Where to stay in Takayama
Main station: Takayama Station. You can pick Takayama as the city you stay in on this site.
Areas to stay
- Takayama Station
- Old Town (Sanmachi)
Day trips from Takayama
Shirakawa-goGifu · 20–60 kmJapan's best-known village of steep thatched 'praying hands' farmhouses, in a snowy mountain valley.
Takayama Old TownGifu · within 20 kmDark wooden merchant houses, sake breweries and morning markets in a mountain town.
KamikochiNagano · 20–60 kmA high valley with a clear river, a wooden bridge and the Hotaka peaks. Private cars are not allowed.
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine RouteToyama · 20–60 kmCross the Northern Alps by cable car, bus and ropeway. In spring, walk between snow walls up to 20 m high.
Takayama JinyaGifu · within 20 kmThe Edo-period government office of Hida Province, the only one of its kind whose buildings survive almost complete, with offices, a court room and rice storehouses.
Miyagawa Morning MarketGifu · within 20 kmA daily morning market along about 700 m of the Miyagawa River bank, where local farmers sell vegetables, pickles, flowers and crafts.
Takayama Festival Floats Exhibition Hall (Yatai Kaikan)Gifu · within 20 kmA hall in the grounds of Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine that shows four of the eleven ornate floats from the autumn Takayama Festival, changed three times a year.
Hida Folk Village (Hida no Sato)Gifu · within 20 kmAn open-air museum of more than 30 old farmhouses moved from around Hida, including thatched gassho-style houses, set around a pond with craft demonstrations.
Distance is a straight line from the station, not travel time.
Onsen towns nearby
- Okuhida Onsen Villages (Hirayu & Shinhotaka) GifuFive mountain spa villages under the Northern Alps with many riverside outdoor baths, from Hirayu to Shinhotaka; day-trip baths too.
- Gero Onsen GifuA riverside hot spring town counted among Japan's three famous springs, with free footbaths scattered through its streets.
- Yamanaka Onsen IshikawaA riverside spa town said to be 1,300 years old, with the Kakusenkei gorge walk, Korogi Bridge and the Kiku-no-yu public bathhouse.
Getting around
- Toyama 1 h 25 min · Ltd. Exp. Hida
- Nagoya 2 h 15 min · Ltd. Exp. Hida
Fastest regular service on the official timetable. A flight time is the scheduled time between the airports; add the trip to the airport.
Next city
- Takayama → Nagoya (2 h 15 min) → Kyoto (35 min) → Osaka (15 min)
- Takayama → Toyama (1 h 25 min) → Kanazawa (20 min) → Kyoto (1 h 45 min)
Example routes along these connections; the time of each leg is in brackets.