Gifu -- All 12 dazzling floats have gathered for the historic Spring Takayama Festival in this central Japan city for the first time in three years. The Spring Takayama Festival, also known as the ...

On the other side of the Miya River ... life in rural Japan, with its pottery workshops, reconstructed period farms and live ...

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Takayama is a charming and compact city surrounded by the hills of the Japan Alps. There’s a superb ... smells to the walking path along the river that gallops through Takayama’s heart.

As one of the world's most iconic travel destinations, Japan ... in front of Takayama Jinya, a historic governmental house, while the Miyagawa Market is on the east side of the river east side.

which were not officially recognized by the Japan Boxing Commission at the time. Following his retirement, Takayama in spring 2017 restarted his career as an amateur boxer to compete in the Tokyo ...