TAKAYAMA
To Japan’s earliest remembered scene,
Where history and traditional culture live
TAKAYAMA
To Japan’s earliest remembered scene,
Where history and traditional culture live
Takayama City
Known to many as “Hida Takayama,” with castle and merchant towns that retain vestiges of ancient times stretches throughout the city center. Recently, it has also been attracted the eyes of people overseas as “a town that retains Japan’s earliest remembered scene.” Takayama Festival, held in spring and autumn, takes place throughout the entire town and is visited by many tourists every year.
An old townscape formed in the Edo period
The traditional architectures preservation district in Sanmachi, Takayama
“Sanmachi” is a region that was established as a merchant town near the castle in the Edo period and is being preserved as a traditional architectures preservation district of Takayama. The streets are lined with buildings built from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period and irrigation water flows beneath their eaves. Among these are stores that sell specialties such as hoba miso (magnolia leaves grilled with miso and spring onions), and this is an area that is fun to walk around.
- Phone Number
- 0577-35-3145 (Takayama Commerce, Industry and Tourism Department, Tourism Division)
See the jinya that was Hida’s political base
Takayama Jinya
A jinya is a place where the office of prefectural governors and representatives was located in the Edo period. Takayama Jinya was one of the villas belonging to the lord of Takayama, the Kanamori clan, but after Hida became an area under the direct control of the shogunate, it became a political base for prefectural governors, etc. who came from the shogunate. Among the many representative offices throughout the country at the end of the Edo period, only this building still stands.
- Address
- 1-5 Hachikenmachi, Takayama
- Phone Number
- 0577-32-0643
Magnificent! Exhibits genuine festival floats
Takayama Festival Yatai Kaikan
Takayama Festival is held twice a year as an annual festival at Hie Shrine in spring (April 14th and 15th) and Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine in autumn (October 9th and 10th). Magnificent festival floats are gathered together, 12 in spring, 11 in autumn. At the hall, 4 out of the 11 festival floats used in the autumn Takayama Festival are exhibited, allowing visitors to feel as if they are at the festival.
- Address
- 178 Sakuramachi, Takayama
- Phone Number
- 0577-32-5100
A simple market that you will want to wake up early to visit
Miyagawa Morning Market
It started as a market that sold rice, flowers, and mulberries in the Edo period, and in the Meiji period, women from local farming families started selling vegetables, which led to it being called a morning market. It is lined with stores that sell locally-produced vegetables and fruits, as well as modern stores that sweet coffee and sweets. Interactions with the old lady sellers are also charming.
- Address
- Shimosannomachi, Takayama
- Phone Number
- 0577-35-3145 (Takayama Commerce, Industry and Tourism Department, Tourism Division)
The two-story gondola is the only one of its kind in Japan
Shinhotaka Ropeway
A ropeway built on Sengokuone of the Nothern Alps’ Mt. Hotakadake. Take the first and second ropeways consecutively from Shinhotaka Onsen Station at the foot of the mountain towards Nishihotakaguchi Station at an elevation of 2,156m. At the second ropeway, the only two-story gondola in Japan will proceed through the beautiful scenery of the Northern Alps.
- Address
- Okuhida Onsengo Kansaka, Takayama
- Phone Number
- 0578-89-2252
Branded beef that charms foodies throughout the country
Hida beef
The Hida beef brand’s requirements are Japanese Black raised in Gifu Prefecture for at least 14 months and a meat quality grade of 3, 4, or 5 by the Japan Meat Grading Association. The meat quality is refined and soft, and it has a unique marbling that resembles mesh and luxurious flavor. It is served at steak restaurants and grilled meat restaurants in the city.
The miso’s fragrant flavor goes perfectly with rice
Hida’s hoba miso (magnolia leaves grilled with miso and spring onion)
A local cuisine that consists of miso, spring onion, shitake mushrooms, etc. topped on magnolia leaves and cooked on the stove. The fragrant flavor of cooking miso goes perfectly with rice and snacks to go with alcohol. Depending on the restaurant, a different miso is used, and there are also places that add pickles and Hida beef to the ingredients, so have fun trying it out at various restaurants and comparing the different versions.
Hida Takayamai-style, in a soy sauce flavor and fragrant
Mitarashi dango (skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze)
Mitarashi dango, which originated in Kyoto, is usually eaten with a sweet and spicy sauce. The mitarashi dango at Hida Takayama is different from the normal version and has a distinctly fragrant taste with a light soy sauce flavor. Five small, round pieces of mochi are speared dipped in soy sauce and cooked.
