An indoor exhibition of some of the massive ornately carved festival floats, which are used in the twice yearly festival processions. These processions were started in the 16th century but the floats on exhibit are mainly from the 17th century and they are still carried...More

Interesting audio tour. Floats amazing and impressive. Worth a visit. Easy to find and navigate through.

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