{"id":37170,"date":"2025-09-15T07:46:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T23:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=37170"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:02:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:02:42","slug":"nagoya-toyota-city-day-09-takayama-old-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2025\/09\/15\/nagoya-toyota-city-day-09-takayama-old-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Nagoya \u2013 Toyota City: Day 09 – Takayama Old Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

Takayama<\/strong> was another 1 hr 20 minutes drive from Gujo Hachiman. We’d stayed in Takayama for two nights during the 2022 trip, largely as a springboard for us to visit Shirakawa-Go and also the Hida Takayama Village. I’d initially thought that the small city would be too familiar and that there wouldn’t be much for me to get interested in. As it turned out, I’d misunderstood the geography of the small city: during the 2022 trip, we’d stayed near the train station and completely missed visiting the old town district that’s about a 10 minute walk away from the station. The old town was where the tour brought us to, and the time allocated to this area was 2 hours. That’s sufficient time for one to explore the old town area, with its many Edo period houses, cafes, restaurants, and shops. Still, the old town won’t be very different from other similar districts in Japan, so you’d want to manage expectations if you’re coming here.<\/p>\n

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The district was pretty busy at Sunday noon time, with many visitors – both local and international.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Miyagawa River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Many walkways and paths that are less busy than the main street of the old town. There’s a pet shop just further down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I’d have to look up the names of these bridges later!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The main street of the old town. People mountain, people sea!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lots of old traditional houses that serve as store and shop fronts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Very pretty district, and much busier than Gujo Hachiman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Signage!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The bus left Takayama at 2PM and made its way to the next and final destination – Shirakawa-Go. Continued in the next post!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Takayama was another 1 hr 20 minutes drive from Gujo Hachiman. We’d stayed in Takayama for two nights during the 2022 trip, largely as a springboard for us to visit Shirakawa-Go and also the Hida Takayama Village. I’d initially thought<\/p>\n

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