Things to Do in Takayama: A Local’s Honest Guide to the Old Town, Markets & How to Time Your Day

Takayama is one of those places that surprises most first-time visitors—not because it’s flashy, but because it’s quietly, unassumingly complete. A castle town that never became a city in the modern sense, it packs an old town district, two daily morning markets, a surviving Edo-period government office, and an open-air folk village into a walkable … Read more