WELCOME TO TAKAYAMA We would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the City of Takayama. We want to help make your stay here a pleasant one, and have compiled this website in an effort to make your adjustment to life in Takayama a smooth one. Our purpose in creating this website is to pass on some information that we feel can be of some use to you in adapting to the somewhat secluded mountain life of Takayama. If you have any comments or suggestions concerning the information enclosed, or any ideas for the improvement of the website (or find any mistakes or inaccuracies), please contact whomever is in charge of the city's International Affairs Office (Kokusai-gakari). The office was created with the goal of internationalization in mind, therefore we feel that one of our most important duties is to keep the international community a vital, informed, and satisfied part of Takayama. Once again, welcome to Takayama! We are happy that you have chosen to reside in our community, and are confident you'll find the people friendly, the surroundings beautiful, and that your life in Takayama will be a comfortable one. Mamoru Tsuchino Mayor of Takayama (C): Hida Takayama International Association All right reserved.