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Takayama is a city in the mountainous Hida region
of Gifu Prefecture. Takayama retains a
traditional touch like few other Japanese cities,
especially in its beautifully preserved old town. It now ranks as one of the prime
candidates among travelers wishing to add a
rural element into their itineraries
Acer palmatum, called Japanese maple or smooth Japanese maple (Japanese: irohamomiji, or momiji)
Nakabashi Bridge (Red Bridge) of Takayama
Nakabashi Bridge and Miya-gawa river
Miya-gawa river
The name 'Takayama' means 'tall mountain'
The mountain city of Takayama is associated with charms known as "sarubobos", which are traditionally passed from grandmothers to grandchildren and mothers to daughters, though are now often sold as souvenirs. Takayama was settled as far back as the Jōmon period. Takayama is best known for its inhabitants' expertise in carpentry. It is believed carpenters from Takayama worked on the Imperial Palace in Kyoto and on many of the temples in Kyoto and Nara. The town and its culture, as they exist today, took shape at the end of the 16th century, when the Kanamori clan built Takayama Castle. About a hundred years later the city came under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. However, the high altitude and separation from other areas of Japan kept the area fairly isolated, allowing Takayama to develop its own culture over about a 300-year period
Local artisan making colorful glass beads for necklaces and earrings
The Takayama Festival, held in spring and autumn, is considered one of Japan's best festivals. Each festival features its own set of about a dozen festival floats (yatai).
Side view of one of the festival floats at Takayama Spring Festival (Sanno Matsuri)
A set of replica floats are, furthermore, exhibited around the year at the Matsuri no Mori festival museum
Main exhibition space at Matsuri no Mori
Robots performing on the biggest drums in the world at Matsuri no Mori
Takayama Matsuri Yatai KaikanFour of the autumn festival's eleven floats (yatai) are exhibited at the Takayama Matsuri Yatai Kaikan
The Takayama Festival, held in spring (April 14 and 15) and autumn (October 9 and 10), is ranked as one of Japan's three most beautiful festivals (the other two are Kyoto's Gion Matsuri and theChichibu Matsuri)
Takayama Autumn Festival (9th and 10th of October) has been celebrated for around 400 years now
Takayama Archives Museum
The building is the pride of local carpenters’ and artisans’ work, as the it’s almost completely built with hinoki (Japanese Cypress).It’s also the first building in the area to have glass windows
Takayama Archives Museum. This building is the old Town Office
Besides the liberal use of glass windows, the curved lattice ceiling of the meeting room on the second floor also adopted western style
Takayama Jinya is a historical government house that has been restored to its earlier design and is open for tours
Takayama Jinya
Takayama iron manhole cover
A carved wooden lucky cat (maneki neko) in front of an antique store in Takayama
Takayama iron manhole cover
Takayama iron manhole cover
Takayama gained importance as a source of high quality timber and highly skilled
carpenters during the feudal ages. The city was
consequently put under direct control of the shogun and
enjoyed quite a bit of prosperity considering its remote mountain location
Ashinaga zuchi zou, statue on Kajibashi Bridge, Takayama
Ashinaga-tenaga ("Long Legs, Long Arms") are a pair of yōkai
in Japanese folklore. One, Ashinaga-jin, has extremely long legs, while the other, Tenaga-jin, has extremely long arms. They
were first described in the Japanese encyclopedia Wakan
Sansai Zue
Tenaga zuchi zou on the bridge crossing Miyagawa
Ashinaga zuchi zou ,statue on Kajibashi Bridge,
Takayama
Daikoku, Deity of Wealth or of the household, particularly the kitchen. Daikokuten evolved from the Buddhist form of the Indian deity Shiva intertwined with the Shinto god Ōkuninushi
Miyagawa river
Lucky cats (maneki-neko) by the River
The maneki-neko (literally "beckoning cat") is a common Japanese figurine (lucky charm, talisman) which is often believed to bring good luck to the owner and is usually displayed—often at the entrance—of shops, restaurants, pachinko parlors, and other businesses.
Established in the 16th century as the castle town of the Kanamori family, Takayama is now famous throughout Japan for its beautifully preserved old-quarter, which has a series of streets lined with Edo style wooden buildings Takayama iron manhole
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Pictures: Sanda Foişoreanu Nicoleta Leu InternetCopyright: All the images belong to their authors
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Sound: Teresa Teng 2015
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