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Takayama City Hall
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Traditional street during the winter
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Takayama aerial panorama.
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Takayama aerial perspective facing east.

Template:Nihongo is a city located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Template:As of, the city had an estimated population of 88,473 in 35,644 households,<ref>Takayama city official statistics Template:In lang</ref> and a population density of 41 persons per km2. The total area of the city was Template:Convert making it the largest city by area in Japan. The high altitude and separation from other areas of Japan kept the area fairly isolated, allowing Takayama to develop its own culture over about a 300-year period.

EtymologyEdit

The city is popularly known as Template:Nihongo in reference to the old Hida Province to differentiate it from other places named Takayama. The name 'Takayama' means 'tall mountain'.

GeographyEdit

Takayama is located in northern Gifu Prefecture, in the heart of the Japanese Alps. Mount Hotakadake is the highest point in the city at Template:Convert. The city has the largest geographic area of any municipality in Japan.

Neighboring municipalitiesEdit

ClimateEdit

The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild winters (Köppen climate classification Dfa). The average annual temperature in Takayama is Template:Convert. The average annual rainfall is Template:Cvt with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around Template:Convert, and lowest in January, at around Template:Convert.<ref name=normals/> It features four distinct seasons with a wide range of temperatures between the summer and winter, somewhat resembling parts of northern Japan and Hokkaido. Takayama is part of the Template:Nihongo with snowfall most days throughout the winter season. Takayama and many other places exposed to the Sea of Japan experience lake-effect snow, generating some of the highest, most consistent snowfall in the world.

Spring is short-lived, usually dry with mild temperatures and plenty of sunshine. Cherry blossoms can be seen in Takayama from the middle to the end of April, around three weeks later than Nagoya.

Summer begins around the end of May to the beginning of June. It is humid and wet with the arrival of the Template:Nihongo, receiving high rainfall amounts. It then yields to a hotter and generally less humid end to the summer with daytime temperatures usually higher than Template:Convert and occasionally higher than Template:Convert coupled with strong sunshine.

Autumn approaches during the middle of October and is short and dry. and cool with diminishing sunlight. Colorful Template:Nihongo can be seen in the Takayama area from the end of October to the first week of November.

Winter arrives around the beginning of December and is moderately long, cold, and icy with high amounts of snowfall annually amounting to an average of Template:Convert commonly leading to the development of snowbanks in the outer areas of the city. The first snowfall usually arrives at the end of November and lasts until the beginning of April. Yearly low temperatures in the city center drop as low as Template:Convert and occasionally fail to reach above freezing point during the day.

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DemographicsEdit

Per Japanese census data,<ref name="takayama-population-statistics">Takayama population statistics</ref> the population of Takayama peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since.

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HistoryEdit

The area around Takayama was part of traditional Hida Province and was settled as far back as the Jōmon period. During the Sengoku period, Kanamori Nagachika ruled the area from Takayama Castle and the town of Takayama developed as a castle town. During the Edo period, the area was tenryō under the direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. In the post-Meiji Restoration cadastral reforms, Ōno District in Gifu prefecture was created, and the town of Takayama was established in 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. At the time, it was the most populous municipality in Gifu Prefecture. On November 1, 1936, Takayama merged with the town of Onada, forming the city of Takayama.<ref name=gappei>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Takayama annexed the village of Josue in 1943 and the village of Ohachiga in 1955. On February 1, 2005, the town of Kuguno and the villages of Asahi, Kiyomi, Miya, Nyūkawa, Shōkawa, and Takane (all from Ōno District), the town of Kokufu, and the village of Kamitakara (both from Yoshiki District) were absorbed to create the expanded city of Takayama.<ref name=gappei /> This made Takayama both the largest city and largest municipality in Japan by area.

GovernmentEdit

Takayama has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 24 members.

EconomyEdit

The economy of Takayama is strongly based on tourism, agriculture, and woodworking.

EducationEdit

Colleges and universitiesEdit

Primary and secondary educationEdit

Takayama has 19 public elementary schools and 12 public middle schools operated by the city government. The city has three public high schools operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education, and one private high school.

TransportationEdit

RailwayEdit

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Takayama Train and Bus Station from above.

File:JR logo (central).svg JR Tōkai – Takayama Main Line

HighwayEdit

Sister citiesEdit

Domestic
International

Local attractionsEdit

This city was selected as one of the top ten travel destinations in Asia by Lonely Planet Magazine in the year 2017.<ref>Lonely Planet Top Ten Destinations Asia</ref>

  • Mount Norikura, a dormant volcano that is Template:Convert tall is east of Takayama. A bus takes visitors to a point near the summit.
  • Shin-Hotaka Ropeway and Okuhida Spa Resort: There is a 3,200-meter ropeway offering great views of the Northern Alps.
  • There are old homes in the heart of Takayama that are cultural artifacts.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Takayama has multiple morning markets near the river in the center of town.
  • The Hida Minzoku Mura Folk Village is nearby.
  • Takayama is the home of one of the three largest Shinto festivals in Japan. The Takayama Festivals are two distinctive festivals. The yatai (floats) used can be found in the Takayama Yatai Kaikan (Takayama Festival Float Exhibition Hall). Nearby is the Sakurayama Nikkō Kan, an exhibit of 1/10 scale replicas of Nikkō's famous Tōshō-gū shrine.
  • Takayama-shi Kyodo-kan is a local history museum with handicrafts and traditional items.
  • Takayama Jin'ya is a historical government house and National Historic Site
  • Kusakabe Folk Museum is a local museum in an old merchant's home.
  • Hida Kokubun-ji, founded in the Nara period as the provincial temple of Hida, it is the oldest structure in Takayama. It has a three-level pagoda and stands beside a ginkgo tree that is over 1,200 years old.
  • Ankokuji Temple and Storehouse is an ancient structure from 1408 that is recognized as a national treasure.
  • Hida Takayama Kur Alp (Hida Takayama Spa Land) is a large public bath and swimming area.
  • World shrine to Su-God, the worldwide headquarters of Sukyo Mahikari organization
  • Hida Tōshō-gū shrine
  • Akahogi Tile Kiln Site, a National Historic Site
  • Dōnosora Site, ruins of a Jōmon period village, a National Historic Site
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    Hida Mountains

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    Miyagawa River

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    A crafts shop

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    Hommachi shopping street

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    A traditional shopping street

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    Nakabashi's early season snowfall

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    Hida-no-Sato folk village in autumn

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    Takayama Jinya

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    Kusakabe House

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    Higashiyama temple area

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    A rickshaw in Takayama

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    A beef sushi, one of popular foods for tourists

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    Hirayu onsen Onsen tamago

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    Hirayu onsen

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    Hirayu onsen

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    Presentation of floats during Sannō Matsuri

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    World Shrine of Sukyo Mahikari

CultureEdit

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Takayama Matsuri Float
  • Takayama is known for its local foods, including sansai (mountain vegetables), wasakana (river fish), beef, soba, ramen, and sake.
  • In addition to its fame for its carpentry, Takayama is well known for its lacquerware, pottery, and furniture.
  • The mountain city of Takayama is associated with charms known as "sarubobos", which are traditionally passed from grandmothers to grandchildren and mothers to daughters, though are now often sold as souvenirs. The city and the Hida area are also known for carpentry, and its carpenters are called Hida no takumi.
  • Around the east of the city is a tour, called the Template:Nihongo, which goes past many shrines and temples to Template:Nihongo.
  • Takayama holds two festivals every year, Template:Nihongo in spring and Template:Nihongo in autumn. These festivals are among the most popular in Japan.

In Popular CultureEdit

Takayama was the basis for the settings in the anime series Hyouka, adapted from Honobu Yonezawa's Classic Literature Club series. Designs of the fictional city of Kamiyama are based on Takayama.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

A restaurant in Takayama was featured in the 2016 animated film Your Name.

Notable PeopleEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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