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The city is popularly known as Hida-Takayama (飛騨高山) in reference to the old Hida Province to differentiate it from other places named Takayama. The name 'Takayama' means 'tall mountain'.

Geography

Takayama is located in northern Gifu Prefecture, in the heart of the Japan Alps. Mount Hotakadake is the highest point in the city at {{convert|3190|m|ft}}. The city has the largest geographic area of any municipality in Japan.

Neighbouring municipalities

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[4] the population of Takayama has increased gradually over the past 40 years..

Climate

The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild winters (Köppen climate classification Dfa). The average annual temperature in Takayama is 11.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1840 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around -1.6 °C.^[5] It features four distinct seasons with a wide range of temperature between the summer and winter, somewhat resembling parts of northern Japan and Hokkaidō. Takayama is part of the heavy snow area of Japan (gōsetsu-chitai, 豪雪地帯) with snowfall most days throughout the winter season. Takayama and many other places exposed to the Sea of Japan experience lake effect snow, generating some of the highest, most consistent snowfall in the world.

Spring is short lived, usually dry with mild temperatures and plenty of sunshine. Cherry blossoms can be seen in Takayama from the middle to the end of April, around three weeks later than Nagoya.

Summer begins around the end of May to the beginning of June. It is humid and wet with the arrival of the rainy season (tsuyu, 梅雨), receiving high rainfall amounts. It then yields to a hotter and generally less humid end to the summer with daytime temperatures usually higher than 30 °C (86 °F) and occasionally higher than 35 °C (95 °F) coupled with strong sunshine.

Autumn approaches during the middle of October and is short, dry. and cool with diminishing sunlight. Colorful foliage from maples (momiji/kōyō, 紅葉) can be seen in the Takayama area from the end of October to the first week of November.

Winter arrives around the beginning of December and is moderately long, cold, and icy with high amounts of snowfall annually amounting to an average of 5.11m (201.2 inches) commonly leading to the development of snow banks in the outer areas of the city. The first snowfall usually arrives at the end of November and lasts through until the beginning of April. Yearly low temperatures in the city center drop as low as -15 °C (5 °F) and occasionally fail to reach above freezing point during the day.

History

The area around Takayama was part of traditional Hida Province, and was settled as far back as the Jōmon period. During the Sengoku period, Kanamori Nagachika ruled the area from Takayama Castle and the town of Takayama developed as a castle town. During the Edo period, the area was tenryō under the direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. In the post-Meiji restoration cadastral reforms, Ōno District in Gifu prefecture was created, and the town of Takayama was established in 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. At the time, it was the most populous municipality in Gifu Prefecture. On November 1, 1936, Takayama merged with the town of Onada, forming the city of Takayama.^[8] Takayama annexed the village of Josue in 1943 and the village of Ohachiga in 1955. On February 1, 2005, the town of Kuguno, and the villages of Asahi, Kiyomi, Miya, Nyūkawa, Shōkawa and Takane (all from Ōno District), the town of Kokufu, and the village of Kamitakara (both from Yoshiki District) were merged into Takayama,^[8] which made Takayama the largest city in Japan by surface area.

Government

Takayama has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 24 members.

Economy

The economy of Takayama is strongly based on tours, agriculture and woodworking.

Education

Colleges and universities

Primary and secondary education

Takayama has 19 public elementary schools and 12 public middle schools operated by the city government. The city has three public high schools operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education, and one private high school.

Transportation

Railway

Highway

Sister city relations

In Japan

Overseas

Local attractions

This city was selected as one of the top ten travel destinations in Asia by Lonely Planet Magazine in the year 2017.^[9]

Culture

See also

References

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3. ^Takayama city official statistics {{ja}}
4. ^[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-gifu.php Takayama population statistics]
5. ^[https://en.climate-data.org/location/3887/ Takayama climate data]
6. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/nml_sfc_ym.php?prec_no=52&prec_ch=%8A%F2%95%8C%8C%A7&block_no=47617&block_ch=%8D%82%8ER&year=&month=&day=&elm=normal&view= | title = 平年値（年・月ごとの値） | accessdate = 2010-03-06 | publisher = Japan Meteorological Agency}}
7. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/rank_s.php?prec_no=52&prec_ch=%8A%F2%95%8C%8C%A7&block_no=47617&block_ch=%8D%82%8ER&year=&month=&day=&elm=rank&view= | title = 観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）| accessdate = 2010-03-06 | publisher = Japan Meteorological Agency}}
8. ^¹{{cite web|script-title=ja:高山市のあらまし: 自然|url=http://www.city.takayama.lg.jp/kikaku/aramashi/documents/1.pdf|work=Takayama official website|accessdate=August 11, 2011|language=Japanese|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927090612/http://www.city.takayama.lg.jp/kikaku/aramashi/documents/1.pdf|archivedate=September 27, 2011|df=}}
9. ^Lonely Planet Top Ten Destinations Asia
10. ^Japan Times, "Taking a stroll back through time", 13 July 2007, p. 24.

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