Takayama Jinya
高山陣屋
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Takayama Jinya
Takayama Jinya is a place worth a visit in Takayama, Gifu. Travel through its seasons and highlights across 3 on-location videos before you visit.
Takayama Jinya is a daikan office (jinya) established by the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) to manage Hida Province as a directly controlled territory. It was located in Hachiken-cho, Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture. The grounds and building are open to the public for a fee, and historical materials from the Edo period are on display inside. The morning market is held every day in front of the front gate, and in Takayama City it is popular as a jinya morning market along with the Miyagawa morning market.
Source: Wikipedia「高山陣屋」 · CC BY-SA 4.0
History & Culture
The Only Surviving Jinya
Takayama Jinya is the only surviving example of the regional government offices through which the Tokugawa shogunate directly ruled this mountain district from 1692. Its Edo-period buildings remain intact.
Takayama, Gifu, Japan
8:45–17:00 (seasonal)
¥440
Hours and fees are a guide and may change — please check official information before your visit.
