A 2-minute walk from JR Takayama Station
A 2-minute walk from JR Takayama Station
Located in the center of the Chubu region, Hida Takayama makes it possible to see a lot of the Chubu and Hokuriku regions.
Here are some recommended ways to enjoy a 3-day/2-night stay at our hotel.
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Leaving Takayama
Leaving and returning to Takayama Sta, experience the majesty of nature and local cuisine, traveling around Hida Takayama and Nagano’s mountain resorts
| 7:30 | Miyagawa Morning Market |
|---|---|
| 8:30 | Old Town |
| 9:30 | Kusakabe Folk Museum |
| 11:00 | Teahouse Fukyuan |
| 11:45 | Tohoen |
| 12:30 | Return to the hotel and set off for Toyama Airport |
10:30
Arrive at Takayama Sta
Before setting off on your trip, first head to the hotel
10:45
Check your bags in our hotel lobby before or after your stay.
And feel free to enjoy your travels unhindered.
After having lunch around Takayama Sta, travel from Takayama Nohi Bus Center to Kamiokacho for Day 1’s activities.
Bus tour details (reservation required)
13:30
Rail Mountain BikeGattan Go!
“Gattan Go!” is a ride that combines bicycles and railroad tracks taken out of service.
A railbike is a pair of bicycles secured in a frame that runs along tracks from the former Kamioka Railroad.
The “Town Course” looks down over the streets of Kamioka, while the “Canyon Course” goes across iron bridges and through tunnels of trees. This activity lets you enjoy cycling in an all new way, hearing the clacks, and feeling the vibrations like you were on a train.
13:30
Once a prosperous mining town, Kamiokacho in Hida city still has nostalgic streets. In addition to the nature and building with a retro, Showa period feel, you can enjoy visiting local sellers of sweets and tofu, and sake breweries as you travel around on the tour.
There are also options for food and photos, so you can arrange for the plan you like best.
Hida City’s Kamioka-cho(Guided walk through town)
〒506-1195
378 Kamiokacho-higashimachi, Hida, Gifu (tour meeting point)
From Hida Furukawa Sta, return to Takayama Sta, and go back to the hotel
17:00
With day 1 of your trip at an end, check in to the hotel. You will be given a card key with a “Hidazome” pattern.
17:30
Large hot-spring baths with a garden drawing water from Hida Takayama Hot Spring. Look out at the garden that changes with the seasons and the aroma of Japanese cypress will make you feel refreshed in this bath.
18:30
Relish local Hida Takayama cuisine
Adorned with soft lantern light, houndstooth partitions and warm orange sofas, this restaurant offers local Hida Takayama cuisine.
All the dishes include 3 appetizers and sashimi (drinks not included)
Choose your favorite from the 5 main dishes.
Dinner is a set of appetizers and sashimi, a main dish, and a buffet of Japanese and western food, with the theme being “feast in a castle town.” In addition to Hida beef grilled with miso on a hoba leaf or sukiyaki, you can also satisfy yourself with dishes representing local Hida Takayama cuisine.
20:30
How about a night cap at the café corner on the first floor after dinner?
They are stocked with recommended drinks and snacks from Takayama.
6:30
You can use the footbath corner on the ninth and highest floor any time you like after 6:00 AM. Look out over the morning streets of Takayama as you unwind.
7:00
A satisfying country breakfast
With the theme of “morning in a mountain village,” we have prepared a breakfast that delivers the warmth of the country with local cuisine passed down by mothers in the area.
An example of Japanese dishes
An example of western dishes
After breakfast, head straight for Takayama Nohi Bus Center at Takayama Station, and the Northern Japan Alps 3 Great Panoramas 1-Day Bus Tour
Bus tour details (reservation required)
9:00
Kamikochi, Norikura, and Shin-Hotaka
Racing through the Norikura Skyline, you will first arrive at the summit of Norikura (Tatamidaira). After seeing the mystical hue of Tsurugaike Pond and fields of alpine flowers in bloom, head to Shin-Hotaka Ropeway, which offers a 360° panoramic view. The climax of the tour is the very popular mountain resort of Kamikochi.
As you walk along the clear-flowing Azusa River, you can enjoy the gorgeous scenery of Mt. Yakedake and the Hotaka Mountains.
The bus guide will accompany you the whole way, explaining the charm of each locale in the bus, and as lunch at Hirayu Hot Springs and a ticket for the Shin-Hotaka Ropeway are included with the tour, we recommend it for guests coming by train.
Your second day’s travels at an end, return to the hotel.
19:00
The first half of your trip now over, wash two days’ clothes in your room.
For your convenience, enough detergent for one load is included.
Guest rooms in our hotel come equipped with a single-machine washer/dryer. You can wash and dry with the press of a single button. Enjoy a pleasant trip with less baggage than normal.
We also have some rooms without washer/dryers.
Your second night, feel the air out on the streets of Takayama
20:00
About 20 pubs are packed in this gourmet side street. With a wide variety of reasonably-priced food and drinks, it’s perfect for hitting one pub after another. There is also an old-fashioned shooting game and shuriken range.
Enjoy a night in Takayama at the food stalls where locals and foreigners alike congregate.
Dekonaru Yokocho
〒506-0017
24 Asahimachi, Takayama, Gifu
21:30
Soak away the day’s strain in the private baths
The ninth and highest floor of our hotel has 3 private baths (Wood, Black, and Brown), and you can bathe there 3:00 PM-11:00 PM.
Look out at the night vista as you slowly soothe away your weariness.
7:00
The buffet-style breakfast features a strong lineup of both Japanese and western fare.
We suggest you try Japanese the first day and western food the second for a change of pace.
Check your bags at the front desk, and set off to see Takayama’s famous morning market
7:30
Miyagawa Morning Market
Day 3 will be spent strolling around Takayama city. First, a visit to “Miyagawa Morning Market,” one of Japan’s 3 great morning markets. Rows of white tents along the Miyagawa River sell a variety of goods, such as traditional Hida Takayama foodstuffs and pickles, flowers, and folk art.
There are also shops where you can get coffee and sweets to go, and you can enjoy walking and eating as you search for souvenirs.
Hida Takayama Yoshima Farm, which handles vegetables grown organically, without pesticides, and additive-free processed food. Some of their fans visit here every month.
Pesticide-free vegetables bottled within an hour of being picked. Our hotel’s gift shop also sells this vegetable oil paste.
Encountering freshly-picked produce at the morning market is what makes it “the local kitchen.” And there are samples of the fruit for you to try.
“Fujimiya” is a dango specialty shop that has done business for two generations by the Kajibashi Bridge spanning the Miyagawa River. They offer Takayama favorites mitarashi-dango and goheimochi freshly-cooked.
8:30
Strolling around Old Town
The signs and noren curtains of long-standing shops line tasteful streets styled after those of Kyoto by Nagachika Kanamori, first lord of the Takayama clan.
Three streets in Kamimachi and Shimomachi, built in those days as a merchant ward, are now called “Old Town,” which is one of Takayama city’s great tourist spots.
To Kami-sannomachi, where there are rows of Kyoto-style townhouses with red color lattice
9:30
National important cultural propertyKusakabe Folk Museum
The mansion of Kusakabe family, who prospered as a purveyor to the government in the Edo Period, displays the household goods and folk art of that era. A national important cultural property, the house, with its strong beams and pillars, is well worth seeing. At the rest area, the manager also provides free green tea and rice crackers.
Latticed bay windows and latticework, woodwork painted with the dark brown of red iron oxide mixed with soot, a façade that captures the essence of Edo Period house-building.
Ceramics, dyed and woven textiles, lacquerware, woodwork, Japanese paper, glassware—the attached shop sells tools and implements you’ll enjoy using in everyday life.
Kusakabe Folk Museum
〒506-0851
1-52 Oshinmachi, Takayama, Gifu
Having bonded with the local people, it’s time for the long-awaited sweets
11:00
Local caféTeahouse Fukyuan
About 300 meters south on the street with the Kusakabe Folk Museum, there stands a shop well known to some in an alley off to the east—Teahouse Fukyuan.
Opened in part of what was constructed as a salon for the owner of a kimono shop, they offer a sweetness that’s easy on the body, using arrowroot, rice flour, and bracken starch.
Two very popular items are the “Fukyu Parfait” using plenty of Japanese soy beans, soy milk, and sesame, and the gently sweet, fluffy “Okome Pancake,” using 100% rice flour and Hida amazake as a base.
As soon as you set foot in the shop, there are a variety of seats around the dazzling green courtyard, so it doesn’t even look like the same building. If it’s a time when there’s enough seating, you can take your pick of seats from the purely Japanese style tatami room, a table seat with a view of the garden, or a sofa in the “Taisho Roman” style.
There are also plenty of architectural charm, such as the distorted “yugami glass,” or the “sukashi glass” with a flower pattern.
The immaculately maintained courtyard is a soothing place with the gentle light shining in.
Teahouse Fukyuan
〒506-0843
14 Shimo-ichinomachi, Takayama, Gifu
After a satisfying tea time, it’s off to the shops of Kokubunji Street to buy souvenirs
11:45
Japanese sweets shop and souvenirsTohoen
The shopping district is about 1 minute on foot from Miyakawa, heading toward Takayama Station. A wooden sign penned with powerful strokes and the white shop curtain are the hallmarks of the Japanese sweets and gift shop.
The flagship product is Maneki Neko manju—steamed buns inspired by the cats that live in the alley.
Full of character, these cats will bring a smile to the face of whoever receives them. These manju are also sure to draw questions about your trip.
The intent gaze of an artisan. The eyes and whiskers on every cat’s face and other details are done by hand, one after another.
Made with a combination of eastern and western ingredients, the five types—white, black, calico, stripes, and Russian blue—all have different skins and different bean paste fillings.
On a busy day, they prepare over 500 Maneki Neko manju alone.
Tohoen
〒506-0843
2 Asahimachi, Takayama, Gifu
The Old Town neighborhood is also the perfect spot for walking and eating a snack!
Once you’ve bought your souvenirs, satisfy your tummy with such renowned Takayama treats as Takayama ramen or Hida beef nigiri.
Back to the hotel, your 3-day trip at an end
12:30
Were you thoroughly satisfied with your trip to Hida Takayama?
Our entire staff looks forward to your next visit.
Check your bags in our hotel lobby before or after your stay.
And feel free to enjoy your travels unhindered.
Hida Takayama has a variety of charming spots.
Please see the local sightseeing page for more details.
