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First "Temple" hostel now bookable!

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Hida Takayama Tensho Hostel in Japan is the first ‘Temple' hostel worldwide and has just become bookable on hihostels.com.

The town, Takayama, is called “little Kyoto” which has a long history and fascinating culture. The Miya River flows through the town and the eastern part of the river is an old castle town with many temples situated on the hill.

Hida-Takayama has preserved the feeling of a castle town, with the latticed bay windows and linked eaves of merchants' houses in Sanmachi Suji, the enduring historical temples and shrines of Higashiyama, and the reproduction of Hida's traditional mountain farming villages of sloped-roof houses at Hida Folk Village.

The Youth Hostel is situated in the centre of the town, with the morning market at the banks of the river only a 10 minute walk away. The temple itself dates back to the 12th century.

To check out the hostel click here .