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.

Takayama is one of the three most beautiful festivals in Japan. The festival is held twice a year, in the spring (April 14-15) and in Autumn (9-10 October), and includes a spectacular performance of about 12 decorated moving stages called the Thai. When there is...More

Since we're unlikely to ever be in Takayama during the spring and fall festival parades, we were happy to be able to see four of the elaborate floats which are several hundred years old.

This museum, adjacent to the shrine for which it’s festival is famous, has in storage several gorgeous festival floats inside a 12 to 15 foot tall, 270* wall of glass room which will allow you to fully appreciate them from ground level as well as...More