Higashiyama Walking Course, Takayama Overview
A 3.5km marked trail linking around a dozen temples and shrines along the eastern hills, laid out in the 1600s in imitation of Kyoto's own Higashiyama. It is free and takes roughly two hours at a walk, climbing past the Takayama Castle ruins on Shiroyama before dropping back into town. Ten minutes from Sanmachi and almost nobody on it, which is the point.
