Takayama
Population 85,199 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Japan
- January: 9 h 57 of daylight
- February: 10 h 52 of daylight
- March: 11 h 55 of daylight
- April: 13 h 05 of daylight
- May: 14 h 04 of daylight
- June: 14 h 36 of daylight
- July: 14 h 24 of daylight
- August: 13 h 34 of daylight
- September: 12 h 27 of daylight
- October: 11 h 19 of daylight
- November: 10 h 17 of daylight
- December: 9 h 43 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Takayama Jin’ya Museum · 840 m
- Miyagawa Morning Market Attraction · 520 m
- Kusakabe Folk Museum Museum · 560 m
- Yoshijima Heritage House Attraction · 570 m
- Fujii Folk Museum Museum · 710 m
- Takayama Festival Floats Exhibition Hall Museum · 770 m
- Takayama Shōwa-kan Museum · 730 m
- Hida Takayama Ukiyoe Gallery Garon Attraction · 980 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Sannō Matsuri
April
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Yahata Matsuri
October
2 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Takayama); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.