Hi there!
Takayama has a number of “specialty” foods, and one of those foods is ramen!
Some other local foods you may want to try in Takayama:
- Hida beef
- Midarashi dango
- Red pickle
- Hoba miso
- Sake
You generally won’t have to look too hard to find these things if you are out exploring Takayama!
So similar to “Sapporo ramen” in Hokkaido, there is a “Takayama ramen.”
And when you’re out walking the streets of Takayama, you’ll spot plenty of ramen shops and restaurants that serve the Takayama ramen.
You may also see it referred to as Takayama soba or Takayama chuku soba.
More below on this specialty ramen in Japan!
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So…
What makes it “Takayama ramen”?!
- Ramen noodles
- Broth
- Pork
- Hida leek
- Bamboo shoot
- Seaweed
Pork
Leek
Bamboo
Seaweed
And more
How much does Takayama ramen cost?
There are different types of ramen you can get, so a bowl of ramen noodles can range in price depending on what you want in your ramen.
I got the basic Takayama ramen, and it cost around 700 yen (US$7).
So as far as the cost of food in Japan, I’d say this meal cost was pretty average for a restaurant.
And now…
Top day trips from Takayama by bus
After you’ve visited Old City in Takayama…
1. Shirakawago
2. Shinhotaka ropeway
3. Matsumoto
You can get to these places by bus, which means staying at a hostel near the Takayama bus station can be perfect!
HAPPY EATING TAKAYAMA RAMEN!
How to spend winter in Japan
If you're looking for a route for winter in Japan, here are some ideas!
- 10 day Japan winter itinerary
- Tokyo to Nagano bus
- 2 days in Nagano with snow monkey pass // Stay at this Nagano hostel (private rooms available)
- A few days in popular ski resort area Hakuba (go here for at least a day even if you don't ski for the winter landscape in the mountains!) // Stay at this Hakuba hostel (private rooms available)
- Hakuba to Takayama (Hakuba to Matsumoto train / a few hours in Matsumoto / Matsumoto to Takayama bus)
- A few days in Takayama with day trips: Shirakawago / Shinhotaka ropeway on a sunny day // Stay at this Takayama hostel (private rooms available) and eat regional Takayama ramen
- Takayama back to Tokyo OR Takayama to Nagoya airport to fly to Hokkaido for more winter landscapes!
Hokkaido winter itinerary (train to get around - there are JR Hokkaido passes available, and you can use a regular JR pass too)
- Sapporo to Asahikawa (Asahikawa for penguin walk at zoo)
- Asahikawa to Abashiri (Abashiri for drift ice cruise)
- Abashiri to Obihiro (night in Obihiro and go to Lake Shikaribetsu ice village the next day)
- Obihiro to Sapporo
- Sapporo to Noboribetsu onsen hot spring town (day trip)
- Sapporo to Hakodate // Stay in this Hakodate hostel
- Hakodate to Tokyo on shinkansen bullet train through the underwater tunnel! (Regular JR pass will be worth it if you take this train ride along with one more long distance train ride within 7 days)
Is a JR pass worth it?!
- Google maps can make it easy to figure out whether or not you should get a JR pass!
- In google maps, type in your departure and arrival city, and choose the transit icon. The route will come up, and so will the estimated cost at the bottom!
- Here is an example of a train route with cost on google maps.
- So do that for all of your long distance routes to figure out how much it might cost.
- Next, go here to see how much a JR pass costs from an official JR pass vendor (and partner of this website).
- And compare!
- Not all forms of public transportation are JR, but long distance shinkansen bullet trains are, and that's where the most cost savings will come.
Best of Kyoto (and Japan!)
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