Looking to experience authentic Japanese tradition during your visit? While Kyoto offers timeless beauty, consider Takayama in the Hida region of central Honshu—a lesser-known destination where ...

Destinations of all shapes and sizes across Japan want fresh ideas to help attract overseas visitors and transform their economies. The strategy used by the city of Takayama, which has seen a surge of ...

2005-10-02 04:00:00 PDT Takayama, Japan-- We catch the soft scuffle of cloth slippers in the morning stillness as we walk the narrow pedestrian lane, its sides etched by rainwater gutters and fronted ...

Twice a year, the village of Takayama in the Japanese Alps parades its treasures through town: 23 carved wooden floats covered in gold and lacquer. These ornate yatai date back more than 350 years to ...

The village of Takayama sits in the heart of the Japanese Alps, a six-hour train journey from Tokyo. It was settled centuries before Christ, and it has long been known for its carpentry; many of Japan ...

TAKAYAMA, Japan — Two Littleton residents were among the thousands of tourists who went to Takayama — Denver’s sister city in Japan since 1960 — for its famous fall festival Oct. 9 and 10, but they ...

This month, the much-anticipated Tobi Masa restaurant, by celebrated sushi chef Masayoshi (“Masa”) Takayama, will be unveiled at Rosewood’s opulent new hotel in London. Tobi means “to fly” in Japanese ...