Kurobe Edohigan cherry, Takayama Village
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20543 ／ たかやまむら

Nagano Prefecture 上高井郡

Takayama Village

A paddy cherry, estimated at 500+ years

Kurobe Edohigan cherry

Photo by 日詰さん (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Kaminari Falls

Pass under the eave-like rock,and you can see the back of the falls.

Kaminari Falls in Takayama Village
Photo by Qurren (CC BY-SA 3.0)

It lies 142 m in from the prefectural road, where the river is 29 m wide and the left bank wall is 40 m high. The village records that the falls are cut into hardened silicified tuff breccia and were made by erosion of this rock face. Passing under the eave-like ledge of rock, one can see the back of the falls, and the village records that this is why they are also called Urami-no-taki, the falls seen from behind.

  • River 29 m wide
  • Left bank wall 40 m high
  • Village-designated Place of Scenic Beauty, 2003

02 ／ Eastern End of the Suzaka Baseline

The ninth baseline chosen as a survey standard:its eastern end, a triangulation point.

This first-order triangulation point is the eastern end of the Suzaka Baseline, which the Meiji government set up as a standard line for modern surveying. The baseline was selected in 1892 as the ninth in the country; in 1896 the distance to its western end, in Suzaka City, was measured, giving a baseline length of 3,291.912 m. The village records that this value became the basis for making 1:50,000 maps of Nagano and six other prefectures.

  • Ninth baseline selected, 1892
  • Baseline length 3,291.912 m
  • Village-designated Historic Site, 2013

03 ／ Issa Yukari no Sato Detached Lodging

Small in scale, tall in build.An asymmetrical round window in the alcove.

Issa Yukari no Sato Detached Lodging in Takayama Village
Photo by Hira3 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

This building belonged to the house of a disciple who offered Issa a detached room, and the village records that Issa stayed 140 days. It has eaves in the segai style, and its plan gives little space to the earthen floor and the tea room and weight to the main reception room. Built between the 18th and early 19th centuries, it was moved and restored on its present site in 1996.

  • Issa stayed 140 days
  • Built 18th to early 19th century
  • Village-designated Tangible Cultural Property, 2000

Takayama Village from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot September–October 2024)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

A village with no station, 17 minutes by bus from Suzaka Station.

  • about 7,000 people
  • Rural district town

The village has no railway station. From Suzaka Station on the Nagano Electric Railway, a Nagaden Bus route bus takes 17 minutes on the fastest daily service to reach Takayama Village Office. The area is 98.56 km², and about 85 percent of it is forest and open land.

People living here
6,617people
19952020

−5.9% since 2015

7,773 → 6,617

Area
98.56km²

14.57km² of it habitable

2024

Households
2,321households

2.9 people per household

2020

Rent (average for rentals)
—
Healthcare
0 hospitals ／ 3 clinics

4.5 per 10,000 people

2023

Area98.56km²Habitable land14.57km² ／ 15%
Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103
Children waiting for childcare
—1 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy
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Average annual temperature
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These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Takayama Village in Japan36.680°N 138.363°E
OsakaTakayama Village
Takayama Village Office
高山村役場2011
  • to SuzakaLocal bus17min

Travel times follow 高山村公式『高山村バス路線及び時刻表』（令和8年4月1日時点。村公式「【公共交通】村内公共交通サービスについて」docs/7624278 のリンク。問い合わせ先は高山村役場総務課・長電バス）の下り（須坂駅発〜村役場・牧車庫・山田温泉着）の表 (checked 2026-10-20). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Takayama Village
Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号 平27情使、第585号)

North to south

10.4km

Nagano Prefecture
Suzaka City, Yamanouchi Town, Nakano City, Obuse Town
Gunma Prefecture
Tsumagoi Village

Takayama Village isthis kind of town.

  1. 01The Kurobe Edohigan cherry stands in a patch of paddy land; it is a village-designated Natural Monument, and the village gives its age as an estimated 500 years or more
  2. 02Kaminari Falls, also called Urami-no-taki, is a village-designated place of scenic beauty, and the eastern end of the Suzaka Baseline, a standard for modern surveying, is a village-designated historic site
  3. 03A detached lodging where Issa is said to have stayed 140 days has been moved and restored; the village lies in the mountains of northeastern Nagano Prefecture and has no railway station

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Takayama Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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