Welcome to Happy Plus Corporation
Happy Plus is a tour company specializing around Takayama city and providing guiding service not only city area but also nature activities around Takayama. With us, you can explore the city full of private houses that have remained since the Edo period, and streets where old merchant houses remain, and you will be amazed by the magnificent mountains and so on ….
Our local guide will introduce you from standard spots to places that do not cover in general tours and guidebooks.A trip to Hida Takayama that makes you come back visit over and over again.
We have two types of tours.
One is the city tour of Takayama and the other is the nature tour around Takayama.
You can reserve or make an inquiry by e-mail([email protected]) or telephone (+81-577-70-8528).Enjoy Takayama to the fullest!
What’s TAKAYAMA GIFU JAPAN
Takayama has lots of forest and traditional buildings in the city. According to the recent data, the number of tourist visiting Takayama increased to more than 4 million people in a year. (more than 40 times of the population in Takayama) Takayama festival is held in spring and autumn every year. The festive floats (Dashi in Japanese) are different in each festival. These festive floats were made by local experienced carpenters (Hida-no-Takumi) about 400 years ago. If we make a new festive float now, it costs more than 0.1 billion yen.History about Takayama
He built Takayama Castle and made Takayama a castle town. He took orders from Hideyoshi Toyotomi and attacked Miki family who dominated Takayama area in 1585.
The most important person of Takayama’s history is Mr. Nagachika Kanamori
There are lots of historical places in Takayama area. For examples Takayama Jinya / Kokubunji Temple/ the world-heritage site Shirakawago etcFantastic Takayama Festival
Takayama Festival is held twice in spring (April 14-15) and autumn (October 9-10) every year. A number of festive floats are displayed in the city. These floats are made by ‘Hida-no-Takumi’. Some festival floats are decorated with ‘karakuri ningyo’ which are sophisticated marionette dolls which can move and dance. This marionette performance is very funny with interesting stories. Takayama Festival is a very popular event with several hundred thousand of visitors across Japan and the world. Takayama Festival is ranked as one of Japan’s three most beautiful festivals alongside Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri and the Chichibu Yomatsuri.
Takayama Festival was registered as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2016.- With beautiful nature and scenery, Takayama city is the largest city in Japan. It is the same as Tokyo but 92% of Takayama city are forests and mountains while Tokyo is only 38%.
Since Takayama is surrounded by nature, you can enjoy climbing mountain, camping, shower climbing, skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, etc…
Takayama city is easy to access to Shirakawa-go (http://ml.shirakawa-go.org/en/), Kamikochi (http://www.kamikochi.org/), and Japan Alps (Hida Mountains, Northern Japan Alps). Beef (Hida Beef)
Hida Beef is known as good quality and excellent taste. The Hida beef meat with a tender fiber beautifully marbled is to melt in the mouth for a rich aroma and taste. Japanese people enjoy Hida Beef not only grilled but also as Hida beef sushi.
Hida cows grows in good environment and the quality of Hida beef is controlled by association.Soba Noodles (Hida Soba)
The most basic soba dish is mori soba which is boiled, cold soba noodles are eaten with a soya based dipping sauce. You can eat soba everywhere in Japan but soba noodles in Takayama are delicious with aroma and high elasticity due to the large temperature difference and clean mountain water.
- full of private houses that have remained since the Edo period, and streets where old merchant houses remain, and you will be amazed by the magnificent mountains and so on ….
Our local guide will introduce you from standard spots to places that do not cover in general tours and guidebooks. A trip to Hida Takayama that makes you come back visit over and over again.
We have two types of tours.
One is the city tour of Takayama and the other is the nature tour around Takayama.
You can reserve or make an inquiry by e-mail([email protected]) or telephone (+81-577-70-8528).Enjoy Takayama to the fullest!
What’s TAKAYAMA GIFU JAPAN
Takayama has lots of forest and traditional buildings in the city. According to the recent data, the number of tourist visiting Takayama increased to more than 4 million people in a year. (more than 40 times of the population in Takayama) Takayama festival is held in spring and autumn every year. The festive floats (Dashi in Japanese) are different in each festival. These festive floats were made by local experienced carpenters (Hida-no-Takumi) about 400 years ago. If we make a new festive float now, it costs more than 0.1 billion yen.History about Takayama
He built Takayama Castle and made Takayama a castle town. He took orders from Hideyoshi Toyotomi and attacked Miki family who dominated Takayama area in 1585.
The most important person of Takayama’s history is Mr. Nagachika Kanamori
There are lots of historical places in Takayama area. For examples Takayama Jinya / Kokubunji Temple/ the world-heritage site Shirakawago etcFantastic Takayama Festival
Takayama Festival is held twice in spring (April 14-15) and autumn (October 9-10) every year. A number of festive floats are displayed in the city. These floats are made by ‘Hida-no-Takumi’. Some festival floats are decorated with ‘karakuri ningyo’ which are sophisticated marionette dolls which can move and dance. This marionette performance is very funny with interesting stories. Takayama Festival is a very popular event with several hundred thousand of visitors across Japan and the world. Takayama Festival is ranked as one of Japan’s three most beautiful festivals alongside Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri and the Chichibu Yomatsuri.
Takayama Festival was registered as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2016.- With beautiful nature and scenery, Takayama city is the largest city in Japan. It is the same as Tokyo but 92% of Takayama city are forests and mountains while Tokyo is only 38%.
Since Takayama is surrounded by nature, you can enjoy climbing mountain, camping, shower climbing, skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, etc…
Takayama city is easy to access to Shirakawa-go,Kamikochi, and Japan Alps (Hida Mountains, Northern Japan Alps). Beef (Hida Beef)
Hida Beef is known as good quality and excellent taste. The Hida beef meat with a tender fiber beautifully marbled is to melt in the mouth for a rich aroma and taste. Japanese people enjoy Hida Beef not only grilled but also as Hida beef sushi.
Hida cows grows in good environment and the quality of Hida beef is controlled by association.Soba Noodles (Hida Soba)
The most basic soba dish is mori soba which is boiled, cold soba noodles are eaten with a soya based dipping sauce. You can eat soba everywhere in Japan but soba noodles in Takayama are delicious with aroma and high elasticity due to the large temperature difference and clean mountain water.
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Map
Here’s a handy map that shows the route from your location to famous spots in Takayama!

Price
Takayama city tour
3000 yen ~
Nature & Adventure tours
7000 yen ~
Access
Our philosophy
Taking advantage of the natural resources in Takayama and conducting land and experience-based tours, we would like to increase the awareness of inbound and local visitors towards Takayama and eventually increase the number of fans in Takayama City.
About us
Name | HAPPY PLUS CORPORATION |
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Philosophy | Our goal is to make people’s lives more enjoyable through our services. |
Representative | Founder & CEO Yoichiro Yamakoshi |
Capital | 9,800,000 yen |
Address | 506-0845 22 kamininomachi, Takayama City, Gifu, Japan |
Establishment date | April 2019 |
Travel industry registration number | No.348 |
Information | Mail: [email protected] TEL: +81-577-70-8528 |