TAKAYAMA, Gifu Prefecture--The red carpet is being rolled out in the Hida-Takayama region this fall to well-heeled foreign visitors. The city’s Hida-Takayama Tourism and Convention Bureau says ...

02:27 The city of Takayama is located in Gifu's Hida region, surrounded by many peaks topping 3,000m.

The “HC85 series” train for Hida limited express service on the Takayama Line connects JR Nagoya Station in Aichi Prefecture and Takayama Station in Gifu Prefecture. The first service left ...

The Spring Takayama Festival, also known as the Sanno Festival, heralds the arrival of spring in Gifu Prefecture's Hida region. The two-day festival kicked off April 14, featuring a parade of the ...

To reach Hida Furukawa from Tokyo, hop on a Shinkansen to Nagoya, which takes an hour and forty minutes. Then change to the Takayama Main Line, and ride for another two hours and forty minutes.