Takayama

Takayama is a town positioned in Gifu, Japan. As of one January 2019, the town had an anticipated population of 88,473 in 35,644 families, and a populace density of 41 persons according to km2. The overall vicinity of the town changed into 2,177.61 rectangular kilometres. The high altitude and separation from other areas of Japan kept the area pretty remoted, allowing Takayama to increase its very own culture over about a 300-year length.

The location around Takayama changed into part of traditional Hida Province, and became settled as a long way back as the Jomon duration. During the Sengoku length, Kanamori Nagachika ruled the location from Takayama Castle and the town of Takayama evolved as a citadel metropolis. During the Edo period, the vicinity was tenryo underneath the direct manage of the Tokugawa shogunate.

In the post-Meiji restoration cadastral reforms, Ono District in Gifu prefecture changed into created, and the town of Takayama changed into established in 1889 with the creation of the present day municipalities device. At the time, it changed into the most populous municipality in Gifu Prefecture. On November 1, 1936, Takayama merged with the city of Onada, forming the town of Takayama. Takayama annexed the village of Josue in 1943 and the village of Ohachiga in 1955.