Takayama Matsuri Yatai Kaikan: float hall tickets and hours

Takayama Matsuri Yatai Kaikan

Type: Museum
Address: 178 Sakuramachi, Takayama, Gifu 506-0858
Area: Sanmachi (old town)
Google rating: 4.1 (1,065 reviews) on Google Maps, checked October 2026
On the map: Open in Google Maps

Opening hours on Google Maps, checked October 2026
Day	Hours
Monday	09:00–17:00
Tuesday	09:00–17:00
Wednesday	09:00–17:00
Thursday	09:00–17:00
Friday	09:00–17:00
Saturday	09:00–17:00
Sunday	09:00–17:00

Floats, mikoshi and Nikkokan

What you see inside

4 floats on show at a time¹

The hall shows real festival floats, but only 4 floats at a time, not the full set of 11 floats¹. The shrine says it is the only facility with real Takayama Festival floats on permanent display².

Festival floats with red curtains and gilded roofs lined up inside the Takayama Yatai Kaikan hall

Floats: the shrine plans to change the display late March, late July and mid-November². The latest change it lists is 12 July 2026².
Mikoshi: the shrine calls its portable shrine the largest in Japan, weighing 2.5 tonnes and needing 80 bearers².
Nikkokan: the hall next door holds models of the buildings of Toshogu Shrine in Nikko, and it is included in the admission price³.
Guided tour: a shrine maiden takes visitors on a tour of the hall¹.

Looking down the Takayama Yatai Kaikan hall over a gilded mikoshi to a festival float with a phoenix top

Each neighbourhood in Takayama built its own festival float, or yatai⁴, so the floats differ from street to street. One travel guide gives an average visit of 30 to 60 minutes⁵.

Festival costumes in a glass case at the Takayama Yatai Kaikan

Prices and hours

Tickets and opening hours

Adult admission to the float hall is ¥1,000² (about US$6), tax included, according to the shrine’s own page.

Adult ¥1,000²

Admission to the float hall (tax included)

Ticket	Adult	Child
Standard ticket	¥1,000	¥500
High-school students	¥600	–
Visitors with disabilities	¥500	–
Group rate, per person	¥880	¥450

hidahachimangu.jp (operator)

The shrine says the hall is open 9:00 to 17:00 from March to November and 9:00 to 16:30 from December to February² (checked October 2026). Google Maps lists Mon–Sun 09:00–17:00⁷, so go by the shrine’s hours.

On foot or by car

Getting there

Walk from JR Takayama Station: the official tourism site gives 20 minutes¹ to the float hall in the shrine grounds. The address is 178 Sakuramachi, Takayama, Gifu 506-0858⁷.

20-minute walk from the station¹

If you drive, the shrine car park has space for 50 ordinary cars and 5 buses, and buses must reserve². Parking an ordinary car costs ¥300 per hour² (about US$2). For other ways into town, see arriving by rail and bus.

Rain plan

Hall or festival?

Choose the hall if you can’t be in town on festival days. The autumn festival is held on October 9 and 10 and the spring one on April 14 and 15⁸.

Takayama Yatai Kaikan exhibition hall in winter, snow piled on its roofs and stone lanterns

On festival days the official site warns of heavy crowds⁹.
In rain, the autumn marionette performance, parades and night festival are cancelled, and the festival is not postponed¹⁰. The spring festival follows the same rule⁹.
The autumn festival is Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine’s yearly harvest festival, and the festival is one of Japan’s three great float festivals¹¹.

So the hall is your back-up if rain hits the festival. For dates and times, see festival dates and float parades.

Around the shrine

Nearby

The hall sits in the grounds of the shrine, so start with Takayama shrine access and festival timing. The shrine’s Shishi Hall is at 53-1 Sakuramachi and holds over 800 important tangible folk-cultural properties¹², including lion-dance masks.

Other stops in town:

Questions people ask

How old are the Takayama floats?

No source here dates the floats themselves. The festivals began in the 16th to 17th century. The spring festival once had 16 floats and the autumn festival 15, but several were lost to fire and other causes.