#Hida Folk Village Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Jun)
Museums
Historical Sites
Villages
Address:
1-chōme-590 Kamiokamotomachi, Takayama, Gifu 506-0055, Japan
Opening times:
Open today at 8:30-17:00Opening Soon
Recommended sightseeing time:
2-3 hours
Phone:
+81 577-34-4711
Hida Folk Village
Hida Folk Village (Hida no Sato) is an open air museum exhibiting over 30 traditional houses from the Hida region, the mountainous district of Gifu Prefecture around Takayama. The houses were built during the Edo Period (1603-1868) and were relocated from their original locations to create the museum in 1971.
In a village-like atmosphere, the museum features buildings such as a former village head's house, logging huts, storehouses and a number of gassho-zukuri farmhouses, which are named after their steep thatched roofs resembling a pair of hands joined in prayer ("gassho"). They were moved here from nearby Shirakawago, where gassho-zukuri houses are the reason for the region's World Heritage status.
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Hida no sato folk village
If you find yourself in Takayama, take an easy 45 mins walk from the town centre to the fairy folk village of Hida no Sato. The village is a beautiful open-air museum that showcases traditional architecture and culture of the Hida region. The village will be especially of interest to those who want to learn about Japanese history and culture.
Entrance is 700JPY for an adult ticket which can be bought on the spot. Make sure to leave plenty of time for your visit though: with nearly 30 exhibits, I managed to properly visit just about a half in an hour and a half. There are also various folk games available to play for free along the way. You can also feed the fish in the pond for just 50JPY per bag of fish feed.