How to enjoy Hida Takayama
Walking through photogenic old streets
To find out the history of Hida Takayama
This is the plan to find the history of Hida Takayama. From the morning, please take a walk through the morning market with a 200 year history. I think that you can feel the depth of this town in the traces of history seen everywhere as you walk through Takayama's town.
Miyagawa Morning Market
Takayama morning market is one of the biggest morning markets in Japan. It takes place at two locations: One is held in front of the Takayama Jinya, and the other at the Miyagawa River side. At the Miyagawa market, you can have a coffee and fresh vegetable.
Sakurayama Hachimangu
Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine as the stage for Takayama Matsuri in autumn. One torii made of 10 meters of cypress is welcoming you. The shrine of all wood made and gold decoration has a mysterious beauty with chic aesthetic.
Yoshima family house · Kusakabe museum
The houses of the Meiji era that are designated as Important Cultural Properties line up. Take a step into the house of a luxury merchant, try to see the magnificent making, delicate work every corner.
Walking in the old town
The southern half of the old town, especially the Kami-Sannomachi Street, survives in a particularly pretty state with many old homes, shops, coffee houses and sake breweries, some of which have been in business for centuries. The shops in the area are typically open daily from 9:00 to 17:00.
Takayama-jinya
The Hida Region around Takayama was put under direct control of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1692. The Takayama Jinya (高山陣屋) served as the local government office headed by the officials dispatched from Edo (present day Tokyo). This is the only government office left in Japan.
Dinner in the Town
Please take the dinner in the Takayama's town, with local cuisine and Hida beef. Please taste the taste of Takayama's ingredients blessed with nature. You can not miss a lot of sake using the famous water of Hida Takayama.
