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The old JR Takayama Station. This building has been replaced by a new one. 高山駅

Gate to Takayama Jinya

JR Takayama Station

Entrance to Takayama Jinya. A Jinya was a regional government office during the Edo Period. The Tokugawa government dispatched magistrates to administer the region. About 60 jinya existed and only this one survives.

Turnstile at JR Takayama Station

For 176 years or 25 generations, the building housed government administrators, accountants (rice tax collectors), and the police.

Waiting room at JR Takayama Station

Magistrate's (governor) office 御役所

JR Takayama Station

View of Administrator's office from the veranda

JR Takayama Station

JR Takayama Station, tourist info office on left.

Many attractions are within walking distance from JR Takayama Station.

The main building was built in 1816.

Bus terminal for Nohi Bus

Tourist info office

Shopping street

Miyagawa River 宮川

Nakahashi Bridge over Miyagawa River 宮川に掛かる中橋

Nakahashi Bridge. During the Takayama Festival, ornate floats cross this bridge. 宮川に掛かる中橋

Nakahashi Bridge and pine tree

Nakahashi Bridge

Former Takayama-cho Town Hall 旧高山町役場

Magistrate's living quarters 居宅（嵐山の間）

Former Takayama-cho Town Hall 旧高山町役場

Storehouse for a Takayama Festival float

Sanno-machi Suji is in Takayama's National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).

This area is also a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).

Bath area

Beckoning cat

Toilet

Kitchen

Large Hall (Dai-hiroma)

Large Hall (Dai-hiroma) where ceremonies and meetings were held. It could also be partitioned into three rooms. Total area is 48 tatami mats. 大広間

Tokonoma alcove

Palanquin

Bamboo screen

Torture room 吟味所・御白洲

The Takayama Festival is held twice a year, during April 14-15 and Oct. 9-10. The spring festival is held by Hieda Shrine and it is called Sanno Matsuri. The festival features twelve ornate "yatai" floats which are displayed and pulled along the streets. In a large plaza, katakuri puppets perform on a few of the floats. The festival is also dramatic at night with a float procession. The Takayama Festival procession in spring starts at Hieda Shrine. Photo shows a banner reading "Hieda Jinja." 祭行列

Hie Shrine hall. The shrine is on Shiroyama Hill. 日枝神社On Dec. 1, 2016 (JST), Takayama Matsuri Festival was inscribed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as one of 33 "Yama, Hoko, and Yatai float festivals in Japan."

Entrance to Rice Storehouse. 御蔵

The portable shrine (mikoshi) passes through Hie Shrine's torii to join the procession. 神輿

Shrine officials in the procession.

Lion dance or shishimai. See the video at hidanet.ne.jp. 獅子舞

Shrine maidens

Mikoshi

Shrine maidens

A middle-aged woman uses her camera phone to photograph herself. "I was here!"

Portable shrine 神輿

Shrine priest

Large crowd gather to watch the karakuri puppets perform on the ornate floats. Sign says "Watch out for pickpockets."

Large crowd gather to watch the karakuri puppets perform on the ornate floats.

Only four of the 12 floats have karakuri puppets which perform. Takayama Matsuri, Gifu

The karakuri puppets first appeared on the Takayama Matsuri floats in the 18th century. They were handcrafted by artisans in Kyoto.

Japan has three basic types of karakuri puppets based on the region: Kyoto, Nagoya, and Kanto (Tokyo area). The Takayama karakuri are the Nagoya-type.