Takayama

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Located in the Hida region of northern Gifu Prefecture, Takayama (高山市, Takayama-shi^?) is a city of about 100,000 people. Although most of the population is concentrated near the center of the region designated as Takayama, the city stretches over an area of more than 2000 km². Most of the area designated as Takayama-shi is mountainous, hilly, and/or forested, and thus sparsely populated.

Contents 1 Transportation 1.1 Getting in 1.1.1 To/from the airport 1.1.2 By train 1.1.3 By bus 1.1.4 By car 1.2 Getting around 2 Working 2.1 JET placements 2.1.1 Incoming/Outgoing JETs 2.2 Foreign community 3 Sightseeing 3.1 Places to visit 3.2 Festivals 4 Shopping 4.1 Supermarkets 4.2 Department stores 4.3 Home & Garden stores 4.4 Book shops 4.5 Others 5 Eating 5.1 Favorites Among the ALT's 5.2 Japanese food 5.3 Foreign food 6 Drinking 6.1 Izakayas 6.2 Bars 7 Living 7.1 Banks 7.2 Post offices 7.3 Medical facilities 7.4 Libraries 7.5 Hair dressers 7.6 Sports facilities 7.7 Travel agents 8 Map 9 External links

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Getting in

[edit] To/from the airport

[edit] By train

Takayama has a JR train station near the center of the city, running four tracks. The JR Hida line runs from Nagoya to Takayama. Limited express trains to Nagoya run about once every hour. Local service into southern Gifu moves slower, but also runs about once an hour.

[edit] By bus

Takayama also has bus service to Nagoya, as well as to Shinjuku in Tokyo, to Kyoto and Osaka, and to Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture. Nine buses run between Takayama and Nagoya each day. Bus service to/from Tokyo includes six buses in the summer, and four buses the rest of the year. Four buses run daily on the Matsumoto line, and Kyoto/Osaka has two buses each day.

[edit] By car

Takayama lies along Japan's Highway 41, which runs from Nagoya in the south to Toyama in the north. It is also the terminus of the Tokai-Hokuriku expressway, which runs south to intersect with the Meishin and Chuo expressways.

[edit] Getting around

[edit] Working

[edit] JET placements

High School ALT Positions

Hida Academic SHS (斐太高校)

Takayama Industrial SHS (高山工業高校)

Hida Takayama SHS: Okamoto Campus (飛騨高山高校岡本校舎)

Hida Takayama SHS: Yamada Campus (飛騨高山高校山田校舎) - This school, formerly Hida Nourin SHS (斐太農林高校), is the agriculture and forestry school for the Hida area. It services approximately 300 students in three grades. Students are divided into specializations for horticulture, biological production, and environmental science. Yamada Campus includes a number of orchards, greenhouses, and fields, as well as a small research forest. A wide variety of domesticated animals including horses, cows, pigs, chickens, rabbits, and sheep are kept at the school. The ALT based at Yamada Campus also spends one day a week working at the Hida School for the Developmentally Handicapped, which is located less than a kilometer away.

Junior High ALT Positions

Matsukura JHS

Higashiyama JHS

Hie JHS

Nakayama JHS

Kiyomi JHS

Shokawa JHS

Kokufu JHS

Asahi JHS

Nyukawa JHS

Miya JHS & Kuguno JHS (1 alt at both)

[edit] Incoming/Outgoing JETs

High School and Junior High School Positions open for the 2009 JET intake

    -Asahi JHS

    -Hie JHS

    -Kiyomi JHS

    -Kokufu JHS

    -Hida Academic SHS (斐太高校) & Takayama Industrial SHS (高山工業高校) (1 ALT for both)

[edit] Foreign community

[edit] Sightseeing

[edit] Places to visit

[edit] Festivals

Takayama is most famous for its spring and autumn festivals. The Takayama festivals are among the biggest in Japan, ranking just below Kyoto's Gion-matsuri in terms of popularity and attendance. Other festivals are held throughout the year, including a handheld fireworks festival in the summer.

[edit] Shopping

[edit] Supermarkets

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[edit] Department stores

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[edit] Home & Garden stores

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[edit] Book shops

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[edit] Others

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[edit] Eating

[edit] Favorites Among the ALT's

• Center4Hamburger, 2nd home to the ALT's of Takayama. Has a good selection of burgers to choose from and their cookies & cream milkshake is a must.
• Jackson Curry, Best Japanese curry you can get in town.
• Ichii Cafe, Another 2nd home to some of the ALT's. It's a charming cabin-like shop that sits on top Kitayama with an amazing view of Takayama city.

[edit] Japanese food

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[edit] Foreign food

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[edit] Drinking

[edit] Izakayas

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[edit] Living

[edit] Banks

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[edit] Post offices

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[edit] Medical facilities

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[edit] Libraries

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[edit] Hair dressers

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[edit] Sports facilities

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[edit] Travel agents

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[edit] Map

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[edit] External links

• Takayama City official homepage (English)
• Takayama City official homepage (Japanese)

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