As you travel through Japan, you will be stunned to see the diversity that exists. From mountains to coasts, you can get amazing sceneries throughout. Takayama is famous as the Japanese Alps and it has rich nature and people in this area keep traditional living style. Takayama or Hida Takayama is located in the mountainous area of Gifu Prefecture. How can you make the best of your trip to Takayama. Let us find out!
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Takayama Festival Floats Exhibition Hall
The museum has all the floats and other ornaments used in Takayama festival held in spring and autumn.
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Map: https://goo.gl/maps/W6ubiZEwWUHcAMRQ6
Hours: Open all days from 9:00-17:00
Access: About 15 minutes bus ride from Takayama Station and accessible with Sarubobo Bus’s day tour pass
Close: Wednesday of November to March and National holidays
Website: http://www.togeihida.co.jp/english/
Price: ¥800 (if booked online with discount coupon) to ¥1000
Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine
The Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine is dedicated to Lord Kanamori. The annual festival’s floats are kept for display in Yatai Kaikan museum.
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Map: https://goo.gl/maps/4mbrVU2hxLxUqJcA8
Hours: 9:00-17:00
Access: 22 minutes on foot from Takayama Station
Close: Takayama festival time
Website: http://www.togeihida.co.jp/english/
Price: ¥450 (for under 15 and people with disability), ¥550 for high school students, and ¥900 (for adults)
Sanmachi Suji District
If you want to travel back in time and see how villages in Takayama used to look like in Edo period, visit Sanmachi Suji district and the old town there.
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Map: https://goo.gl/maps/9eKgYSZBXifnWSZ87
Hours: Shops open all days from 9 am to 5 pm
Access: 10-minutes from Takayama station
Close: NA
Website: NA
Price: ¥5000 approximately for rickshaw rides
Takayama Jinya
Takayama Jinya is in the south of the old town. The public administrative office building dates back to the Edo period and this shrine has existed here since 1692.
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Map: https://goo.gl/maps/badbzqXyXrxG2exb6
Hours: March to October 8:45-17:00
August – 8:45-18:00
November to February 8:45-16:30
Access: About 30 minutes bus ride from JR Hamamatsu station of route number 30
Close: December 29 & 31, and January 1
Website: https://www.pref.gifu.lg.jp/foreign-languages/English/tourism/takayama/
Price: ¥430 for adults, ¥380 for the group, and free entry for children under 18 with valid ID
Kamikochi
From Takayama, you can go on a holiday to the snow-clad mountain resort of Kamikochi. This is famous for Chubu Sagaku National park in Nagana.
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Map: https://goo.gl/maps/2S6yh4CLsxMhoy2s5
Hours: Mid April to Mid November
Access: 60 minutes from Takayama Station to Hirayu Onsen Terminal, 25 minutes from Hirayu Onsen Terminal by bus or taxi
Close: November 15 onwards for the winter season, contact guides for a tour of the park
Website: http://www.kamikochi.org/
Price: NA