It probably didn’t help that I had just stayed in a very expensive Ryokan in Miyajima before coming to this one – so by comparison it was never going to be as good but I was pleased that mostly it was pretty decent. The place is family run and as a result it is a little bit more budget. The... More

My sister and I stayed here mid April for the Takayama Spring Festival 2013. It was honestly our only choice of accommodation in Takayama as we left the booking a little bit late. Upon arriving at the station, we'd been told to call the ryokan using a phone at the tourist information centre to let them know we'd arrived and... More

This was our first port of call after arriving in Tokyo. It was a great little inn with it's own Onsen and the staff were friendly. There were lots of slippers on offer when you arrived as you had to leave your shoes in the foyer, but they were too small for me. They showed us our rooms and we... More

Very clean, traditional rooms. Fantastic homemade food, frienly and kind staff -the owner came to pick us up from the station), lovely onsen and the village is very picturesque. We had a bit of rain which was not good to take photos and walk, but apart from that everything was good. If one is lucky to visit this place in... More

This was our first port of call after arriving in Tokyo. It was such a nice little inn and the staff were friendly. There were lots of slippers on offer when you arrived as you had to leave your shoes in the foyer. They took us to our rooms and we had to lay out our own futons on tatami... More

This is a family run inn. They speak little English. Very simple... bathrooms are shared and everyone brushes their teeth together (see photo). There is a women's and a separate men's hot spring bath. The teens on our trip were horrified that they had to bathe publicly, but it was a good experience for all of us. The food is... More

We stayed here for one night for the Takayama Festival. The rooms were nice and clean, and the service was wonderful. However, all the bathrooms are shared, so keep that in mind. They asked us to call them from tourist office once we got to the train station, as they said they could pick is up. Just a note -... More

When we arrived the reception looks a little cluttered and we were not sure, but as soon as we were welcomed and shown to our room we were really pleased. The free bike loan was also great, we really enjoyed flying around Takayama on the bikes and they enable you to see the whole town in an afternoon if you... More

It was a lovely place to stay away from the tourist areas but close enough for walking to most of the attractions. The hot spring baths were same sex reasonable size rook pool with an outside tub if you got to hot. Lovely to stretch out in. The food was very nice as we had breakfast and dinner provided as... More