Traditional festivals and historical townscape remain in the old castle town in Takayama. They were designated as national cultural properties and have been handled in the framework of national system for the protection of cultural properties. However, some problems for maintaining their festivals and community system occur beyond the traditional conservation systems. In this situation, it can be stated that local inhabitants' pride for traditional culture supports their cultural properties.
Thorough the analysis on this article, we suggest that we need to deepen the management policy and system for tangible/intangible cultural properties in Takayama, which focuses on the thought and problems in the local communities (festival groups etc.).
