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  • Takayama Sake Shop - The Cedar Ball means "sake brew is ready" and called a sugidama.  Takayama is well known for its quality sake, in part because of the pure waters in the region.
    takayama-sake-3.jpg
  • Takayama Yatai - the artisans and tradesmen of Takayama who had  wealth, were prohibited from using their money for the purpose of upgrading their social standing.  Therefore, they used their wealth in beautifying their daily lives. The Takayama festival was one outlet for this. The festivals became more and more extravagant as time went on.<br />
In the consturction of a float, several households came together to form a community. Each member donated his share toward the construction of the float, according to his means. Each community started to compete with each other to have the most beautiful float, which helped make the floats so special.
    takayama-yatai.jpg
  • Takayama Asaichi Morning Market - Starting in the Edo period markets of rice, mulberry trees, and flowers, and developed when farmers' wives began to bring produce into town to sell.  These markets came to be known as 'Morning Markets.' There are two or them in Takayama, the Jinyamae Morning Market and Miyagawa Morning Market.
    takayama-asaichi-1.jpg
  • Peace hangs in the air at Higashiyama Temple Area which has become a hiking trail in the outskirts of Takayama.  It  began when Lord Kanamori Nagachika constructed many temples on the elevated hilly area in the eastern part of town. <br />
Higashiyama Walk is a 4 kilometer walking course from Higashiyama Temple Area to Shiroyama Park.
    takayama-higashiyama-2.jpg
  • Takayama Asaichi Morning Market - Starting in the Edo period markets of rice and flowers developed when farmers' wives began to bring produce into town to sell.  These markets came to be known as 'Morning Markets.' There are two of them in Takayama, the Jinyamae Morning Market and Miyagawa Morning Market.
    takayama-asaichi-3.jpg
  • Sanmachi or Furui-machi still stands on the east side of the Miyagawa River flowing through Takayama, this is where Edo period houses remain in traditional buildings where sake breweries and merchants houses.  The district was designated an area of important traditional buildings by the Japanese Government and the movie set for many a Samurai movie.
    takayama-sanmachi-8.jpg
  • Takayama Asaichi Morning Market - Starting in the Edo period markets of rice, mulberry trees, and flowers, and developed when farmers' wives began to bring produce into town to sell.  These markets came to be known as 'Morning Markets.' There are two or them in Takayama, the Jinyamae Morning Market and Miyagawa Morning Market.
    takayama-asaichi-2.jpg
  • Takayama Sake Vat - Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice. Though in fact in the Japanese language, the word sake refers to alcoholic drinks in general. The Japanese term for this specific drink is Nihonshu, meaning "Japanese sake." Sake is also referred to in English as rice wine. Sake is made through a brewing process is similar to brewing beer although it is often called "Japanese rice wine".
    takayama-sake-1.jpg
  • Old Takayama Sanmachi  - Sanmachi or Furui-machi still stands on the east side of the Miyagawa River flowing through Takayama, this is where Edo period houses remain in traditional buildings designated an area of important traditional buildings by the Japanese Government.  Sanmachi is frequently used as a movie set for Samurai dramas for film and television.
    takayama-sanmachi-9.jpg
  • Sake brewery in the Sanmachi or Furui-machi District of Takayama, an area where Edo period houses remain in traditional buildings of sake breweries and merchants houses. The ball, made of cedar over the door lets customers know the season's sake is ready for purchase and drinking.  The district was designated an area of important traditional buildings by the Japanese Government and the movie set for many a Samurai movie.
    takayama-sake-4.jpg
  • Peace hangs in the air at Higashiyama Temple Area which has become a hiking trail in the outskirts of Takayama.  It  began when Lord Kanamori Nagachika constructed many temples on the elevated hilly area in the eastern part of town. <br />
Higashiyama Walk is a 4 kilometer walking course from Higashiyama Temple Area to Shiroyama Park.
    takayama-higashiyama-1.jpg
  • Sanmachi or Furui-machi stands on the east side of the Miyagawa River flowing through Takayama, where Edo period houses remain in traditional buildings usually occupied by sake breweries and merchants houses.  The district was designated an area of important traditional buildings by the Japanese Government and the movie set for many a Samurai movie.
    takayama-sanmachi-2.jpg
  • Sanmachi or Furui-machi still stands on the east side of the Miyagawa River flowing through Takayama, this is where Edo period houses remain in traditional buildings where sake breweries and merchants houses.  The district was designated an area of important traditional buildings by the Japanese Government and the movie set for many a Samurai movie.
    takayama-sanmachi-4.jpg
  • Sanmachi or Furui-machi still stands on the east side of the Miyagawa River flowing through Takayama, this is where Edo period houses remain in traditional buildings where sake breweries and merchants houses.  The district was designated an area of important traditional buildings by the Japanese Government and the movie set for many a Samurai movie.
    takayama-sanmachi-5.jpg
  • Colourful Japanese banners advertising specials in the Sanmachi or Furui-machi district in Takayama designated an area of important tradition by the Japanese Government.
    takayama-sanmachi-1.jpg
  • Nakabashi Bridge over the Miyagawa River in Takayama
    nakabashi-bridge-takayama.jpg
  • Kokubunji Temple Pagoda, Takayama - Kokubunji Temple is the oldest structure in Takayama. It has a 3-level pagoda and stands beside a ginkgo tree that is over 1,200 years old.
    kokubunji-temple-3.jpg
  • Takayama Foot Bath - Footbaths are all the rage in Japan often placed in front of railway stations in hot spring towns to give tired travelers a rest from their foot-crunching sightseeing schedules.
    japanese-foot-bath-2.jpg
  • Takayama is well known for high quality Sake, a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice. The Japanese term for this specific drink is Nihonshu meaning "Japanese sake." Sake is sometimes called rice wine in English. However sake is made through a brewing process more like that of beer.
    sake-bottles-2.jpg
  • Rickshaw have made a big comeback in Japan, especially around traditional places such as Takayama, though it is more for a photo opportunity than for real transportation.  Nowadays rickshaws are pulled by Japanese university students as a part-time job, rather than a blue-collar job for the hoi polloi.
    japanese-rickshaw-13.jpg
  • Jizos at Kokubunji Temple - Jizo statues are popular in Japan as Bodhisattva who console beings awaiting rebirth as well as comfort for travelers.  The jizos shown in this image are at Kokubunji Temple in Takayama.
    jizo-18.jpg
  • Rickshaw have made a big comeback in Japan, especially around traditional places such as Takayama, though it is more for a photo opportunity than for real transportation.  Nowadays rickshaws are pulled by Japanese university students as a part-time job, rather than a blue-collar job for the hoi polloi.
    japanese-rickshaw-11.jpg
  • Rickshaw have made a big comeback in Japan, especially around traditional places such as Takayama, though it is more for a photo opportunity than for real transportation.  Nowadays rickshaws are pulled by Japanese university students as a part-time job, rather than a low level blue-collar job.
    japanese-rickshaw-12.jpg
  • "Jizo" images and statues are popular in Japan as Bodhisattva who console beings awaiting rebirth as well as comfort for travelers. As such they are often found along roadsides, paths or even street corners.  The jizos in this image are at Kokubunji Temple in Takayama.
    jizo-20.jpg
  • A sarubobo is a Japanese amulet, particularly associated with the town of Takayama in Gifu prefecture. Sarubobos are red human shaped dolls with no facial features, made in a variety of sizes. Traditionally, sarubobos are made by grandmothers for their grandchildren as dolls, and for their daughters as a charm for good marriage, children and to ensure a well rounded marriage.  Sarubobo dolls and charms usually have no facial features.  One suggestion is that the absence of a face allows the owner to imagine it.  When the owner is sad, they can imagine their sarubobo to be sad too.
    sarubobo.jpg
  • Takayama Rickshaw - more for a photo opportunity than for real transportation  these days rickshaws are pulled by Japanese university students as a part-time job, rather than a tough blue collar ordeal for the working class.
    japanese-rickshaw-9.jpg
  • Foot baths are all the rage in Japan, often in front of railway stations in hot spring towns to give tired travelers a rest from their arduous sightseeing schedules.
    japanese-foot-bath-5.jpg
  • Foot baths are all the rage in Japan, often in front of railway stations in hot spring towns to give tired travelers a rest from their arduous sightseeing schedules.
    japanese-foot-bath-7.jpg
  • Karakuri ningyo are mechanized puppets from Japan that were popular from the 18th century to 19th century. The word karakuri means mechanical device to tease or trick. It implies hidden magic or an element of mystery. Much has been written about eighteenth-century automata, and of the history, culture and language of interaction between man and machine in the West.  Japan’s love of robots lies in the history of the ‘Karakuri Ningyo’. Until recently there had been little interest from outside Japan regarding the Karakuri Ningyo craft, and its influence on technology and the arts.
    Karakuri-ningyo-1.jpg
  • Karakuri ningyo are mechanized puppets from Japan that were popular from the 18th century to 19th century. The word karakuri means mechanical device to tease or trick. It implies hidden magic or an element of mystery. Much has been written about eighteenth-century automata, and of the history, culture and language of interaction between man and machine in the West.  Japan’s love of robots lies in the history of the ‘Karakuri Ningyo’. Until recently there had been little interest from outside Japan regarding the Karakuri Ningyo craft, and its influence on technology and the arts.
    Karakuri-ningyo-3.jpg
  • Karakuri ningyo are mechanized puppets from Japan that were popular from the 18th century to 19th century. The word karakuri means mechanical device to tease or trick. It implies hidden magic or an element of mystery. Much has been written about eighteenth-century automata, and of the history, culture and language of interaction between man and machine in the West.  Japan’s love of robots lies in the history of the ‘Karakuri Ningyo’. Until recently there had been little interest from outside Japan regarding the Karakuri Ningyo craft, and its influence on technology and the arts.
    Karakuri-ningyo-2.jpg
  • Sake Kegs - Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice. In Japanese, sake refers to alcoholic drinks in general. The Japanese term for this specific drink is Nihonshu, meaning "Japanese sake."<br />
Sake is also referred to in English as rice wine. However, unlike true wine, in which alcohol is produced by fermenting the sugar naturally present in fruit, sake is made through a brewing process more like that of beer.
    takayama-sake-2.jpg
  • Hiking Trail in Shin Hodaka
    shin-hodaka-hiking.jpg
  • At various festivals around the Japanese Islands, shishimai dances are performed to consecrate the festival ground and open the festival. A wooden lion mask and wooly-looking costume of woven and dyed banana/choma strips is worn, and the dance is performed to loud music featuring gongs, drums, bells, flutes, sanshin, and various other instruments. Some lion dances feature two or more dancers as the lion.
    shishimai-1.jpg
  • At various festivals around the Japanese Islands, shishimai dances are performed to consecrate the festival ground and open the festival. A wooden lion mask and wooly-looking costume of woven and dyed banana/choma strips is worn, and the dance is performed to loud music featuring gongs, drums, bells, flutes, sanshin, and various other instruments. Some lion dances feature two or more dancers as the lion.
    shishimai-2.jpg
  • Japanese Ryokan Inn Dinner
    ryokan-dinner.jpg
  • At various festivals around the Japanese Islands, shishimai dances are performed to consecrate the festival ground and open the festival. A wooden lion mask and wooly-looking costume of woven and dyed banana/choma strips is worn, and the dance is performed to loud music featuring gongs, drums, bells, flutes, sanshin, and various other instruments. Some lion dances feature two or more dancers as the lion.
    shishimai-3.jpg
  • At various festivals around the Japanese Islands, shishimai dances are performed to consecrate the festival ground and open the festival. A wooden lion mask and wooly-looking costume of woven and dyed banana/choma strips is worn, and the dance is performed to loud music featuring gongs, drums, bells, flutes, sanshin, and various other instruments. Some lion dances feature two or more dancers as the lion.
    shishimai-5.jpg
  • At various festivals around the Japanese Islands, shishimai dances are performed to consecrate the festival ground and open the festival. A wooden lion mask and wooly-looking costume of woven and dyed banana/choma strips is worn, and the dance is performed to loud music featuring gongs, drums, bells, flutes, sanshin, and various other instruments. Some lion dances feature two or more dancers as the lion.
    shishimai-4.jpg
  • Japanese Lacquer Bowls - Hida shunkei lacquer work is characterized by the simple beauty of bark from trees such as Japanese cypress and Japanese horse chestnut trees, and a coating technique using a slightly transparent light yellow lacquer. Tiered boxes, trays, vases, tea service utensils,  dishes and other items are now produced in the city of Takayama
    lacquer-bowls.jpg
  • At various festivals around the Japanese Islands, shishimai dances are performed to consecrate the festival ground and open the festival. A wooden lion mask and wooly-looking costume of woven and dyed banana/choma strips is worn, and the dance is performed to loud music featuring gongs, drums, bells, flutes, sanshin, and various other instruments. Some lion dances feature two or more dancers.
    shishimai-6.jpg
  • Japanese Floral Arrangement
    japanese-floral-arrangements-2.jpg
  • Hirayu is the oldest and most famous hot spring in the Okuhida hot spring area.  The origin of Hirayu began when Takeda Shingen attacked Hida.  The general is Yamagata Masakage. He led a large force and got over the pass, but they were troubled by the mist of the rugged mountain pass. When the forces of Singen arrived near Hirayu, a old white monkcy appeared before them.  The monkey told them that a hot spring was in their neighborhood. Shingen's forces had a bath at the hot springs to recover from the fatigue of their journey.
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  • Rural Bike in Shirakawago
    japanese-bicycle.jpg
  • Japanese Floral Arrangement
    japanese-floral-arrangements-1.jpg