Autumn Takayama Festival is the annual festival of "Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine"! Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture

  • Gifu
  • Sightseeing
Photo courtesy of Takayama City Tourism Division
Every year on October 9-10, the Takayama Autumn Festival is held. The autumn Takayama Festival is an annual festival of "Sakurayama Hachimangu", a shrine located in the northern part of Takayama City. Therefore, it is more familiar to the locals to call it the "Hachiman Festival.

Since the festival is held just before the harvest season, it has developed as a festival to pray for a bountiful harvest, a festival of thanksgiving for the harvest, and as a festival for the townspeople. The development of the festival began when wealthy merchants, known as "maseru" (masters), provided money for the renovation of yatai and had craftsmen who were descended from Hida masters compete with each other, resulting in the evolution from the Edo style yatai of the past to the elegant Kyoto style yatai.

Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine (Photo courtesy of Takayama City Tourism Division)
Autumn Takayama Festival: Yoimatsuri (Photo courtesy of Takayama City Tourism Division)
A total of eleven yatai make an appearance at the festival, and these yatai are maintained and managed by the "yataigumi. There are three yatai-gumi in a town, and in some cases, only one yatai-gumi in several towns.

The spirit of the Hida people and their strong religious beliefs may be the reason for the gorgeous and gorgeous yatai.

This year's autumn Takayama Festival is not only a chance to see the yatai, but also to learn about the many skills that support the festival and the Hida people.

Click here for a tour to learn about the Autumn Takayama Festival in depth ↓↓↓↓↓

Tour title】
"Autumn Takayama Festival" night and daytime sightseeing / Special program "Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine" special visit and trip to learn deeply about the festival with a guide 3 days

[Special program]
1) With an explanation of the history and outline of the festival from a "guide to learn deeply about Takayama Festival"!
2) Special visit to the main shrine of Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine!

Click here for tour details ↓↓↓↓↓
Autumn Takayama Festival: Night and Daytime Sightseeing / Special Event: Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine and Guided Tour to Learn More about the Festival 3 days
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