These ancient floats are really amazing in construction and appearance. One can almost imagine the significance of the festival just by looking at these floats. The exhibition only displays some of the floats with the rest kept in big storage houses elsewhere. There are 4...More

Definitely worth a visit and very informative and interesting. It would be good to visit Takayama when the floats festival is on 9-10 October annually.

Visited the Autumn Festival. Had trouble booking a hotel while 2 months before our visit, so book early. Be prepared for crowds. Don't forget to see the lantern bit in the evening.

We visited during the autumn exhibition that included many very ornate traditional festival floats and huge drums. The exhibition hall is a very large dome where you can both view the large intricate floats and then watch puppet displays involving a succession of each of...More

The title says it all - these floats are simply amazing. The skill in building them is quite something. There is a short film accompanying the exhibition which was very informative. The ticket to this exhibition included entry to another in the adjacent building of...More

October Festival withe incredible and ancient floats.Second day there is a full parade and market with enthusiastic locals.

Such amazing floats, huge and not sure I would want to be pulling. Ornate, colourful and quite exquisite, well worth a visit. Also a lovely town to walk around, shop, eat and enjoy.