10 Sights in Takayama, Japan (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Takayama, Japan. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 10 sights are available in Takayama, Japan.
Sightseeing Tours in Takayama1. Hida Kokubunji Temple
Hida Kokubun-ji (飛騨国分寺) is a Shingon-sect Buddhist temple in the Sowamachi neighborhood of the city of Takayama, Gifu, Japan. It is one of the few surviving provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period. Due to this connection, the foundation stones of the Nara period pagoda located on temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1929.
2. Sogenji Temple
Sogenji Temple (素玄寺) is a temple of the Soto sect located in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Mt. Takalong. It is located in the Higashiyama Scenic Preservation District. It is known as a temple related to the Kanamori clan, the lord of Hida Takayama Domain, and has many items related to the Kanamori clan. Hida 33 Kannon Sacred Site No. 4.
3. Soyuji Temple
Soyuji Temple (宗猷寺) is a temple of the Rinzai sect Myoshinji sect located in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and the mountain number is Shinryuzan. It is the Bodhi Temple of Kanamori Kashige and is also known as a temple related to Yamaoka Tetsufune. The Holy Kannon Bodhisattva is enshrined, and it is the 6th temple of the Hida 33 Kannon Sacred Ground.
4. Takayama Jin’ya
The Takayama Jin'ya (高山陣屋) is a surviving Edo period jin'ya which served as the Daikansho for Hida Province under the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan from 1692 to 1871. It is located in what is now Hachiken-machi of the city of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture. It has been protected as a National Historic Site since 1929.
5. 真宗寺
Shinshu-ji Temple (真宗寺) is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect located in Furukawa-cho, Hida City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Mt. Asamitsu. Held from January 9 to 16 along with the neighboring Enkoji and Honkoji temples, the Hoonkyo is known as Sanji Mairi.
6. 飛騨一宮水無神社
Hida-Ichinomiya Minashi Shrine , commonly: Minashi Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the Ichinomiya neighborhood of the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of the former Hida Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on May 2.
7. Zennoji Temple
Hojuzan Zennoji Temple is a temple of the Soto sect located in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the temples included in the Higashiyama Temple Group on the east side of downtown Takayama City, and is the fifth temple of the Hida 33 Kannon Sacred Ground.
8. 一茶ゆかりの里 一茶館
Issa Yukari no Sato Issakan (一茶の里一茶館) is a registered museum of Kobayashi Issa in Takayama Village, Kamitakai District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The official name is "Historical Park Shinshu Takayama Issa Related Village" and is nicknamed "Issakan".
9. 千光寺
Senkoji (千光寺, Senkoji) is a temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect located in Shimoho, Nibukawa-cho, Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is 袈裟山. It is also called Hida Senkoji Temple.
10. Shiroyama Park
Shiroyama Park is a public park located in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. In 1873, the park was established in the mountainous area around the ruins of Takayama Castle. The park's name means "castle mountain."
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