Get to know the charms of rural Hida City in northern Gifu prefecture.
The image of Hida's Shirakabe Dozogai, with its white-walled storehouses lining the carp-filled Seto Canal, may be a familiar view to those looking for traces of Edo-period Japan. But Hida offers so much more.
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Hida has plenty to offer when it comes to local cuisine. From the popular Hida beef to regional classics like Houba Miso or locally produced sake or snacks, Hida does not disappoint when it comes to dining.
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Get to know Hida's creative DNA thanks to an artisan culture born of the region's abundance of nature and forested woodland, helping spawn its innovative joinery legacy and Hida no takumi (master craftsmen) reputation that was revered around Japan.
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Hida City is renowned for its annual festivals, with this small city punching above its weight when it comes to crowd-pleasing performances, like the fabled Okoshi-Daiko event of the Furukawa Festival every spring.
Discover the heritage
Hida City is a quiet picturesque town outside of Takayama City. The people of Hida generally live a simple lifestyle and have fostered a distinct culture different from many parts of Japan.
Discover the nature
While the Shinkansen high-speed rail is often viewed as the quintessential Japanese travel method, pairing it with a road trip is the ultimate way to see Japan. There is no better place to do so than the route from Toyama City to Hida-Takayama. Rent a car from Toyama Station and venture south to ...
Just a few blocks south from Watanabe Sake Brewery along Ichinomachi, you’ll find yet another fine example home to Japan’s national drink: Kaba Sake Brewery. Kaba’s history predates Watanabe by over 150 years, when it first opened in 1704. Disaster struck in 1707 with the Hōe...