| Throughout
September |
Excursion to the grove
of the village shrine |
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Annual festival
held at each shrine in Takayama City. Spectators can enjoy various
traditional folk performing arts, such as lion dancing, Shinto
music and dancing, Tokeiraku, and parade of a portable shrine. |
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| September
1 |
Cosmea Park is opened |
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 The
skiing slope in the Honokidaira Ski Resort during the off-season
offers a 4-hectare site teeming with about eight million cosmea
flowers in full bloom. |
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| Early
September |
Soba (buckwheat) Festival of Hida Kokufu Arakigo |
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Arakigo is a place where you
can see fields of bright golden rice ears and snow-white buckwheat
flowers. You can enjoy walking through the buckwheat fields,
reveling in the rich abundance of the harvest. |
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| First Sunday in September and October |
Garakuta Fair (Jumble market) |
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An antique fair started in
1982. Held on the first Sunday of the month from April to October. 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. |
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| Mid
September to Late October |
Travel back in time to the Edo period |
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You can stroll through the
old townscapes of Hida Takayama, clad in a kamishimo (a ceremonial
dress) or kimono (everyday clothes)
of the Edo period, about 200 years ago. |
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| Early
September to Early Octoberer |
Red autumn leaves from Mt. Norikura to the Hirayu Pass are at
their most beautiful |
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Autumn leaves are at their
best. |
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| Late
September |
Rice harvesting in kurumada, wheel-shaped rice fields |
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The method of planting rice plants concentrically around a rod
standing at the center of the rice paddy is a very rare method
in Japan and is a unique method developed in Hida.
Place: Hida-no-sato (Hida Folk Village) Hida
Folk Village (PDF) Matsunoki-cho |
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| Early
October |
Autumn Illumination in Hida Takayama |
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 The
Nakabashi Bridge is illuminated soon after dark to create a
fantastic view of the surrounding area.
Place: Nakabashi Bridge and nearby area 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
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| October
9 and 10 |
Autumn Takayama Festival |
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An extremely elegant and beautiful festival which is among the
three most beautiful festivals of Japan. The highlight of the
festival is gorgeous floats described as “moving Youmeimon
(the famous, gorgeously-decorated gate to Toshogu Shrine in
Nikko)” and marionettes skillfully operated on the floats.
Place: Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine
http://www.hidanet.ne.jp/e02/ematsuri/ekigen.htm |
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| Mid
October |
Hida Shokawa Hometown Festival and Renjishi |
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 Thirty
lions gather, coming from the shrines in the Shokawa district,
to put on magnificent dances as if calling up the nostalgic
memories of the mountain villages. |
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| Late
October to Early November |
Autumn leaves
in the city are at their best |
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At the Hida Folk Village
(Hida-no-sato), the red autumn leaves are illuminated at night. |
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| November
3 |
Sukuna Festival |
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Local produce festival where mochi (sticky rice cakes) made of ancient heirloom rice and Sukuna pumpkin are a popular treat and where a variety of exhibitions can be enjoyed. |
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| November
3 |
New Soba Festival of Hida Shokawa |
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At this time of harvesting
soba (buckwheat), you can see new style of cooking soba noodle,
experience soba noodle making, watch masters make soba noodle,
and also taste noodle just handmade of newly-ground soba flour
with just-fried topping, free of charge. |
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| Mid
November |
Na-arai (vegetable washing) and preparation of pickles |
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Na-arai for the preparation of pickles such as pickled Chinese
cabbage as a preserved food for the long winter in the Hida
region is rarely seen in urban areas nowadays, but this is
a rural scene which used to be often found late in autumn
in Hida Takayama.
Place: Hida-no-sato (Hida Folk Village)
Hida Folk
Village (PDF)
For further information about the aforementioned
events, contact: Hida Takayama Tourist Information Office
(i-Information Desk) Tel: 0577-32-5328 |
Autumn