Gifu Prefecture, Takayama Civil Engineering Office: 令和7年～8年冬期通行止一覧 (Japanese, PDF, as of 27 May 2026)

Route 158 old road over Abo Pass (Nakanoyu, Azumi, Matsumoto, Nagano – Abo Pass – Hirayu, Okuhida Onsen-go, Takayama, Gifu)
Nagano side: Nakanoyu bend 1 – bend 11 (4.4 km) from 15:00 on 13 November 2026 to 09:00 on 9 April 2027; Nakanoyu bend 11 – Abo Pass at the Gifu border (2.8 km) from 14:00 on 4 November 2026 to late May 2027 (planned). The Gifu side, Hirayu – Abo Pass (7.5 km), is also a winter-closure section; Gifu's list does not give its dates.
Nagano Prefecture, Matsumoto Construction Office: 交通規制情報 – 冬期通行規制予定表 (Japanese, as of 8 October 2026)Gifu Prefecture: 冬期閉鎖区間 (prefecture-managed roads, Japanese, data as of 19 November 2023)

Route 158 at Shioya, Nyukawa, Takayama (the road from central Takayama towards Hirayu, Kamikochi and Matsumoto)
Fully closed since a landslide on 25 February 2026 (status as of 1 October 2026). Gifu Prefecture is working towards reopening by the end of fiscal 2026 (end of March 2027); no exact date has been set.
Gifu Prefecture: 国道158号（高山市丹生川町塩屋地区）土砂崩れによる通行止めについて (Japanese, updated 1 October 2026)MLIT Chubu Regional Bureau, Takayama National Highway Office, Gifu Prefecture and Takayama City: 国道158号土砂崩落災害の通行規制に係る交通マネジメント検討会（第1回）の開催結果 (Japanese, PDF, 14 July 2026)Nagano Prefecture, Matsumoto Construction Office: Route 158 closure notice (English, PDF)

Route 360, Amo Pass (Amo, Kawai, Hida – Ogimachi, Shirakawa)
4 November 2026 to 21 May 2027 (planned).
Gifu Prefecture, Takayama Civil Engineering Office: 令和8年～9年冬期通行止一覧 (Japanese, PDF, as of 15 October 2026)Gifu Prefecture: 国道360号（天生峠）の通行について (Japanese, updated 6 October 2026)

Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway (E41) and parallel roads such as Routes 156 and 158 (Gifu Prefecture)
No fixed dates. When heavy snow is expected, the expressway and the national and prefectural roads that run beside it may be closed together in advance (pre-emptive closures). Example: on 24 January 2026, poor visibility in snow closed the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway between Shirotori IC and Hida-Kiyomi IC and between Mino IC and Shirotori IC, together with Route 156 (including Shirotori, Gujo – Hatoya, Shirakawa).
MLIT Gifu National Highway Office, NEXCO Central and Gifu Prefecture: 東海北陸自動車道・国道156号など通行規制（第1報） (Japanese, PDF, 24 January 2026)MLIT, Gifu Prefecture, NEXCO Central and Gifu Prefectural Police: 大雪時の予防的通行規制 (Japanese, PDF)Gifu Prefecture, Furukawa Civil Engineering Office (Japanese)

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