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Takayama Japan map: where it is and which places are nearby

Last checked: October 2026

Arakawa family heritage farmhouse with a shingle roof in Takayama under a summer sky

Takayama sits in Japan’s Chubu region2, and it works well as a base for the Japan Alps3. The map below shows the places this guide covers, numbered to match the legend.

Map of the towns and attractions in this guide, numbered as in the list below. Places further out are arrows at the edge of the map, pointing their way, with the straight-line distance from Takayama (not the distance by road).

Drawn to scale from the attractions' Google Maps locations.

Town locations from OpenStreetMap, map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Attractions

  1. Sanmachi Suji Google Maps
  2. Miyagawa Morning Markets Google Maps
  3. Takayama Jinya Google Maps
  4. Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine Google Maps
  5. Takayama Matsuri Yatai Kaikan Google Maps
  6. Hida Takayama Retro Museum Google Maps
  7. Nakabashi Bridge Google Maps
  8. Yoshijima Traditional House Google Maps
  9. Kusakabe Traditional House Google Maps
  10. Takayama Shōwa-kan Museum Google Maps
  11. Higashiyama Teramachi/Higashiyama Promenade Google Maps
  12. Hida Kokubun-ji Temple Google Maps
  13. Takayama Sky Park Google Maps
  14. Hida no Sato Folk Village Museum Google Maps

Further out (arrows at the edge of the map)

Not on the map (no checked location yet)

  • The old town and Hida no Sato are the city sights.
  • Okuhida’s hot spring villages lie in the mountains.
  • Shirakawa-go, Hida-Furukawa, Nagoya and Toyama are the wider links.

For the wider picture, read about Takayama.

On foot from the station

Old town and city centre

15-minute walk from the station4

The old town is the part of the map most visitors head for first. The historic merchant lanes of Sanmachi are a 15-minute walk4 east of JR Takayama Station.

Sanmachi is made up of three narrow lanes2 of wooden buildings housing sake breweries and small boutiques. Takayama is also known for its morning markets3, set up every morning.

Hida no Sato and the hills

Hida no Sato (Hida Folk Village) preserves more than 30 historic buildings3 from the Hida area. Its page, Hida no Sato Folk Village Museum, covers hours, fee and access.

Thatched houses and a water mill above the pond at Hida Folk Village
Thatched houses and a water mill above the pond at Hida Folk Village

Mountain villages

Okuhida hot spring villages

five villages5

Okuhida Onsengo is five5 small hot-spring villages at the foot of the mountains, administered as part of Takayama City6. See the guide to the Okuhida hot spring area.

Okuhida has good access to Kamikochi, Mt. Norikura and the Norikura Highlands7. The bus to Kamikochi takes about 90 minutes from Takayama via Hirayu Onsen8.

Nearest big day trip

Shirakawa-go

50 minutes by bus3

The thatched-roof UNESCO village is 50 minutes by bus3 north of Takayama. It is the nearest of the big day trips on the map.

Thatched gassho-zukuri houses in Ainokura above golden rice fields and bamboo drying frames in September

7 hoursFree cancellation

Day tour

From Takayama: Shirakawago and Gokayama Bus Tour by Nohi Bus

4.7 (60 reviews) on GetYourGuide, checked October 2026

FromUS$85

See dates on GetYourGuide

Hida-Furukawa

Hida Furukawa is a nearby sibling town3 to Takayama, and Hida is a separate city9. Read the Hida-Furukawa old town page for its sights.

Rail links

Nagoya and Toyama

Trains to Takayama come from Nagoya and Toyama3. The ride from Nagoya takes about 2 hours 20 minutes, and from Toyama about 1 hour 30 minutes3.

More on getting there covers routes and fares.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons and Pexels. Authors and licences: image credits

Checked against 10 sources · last checked October 2026
  1. Wikipedia · checked October 2026
  2. Wikivoyage · checked October 2026
  3. Travel Japan (JNTO) (official) · checked October 2026
  4. Travel Japan (JNTO) (official) · checked October 2026
  5. MLIT (official) · checked October 2026
  6. Wikivoyage · checked October 2026
  7. okuhida.or.jp (official) · checked October 2026
  8. nouhibus.co.jp (operator) · checked October 2026
  9. Wikipedia · checked October 2026
  10. Takayama City (official) · checked October 2026
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