We visited here with my mother, who had been with my late father on their honeymoon nearly fifty years ago, to celebrate her 70th birthday (we call it "ko-ki 古希" in Japan.)

Crockwise from upper left: Takayama Ramen, soy-sauce based curly noodles with a load of Hida-Negi green onions topped on it; Shop house where I was waiting for my ice cream; The list of Nihonshu, Japanese sake, infused desserts, such as soft-serve, cheesecake, pudding; Miyagawa Asa-Ichi Morning Market sells pellets for carps roaming in the River Miya (Miya-gawa;) Fair play in the morning market, by noon all shops, both stalls and bricks-mortar, close.
 

The express highway buses connect Nagoya, the largest city in the Chubu region, and Takayama in 2.5 hours. It stops at a "service area," the rest stop, once on the way, and back each for a break. We can enjoy shopping too for local delicacies.
 

After fifty years of visit, my mother was astonished by finding the essentially transformed Takayama Station building.
 

The station building was made of Takayama-sugi cedar woods, the region's traditionally sourcing materials. Also interesting to find out was the presence of the station officers at the ticketing gate, a scene we can hardly find in recent Japan.
 

The old town of Takayama.
 

From left: Hida Kokubunji's three-story pagoda (三重塔)


To the right: Takayama Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine

Also, highly recommend visiting Takayama Jin-ya, an old government building preserved well that allows tourists to go inside and learn the region's history.

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