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Nakabashi Bridge

The red bridge over the Miyagawa River links Honmachi street to Sanmachi, a few minutes' walk from Takayama Jinya. The current bridge was built in 1925, after the one before it was damaged in a flood, and the railings were painted red in 1965. It is about 35 meters long, and cherry and willow trees line the banks.

At the spring Takayama Festival, on 14 and 15 April, the floats stand one after another in front of the otabisho, the deity's resting station at the foot of the bridge, and work their karakuri puppets.

Good to know

  • In 2026 the bridge was lit up in spring (1.4 to 24.5, 18:30-21:30), in summer (1.7 to 31.8, 19:30-21:30) and in autumn. Between late May and late June and in September there was no illumination.
  • Miyagawa Morning Market starts a few hundred meters to the north, along the east bank, so in the morning you can combine the two.

What is nearby

Approximate walking minutes from the entrance of Nakabashi Bridge.

  1. Here
    Nakabashi Bridge
  2. ~3 min

    Jinya-mae Morning Market Street

    Takayama's second morning market, in the square in front of the historic Jinya government house.

    FreeMaps

  3. ~4 min

    Kotte Ushi: Hida beef sushi Food

    Hida beef nigiri served on a hand-baked rice cracker instead of a plate. Two nigiri ¥800, gunkan ¥900, three kinds ¥1,200. No reservations: you stand in line and eat in the street.

    ¥800 · ≈ $510:00-17:00, closing days per the calendar on the websiteMapsSource

  4. ~4 min

    Chanome Cafe

    Matcha and matcha soft-serve ice cream, self-service, with seasonal desserts.

    09:30-16:30, every dayMapsSource

  5. ~4 min

    Hida Oiya Food

    Japanese sweets with no preservatives, among them mochi with egoma, local perilla seeds.

    09:30-17:30, irregular closing daysMapsSource

  6. ~5 min

    Funasaka Shuzo Shopping

    The sake brewery of the Miyamagiku brand, with a shop, a sake bar and a restaurant. A free tasting corner until 16:00, and a masu cup from ¥300. It stays open after most of the street has closed.

    08:30-18:00, no fixed closing dayMapsSource

  7. ~12 min

    Hida Takayama Kyoya Food

    A family restaurant in an old wooden house in Takayama that specializes in the local cuisine of the Hida region.

    ¥2,400 · ≈ $15Maps

More in Central Takayama

Appears in: Takayama: the morning markets, the Sanmachi lanes, sake and Hida beef

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