Shokawa-sakura free shuttle bus!!

Shokawa-sakura is one of famous and old tree in Takayama.

Usually, you need to take a public bus from Takayama station

or drive if you go there.

But they have free shuttle bus from Takayama station this year!!

Here is time table:







There is Onsen at Roadside station!!

Oukano-Yu

Spring Light Up !!

Hida Takayama has many fine spots from which you can view magnificent cherry trees in bloom.






The trees are sometimes illuminated in the evening, allowing people to enjoy the flowers all day.
In Takayama there are 2 spots you can enjoy the Illuminated cherry trees.

1: Nakabashi- bridge


Date : 15th April to end of April.
Time: 19:00- 22:00pm





2: Enako river


Date : 15th April to end of April.
Time: 19:00- 22:00pm





Both of the place are about 5 min from J-Hoppers Hida Takayama Guest House.
Please ask the receptionist where on the map.

Garyu Cherry Blossoms

Hello I am Matsu from J-Hoppers Hida Takayama.

It seems spring has come.I don't think it will snow any more.

So I need to change the snow tires of my car to normal tires.

By the way ,there is a famous cherry blossom called( Garyu zakura)in Takayama

Garyu Cherry Blossoms

Being a state-designated natural monument, Garyu Cherry Tree (which literally means ‘The Lying-Dragon Cherry Tree,’ was so named because it resembles a dragon lying on the ground. More than 1,100 years old, with branches 30 meters long, and 20 meters high, this is a spectacular example of Edohigan Cherry Tree (botanical name: Prunus pendula form. ascendens), the symbol of Japan.


















Date :9th April~5th May
Hours:8:30～17:00
Access:1 min from Hida ichinomiya station(one stop from Takayama station)

http://www.hidamiya.com/

Antique Market in Takayama

An antique fair started in 1982.
Held on the first Sunday of the month from April to October.

April 3rd. 9:00-16:00



The streets are temporarily closed to vehicles (called “pedestrians’ paradise”) and over 20 art dealers have stalls on the street.

You will enjoy looking at olden daily-life utensils while strolling down the streeｔ.

Hida Live Dolls Festival

Hida Live Dolls Festival

Single women selected from all over Hida render service at a Shinto shrine,
attired in costumes of the Empress, consort, ministers, and court ladies.
The parade of Live Dolls, as it winds through the village, looks as if it were right out of a picture scroll of the Heian period. Rice cakes are scattered at the end of the festival.









Date & Place
2nd March 2011 (Sat)
Place: 13:00-14:00 Private Old Houses Area.
14:40 - 15:10 Hida Folk Village

3rd March 2011
10:00 to 16:00 Hida Ichino-miya Suimu shrine.
(10min from J-Hoppers by train)

Mixed onsen

Hi,there .I am Matsu form J-hoppers Hida Takayama.

Let me tell you about a mixed Onsen near Takayama.I was often asked by guests if there was mixed onsen around Takayama.To be honest with you,I hadn’t known anywhere by the time I went to the Okuhida Garden Hotel

I found the mixed Onsen that I can highly recommend to anybody.

Okuhida Garden Hotel↓

There is a train in front of the hotel.That is a landmark

Opening hours:12:00~21:00

Onsen price :500yen

How to Access :70 minutes from Takayama by bus. One way(1720yen)

It is quite expensive of transportation by bus but worth going .

Which would you prefer, Van Gogh or Sharaku??

The Art exhibition about Gogh and Sharaku

is being held in Hikaru Museum, Takayama

from February 26th to May 22th.















You can enjoy the art by Gogh, Monet, Corot,

Rouaul and Ukiyoe by Hiroshige Utagawa,

Hokusai Katsushika and Utamaro Kitagawa.


Ukiyoe had the biggest impact on their Arts.

★Interpretive tour:

Every Sunday and National holiday 14:00～

★Closed on Wednesday

We have some discount tickets,

so please ask us at the reception desk!!

Adult: 900yen⇒ 700yen

Child: 300yen⇒ 200yen