Takayama (高山市 Takayama-shi) is a city located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Takayama was settled as far back as the Jōmon period. Takayama is best known for its inhabitants’ expertise in carpentry. It is believed carpenters from Takayama worked on the Imperial Palace in Kyoto and on many of the temples in Kyoto and Nara.[citation needed] The town and its culture, as they exist today, took shape at the end of the 16th century, when the Kanamori clan built Takayama Castle. About a hundred years later the city came under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. However, the high altitude and separation from other areas of Japan kept the area fairly isolated, allowing Takayama to develop its own culture over about a 300-year period.
Takayama City,Gigu Prefeuture,Japan
September2013 Olympus OM-D/E-M5
雨深きなか、それでも観光客で賑わう高山を、東京から日帰りで訪れました。
我が国有数の観光地、天候にかかわらずツアー客でびっしり溢れかえる通りでしたが、一歩路地に入ると、そこにはいかにも高山らしい雰囲気が残されていました。
高山は、是非宿泊して、早朝に散策するのが良さそうです。
岐阜県高山市 2013年9月
OlympusOM-D E-M5