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Must See
are the kitchens and living
quar ters of the governor’s
family. To one side is a jail,
with a small array of torture INSIDER TIP
instruments. The storehouses Cycling Tours
contain items relating to the A bicycle tour with
rice-tax system. Hida Satoyama (www.
satoyama-experience.
com) through the lush
rice fields and charming
4 " avenues of Takayama
Hida Folk Village gives a rare insight into
rural Japan. Stopping off
⌂ 1-590 Kamiokamotomachi at natural hot springs,
§ (0577) 34-4711 wooden farmhouses,
# 8:30am–5pm daily orchards and farms, the
Just outside Takayama is Hida three-hour Takayama
Folk Village, which contains cycling tour travels
over 30 examples of rural along 14 miles (22 km).
houses from the surrounding
area, including a gassho-zukuri
house from the Shokawa offers views of the Japanese
Walking through Valley. There are also recon- Alps, are interesting both
the attractive historic structed store houses and a archi tecturally and for the
center of Takayama festival stage to explore here, human details that they
and plenty of tradi tional crafts reveal – such as the demands
are on display. The buildings, of a snowy climate or the
located on a hillside that life of a village headman.
2 "
Lion Dance Ceremony
Exhibition Hall Lion dances, to drive away wild animals
⌂ 53-1 Sakuramachi and evil spirits, are integral to festivals
§ (0577) 32-0881 such as Takayama’s. This exhibition hall
# 9:05am–4:25pm daily contains over 800 lion masks.
Lion dances, to drive away
wild animals and evil spirits,
are integral to festivals such 0 meters 250 N Takayama Festival
as Takayama’s. This exhibition 0 yards 250 Floats Exhibition Hall Kitayama
hall contains over 800 lion Lion Dance Ceremony Park
Exhibition Hall
masks from all over Japan, as
Yoshijima
well as armor, screens, pottery, Heritage House Kusakabe
and coins. The high light of Folk Museum
any visit to the museum is Town SOWA-
Hall
catching a performance by MACHI TEPPOMACHI
the karakuri marionettes.
HON- Miyagawa River SH IM O SA NN OM AC HI S HIM O N I N O M A C H I K A MI IC H IN OM ACH I
MACHI
Hida Kokubunji
3 " Temple Morning FUKIYA-
MACHI
Market
Takayama Jinya N A T I O N A L R O U T E 1 5 8 Takayama
Hirata
Memorial
⌂ 1-5 Hachikenmachi Hall City Museum
§ (0577) 32-0643 Archaeological
# 8:45am–5pm daily NADA- Museum
MACHI
This government office was Takayama
Station
built in 1615 for Takayama’s N A T I O N A L R O U T E 1 5 8
lord, but in 1692 it was made Takayama
Jinya
the provincial office of the
shogunate – the only one still
in existence. The front of the Hida Folk Village HACHIKEN- Shiroyama
Park
MACHI
1.2 miles (2 km)
building comprises waiting NATIONAL ROUTE 158
and meeting rooms; behind
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