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| Yatai Kaitan Museum |
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| Float from festival, very old |
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| Festive colors! |
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| Detail of wheel |
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| Floats on display |
The Takayama Festival, held in spring (April 14 and 15) and autumn (October 9 and 10), is ranked as one of Japan's three most beautiful festivals.
Four of the autumn festival's eleven floats (yatai) are exhibited at the Yatai Kaikan Museum in Takayama, a hall next to Sakurayama Hachiman Shrine. The elaborately decorated floats are several hundred years old and beautiful examples of Takayama's legendary craftsmanship.
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