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  • Takayama Jinya
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    1116 Reviews
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    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Hachikenmachi 1-5
    Takayama Jinya was where prefectural governors and deputies exercised government since Hida was put under direct control of the Shogunate in 1692. The purpose of direct jurisdiction was access to the abundant timber and underground resources. After the Meiji Restoration, this building was also used as the Takayama prefectural government building. In order to conserve Takayama Jinya, 16 years of repair and reconstruction work were undertaken and were completed in 1996. There were 60 regional headquarters and sub-headquarters nationwide at the end of the Edo period, but the Takayama Jinya is the only building left in existence today. Takayama Jinya has been certified with two stars in the Michelin Green Guide Japan.

    Fantastic experience on governor housing. It is very educational and could be boring to some. Enjoy the little garden. Quite a historical moment.

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  • Yoshijima Heritage House
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    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Oushinmachi 1-51
    This old kominka house was the residence of the Yoshijima sake brewing family for generations. It has been designated a nationally Important Cultural Property. A large ball of cedar twigs hangs from the eaves above the entrance, and a noren curtain at the door has the two stripes of the family crest. The inner hall and entrance hall have a high vaulted ceiling, and the main pillar and other woodwork displays splendid craftsmanship. The interior gives you a real feel of its long history, especially in the drawing room where Toko Shinoda's work is on display.

    Almost everybody come to Takayama just for the old town lane, and you will expect the crowds especially at morning and afternoon time. Almost a long queue in the food area and the old houses there...

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  • Miyaji Family Residence
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    7 Reviews
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    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Oushinmachi 2-44
    This traditional machiya merchant house in Takayama was built in 1875. It's been designated as a Cultural Asset of the city, and visitors can tour it free of charge. It's a typical machiya style house with a vaulted atrium as you enter and a tatami room in the back. Antique household goods are on display, giving you an idea of life in the old days. During the March and May festival periods, they have displays of Hina-kazari and Yoroi-kazari, decorations that traditionally accompany these times.

    観光の中心、三之町からは離れた越中街道沿いにある古い商家の建物。 酒屋、米屋、養蚕業を営んでいた。 無料で公開。 観光客も少ない。 豪華、壮大ではないが、標準的な当時の町家の様子を見ることができる。

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  • Arakawa Family Residence
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    3.5
    6 Reviews
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Nyukawacho Otani 141
    The residence of the Arakawa family that have been in the area since the late 1500s. The family served as village officials during the Edo period. The main house and the storehouse were built in the middle of Edo period. The two-story house with a gabled roof raised between huge timber beams has been designated a National Important Cultural Property. This flat structured architectural style is widely distributed from eastern Takayama through Shokawa and along the Gujo Highway to Gujo in the west. The house is highly valuable due to a combination of its size, age, and superb design. Inside, there are folk tools and letters written by the warlord Date Masamune addressed to Kanamori Nagachika, the first lord of Hida-Takayama domain.

    丹生川村にある、この地方の名主さんの家です。昭和58年まで実際に住んでおられたそうです。重文ですが入場無料がうれしい。母屋と土蔵にこの地方の古い民具や書類が展示してあります。階段が大変急なので登り降りには気をつけてください。管理人の女性がいろいろ教えてくれますので、聞いてみて下さい。

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  • Hida Shokawa-no-Sato
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Shokawacho
    A collection of traditional houses from Shokawa Village that have been relocated and preserved. The hip-and-gable roof gassho style houses are over 200 years old. One of them, the former Mishima residence, was built in 1763. It was the first building in the prefecture to incorporate a four-room floor plan, the basic structure of private houses in the Hida region. Each building is an important ethnographic museum that provides a sense of the lifestyle in those days. Annual maintenance keeps the buildings well preserved.

    古民家に入ってじっくり見れます。ペットも同伴OKです。人が少ないのにすごく手入れが行き届いてて、のんびりじっくり見て回れます。 古民家の縁側で昼寝したいぐらいいい雰囲気です。 高速道路ができてから荘川の観光客が減りましたが、逆にそこがいい穴場感になってます。

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  • Matsumoto Family Residence
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
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    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Kamikawaharamachi 125
    This is the oldest remaining residence in Takayama City and is an National Important Cultural Property. Once the shop and home of a druggist known as “Harasan, it survived an 1875 fire that destroyed much of the town and is a rare example of an Edo period merchant residence. They knew when the house was built from writing on the pickle warehouse's window frame that read “April 27, 1826. The main house on the southern side of the property, rice granary to the north, and pickle warehouse to the west all border an inner courtyard. The façade small eaves and lattice bay windows reflect its significant value as typical architecture of the period.

    １８７５年の高山の大火を免れた貴重な江戸時代の町家です。高山市街中心部からだと少し外れていますが、ここに江戸時代が残っている感じの佇まいです。閉館中で外観からの見学となりました。天満宮の駐車場が近くにあるので車でも大丈夫です。

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  • Ankokuji Temple Kyozo (Sutra Repository)
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Kokufucho Nishimonzen 474 Ankokuji
    This sutra repository is at Ankokuji Temple, the 11th stop on the pilgrimage of Hida's 33 sites sacred to the bodhisattva Kannon. The octagonal rotating sutra shelf is the oldest in Japan and holds 5,397 original scrolls containing the complete Buddhist scriptures. It is one of the few sutra repositories in Japan that have been declared a National Treasure, along with those at Horyuji Temple and Toshodaiji Temple in Nara. Featuring a mix of a medieval Japanese and Zen design elements, it was donated in 1408 by Okuda Danjo Yorichika, an official from what is today Gero City. It's impressive in a way you wouldn't imagine from its simple exterior.
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  • Hida Kaiun no Mori
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Nishino Isshikimachi 3-2021
    "A facility with large images of the Seven Lucky Gods ranging from four to 7.5 meters high. Housed in a row of granaries said to be made in the old days of Edo, each one has been carved whole from wood from trees over 1,000 years old. Spring water from Shinsengu Shrine, located deep in a 7,000-square meter forest, is given as an offering to the gods. Known as ""water of happiness and prosperity,"" the spring is said to have bubbled up 1,700 days after the gods revealed themselves. Each of the carvings is spectacular and they are the largest statues of their kind in Japan."
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Tucked away in the very center of Japan, Gifu prefecture houses mountains, old towns, and one of Japan’s greatest hot springs, Gero Onsen. A tour of the prefecture’s traditional architecture will take you from the mountain-enveloped wooden streets of Takayama to the mountain village of Shirakawago, where visitors can explore 250-year-old thatched roofed houses known as gassho-zukuri.

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