All 12 dazzling floats have gathered for the historic Spring Takayama Festival in this central Japan city for the first time ...

TAKAYAMA, Gifu Prefecture--The red carpet is being rolled out in the Hida-Takayama region this fall to well-heeled foreign visitors. The city’s Hida-Takayama Tourism and Convention Bureau says ...

02:27 The city of Takayama is located in Gifu's Hida region, surrounded by many peaks topping 3,000m.

To reach Hida Furukawa from Tokyo, hop on a Shinkansen to Nagoya, which takes an hour and forty minutes. Then change to the Takayama Main Line, and ride for another two hours and forty minutes.

TAKAYAMA, 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 ...