Amazing floats. Very beautiful and good craftsmanship. There are other floats stored at various parts in town. As you walk around town you notice the storage buildings of the other floats. The most amazing one is the float for the Gods.

Definitely worth a visit if you go to Takayama. The floats are fun and every 10 minutes the run. You can easily spent an hour here so don’t rush. There are some “hands on”. Activities too so kids will enjoy as well as adults.

The floats are really colourful and there are many of them. There is a theatre with a screen showing the festival in full swing. Would be great to attend this if in the area at the right time

This exhibition hall houses some of the magnificent, ornate floats used in one of the the most beautiful festivals in Japan. Three times a year the decorative floats are changed so that visitors can see them as they appear in the festival. The Takayama Festival...More

Our tour group visited the exhibition hall on a rainy morning. The floats were behind glass walls which made taking pictures tricky. He observation path went around the bottom level for the first two sides, the last two sides involved slanted passages up. The individual...More

Wonderful experience seeing all the exhibits; try to come during a festival!! These exhibits are practical, they will take out the shrine and do these massive man-only powered parades which never cease to amaze

This attraction was not on my walking tour but was recommended to me by my fantastic guide "Nats". because of my love of history and culture I am so glad that I did not miss this. The Floats are exquisite and a huge part of...More