The side streets around the market are equally interesting. There are good buys on pottery, ornate sake bottles and porcelain hibachis. Most of the stuff they sell they either make or grow themselves. Most of the vendors operate in small stalls set up under white canopies. Items on sale in the market include a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, wild plants, traditional medicines, pickled vegetables, traditional Japanese clothes, paintings, crafts and small souvenir items. People come from April to October to enjoy the town's colorful morning markets at Takayama Jinya and the east bank of the Miyagawa River, which lasts from around 7:00am to noon. Large numbers of people show up in mid April and mid October the see the massive floats featured in the towns spring and autumn festivals. Lonely Planet Lonely Planet Festivals and Markets in Takayama: From there, take the Hida express train to JR Takayama Station, about 2 ½ hours. From Tokyo It takes about 1 hour 40 minutes by Tokaido Shinkansen from JR Tokyo Station to Nagoya. Websites: Hida Takayama Maps : Tourist Map Map Downloads hida.jp/english Hotel Web Sites: Takayama Hotel Guide Ryokan and Minshuku Japanese Guest Houses Japanese Guest Houses Budget Accommodation: Japan Youth Hostels Japan Youth Hostels Check Lonely Planet books Getting There: Takayama is accessible by bus and train from Nagoya (shinkansen) and Osaka and other Japanese cities. The snow and mountains have isolated communities and helped them keep old traditions alive. It receives quite a bit of snow in the winter time. It is famous for its beef (said to be as good as Kobe beef), traditional wooden houses, mountains, forests and farming communities. Takayama can be reached on a pleasant train ride through the mountains. There is a museum with puppets and ornate floats and traditional houses with roofs that look like two hands joined in prayer. It features narrow streets lined with traditional sake cellars, miso shops, confection stores, well-preserved merchant houses, sake breweries, and charming antique shops. Takayama is home to about 66,000 people and is a fine place to explore on foot. Unlike Kyoto, the town’s sights are concentrated in an area easily explored on foot and not spoiled too much by modern buildings and traffic jams. Its nickname is reference to its large number of temples and the fact it is was modeled after Kyoto in 1586 by its founder, the daimyo Kanamori Nagachia. Takayama (2½ hours north of Nagoya) is often called "Little Kyoto." Situated in a 500-meter-high basin surrounded by the Japanese Alps, it is one place in Japan that has managed to keep the look and feel of old Japan.
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