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Takayama City
Gifu Prefecture · City
Official websiteGifu Prefecture page
Takayama City is the central city of the Hida region and has the largest area of any municipality in Japan. Takayama Jin'ya, a surviving office of the Edo shogunate, and the Sanmachi district of old merchant houses are called the "Little Kyoto of Hida." The spring and autumn Takayama Festivals are well known, and the city also produces spinach and summer-autumn tomatoes.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
Historic siteTakayama Jin'yanational Historic Site from the Edo period in Takayama Japan
Historic townscapeSanmachi
Shinto shrineHida Ichinomiya Minashi ShrineShinto shrine in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
CastleTakayama Castlebuilding
MuseumHikaru MuseumMuseum in Japan
Buddhist templeAnkoku-ji TempleBuddhist temple of the Rinzai school sect dedicated to Shakyamuni Tathāgata in Takayama, Japan
Hot spring (onsen)Hirayu Onsenbuilding in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Nanamori-Kiyomiroadside station in Takayama, Gifu prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Pascal Kiyomiroadside station in Takayama, Gifu prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Hidakaido Nagisaroadside station in Takayama, Gifu prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Montdeus Hida-Kuraiyamaroadside station in Takayama, Gifu prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Sakura-no-sato Shokawaroadside station in Takayama, Gifu prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Okuhida-onsengo Kamitakararoadside station in Takayama, Gifu prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Hida Takane-koboroadside station in Takayama, Gifu prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Hida Asahimuraroadside station in Takayama, Gifu prefecture, Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this city
- Mt. Naka3,084 m
- Mt. Norikura3,026 m
- Mt. Nishihotaka2,909 m
- Mt. Aino2,907 m
- Mt. Kasa2,898 m
- Mt. Maru2,854 m
- Mt. Kurobegoro2,840 m
- Mt. Nukedo2,813 m
- Mt. Yumiori2,592 m
- Mt. Okumaru2,439 m
- Mt. Shakujo2,168 m
- Mt. Sannomine2,128 m
- Mt. Akandana2,109 m
- Mt. Kaore1,625 m
- Mt. Kurai1,529 m
- Mt. Kento1,352 m
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
National parks in this city
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Gifu Prefecture
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