Introducing Hida District
The centrepiece of this ancient, mountainous region is the handsome town of Takayama, where the legacy of a strong craft tradition lives on in its merchant houses, temples and shrines. Hida is known for gasshō-zukuri (hands-in-prayer) architecture, which you’ll spot in the Unesco World Heritage sites of Shirakawa-gō and nearby Gokayama, though the latter is not part of Hida. Hida’s culinary fame rests in its Hida beef and its soba (buckwheat noodles).
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Last updated: Mar 2, 2009
