Takayama City

Bell gate said to be a former building.

Unryu-ji bell gate, Kounkaku

Photo by Abasaa (Public domain)

01 ／ Sutra repository

A one-bay hall wrapped in a skirt roof,with 1408 carved on the pillar of a revolving shelf.

The sutra repository of Ankoku-ji in Kokufu is a Zen-style hall: a one-bay main structure with a skirt roof (mokoshi) around it. Inside stands an octagonal revolving sutra shelf, and an inscription on its central pillar gives the year of construction, Oei 15 (1408). It was designated a National Treasure in 1963.

One-bay main structure with skirt roof
Pillar inscription: Oei 15
National Treasure, 1963

02 ／ Kurumada

A stake in the centre, seven lines drawn out,and seedlings planted in rings beyond.

The kurumada in Matsunoki-cho is a single paddy designated a Prefectural Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. The Hishu-shi records that one bundle of seedlings is put in the middle and the rest planted around it in circles. Today a stake is driven in the centre, seven lines run out from it, three seedlings make one clump, five clumps go on each line, and planting spreads outward in concentric rings. No night soil is used.

Prefectural designation, 2002
Seven lines from the centre
Three seedlings to a clump

03 ／ Book storehouse

Against fire and rats,the storehouse was built in a pond.

The book storehouse of the scholar Tanaka Ohide stands in a pond within the grounds of Ena Shrine, built to guard against fire and rats. It is a two-storey building of 1845 and a prefectural Historic Site. Ohide's collection of 519 works in 1,516 volumes is a prefectural tangible cultural property, kept at Hida Takayama Machi-no-Hakubutsukan.

Built 1845
Prefectural Historic Site, 1956
519 works, 1,516 volumes

Living here

Over 90% forest, about 81 km from east to west.

about 80,000 people

Takayama merged with nine surrounding towns and villages in February 2005. It measures about 81 km from east to west and about 55 km from north to south, is 92.1% forest, and borders four prefectures: Nagano, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui. There are nine branch offices. The gateway is JR Takayama Station, a stop for the Limited Express Hida.

People living here: 84,419people
Area: 2,177.61km²
Households: 32,748households
Rent (average for rentals): 47,149yen
Healthcare: 4 hospitals ／ 76 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-02-01 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —24 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

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Where you can go from here.

Takayama City in Japan36.146°N 137.252°E

to NagoyaLtd. exp. Hida135min
to OsakaLtd. exp. Hida256min
to ToyamaLtd. exp. Hida87min

Travel times follow JRおでかけネット（JR西日本）の区間時刻表『高山本線（名古屋／岐阜～高山）下り』『高山本線（高山～岐阜／名古屋）上り』『高山本線（高山～富山）下り』『高山本線（富山～高山）上り』を日付つきで取得（2026-10-16・17・18・19、11-03、12-15、12-30 の7日。同サイトが返す最後の日は2026-12-30）。濃飛バス『高山・平湯温泉～新宿線』のページ（2026-10-15 取得）。 (checked 2026-10-15). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 10 municipalities across 4 prefectures.

Territory of Takayama City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

55.0km

Gifu Prefecture: 飛騨市, 下呂市, 郡上市, 白川村
Nagano Prefecture: 松本市, 木曽町, 大町市
Toyama Prefecture: 富山市
Ishikawa Prefecture: 白山市
Fukui Prefecture: 大野市

Takayama City isthis kind of town.

01The bell gate of Unryu-ji in Takayama was not built as a temple gate; the temple's records say Kanamori Nagachika gave the temple a building called Kounkaku in 1601, and the main halls of Sogen-ji and Hokke-ji and the votive-tablet hall of Shinmei Shrine are likewise said to have come from Takayama Castle
02At Ankoku-ji in Kokufu stands a National Treasure sutra repository with an inscription of 1408, and in Matsunoki-cho a prefecturally designated kurumada is planted in circles from seven lines drawn out from the centre
03In Enako, Tanaka Ohide's book storehouse stands in a pond at Ena Shrine, the craft of making the Enako bandori straw cape is a nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, and the city also has the Takayama Festival floats and the old townscape of Sanmachi

See the town as it is now.

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Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Takayama City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗