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Takayama
Takayama is an old castle town in the Hida mountains of Gifu, whose Sanmachi district keeps its streets of dark wooden merchant houses and sake breweries.
The Miya River, Takayama
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the place
Dark timber, cedar balls over the brewery doors, and the mountains all around.
The town grew rich on timber and craft, and its carpenters were sent to build the temples of the capitals. In Sanmachi the latticed fronts of the old merchant houses line the lanes, and a ball of cedar hung over a door means the brewery inside is pressing new sake. The Takayama Jinya, the old government office of the Tokugawa, still stands by the river.
We plan Takayama as a Custom Tour of Japan, created around your party alone, often with Shirakawa-go, under an hour away, and Kanazawa beyond. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans the days for you.
what we do here
Takayama, as we show it
Sanmachi
The lanes of latticed merchant houses, and the sake breweries among them.
The markets
Stalls of pickles, miso and mountain vegetables beside the Miyagawa River.
A gassho-zukuri farmhouse beneath cedars Hida no Sato
A village of thatched gassho farmhouses brought down from the mountain valleys.
Hida beef
The wagyu of these mountains, at the table in the evening.
questions
Questions about Takayama
How do you reach Takayama?
By the limited express from Nagoya, about two and a half hours through the mountains, or by private car from Kanazawa in about two hours.
Can Takayama be combined with Shirakawa-go?
Yes. Shirakawa-go is under an hour by car from Takayama, and the two sit well together with Kanazawa in a Custom Tour of Japan.
Can you plan a private journey to Takayama?
Yes. The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, on your dates. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans the days for you.
Takayama, created for you alone.
The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, on your dates, and Takayama can be any part of it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.