Takumi no Yado Miyama Ouan in Takayama

🌿 A Secluded Paradise in Okuhida Mountains
The moment I stepped into Okuhida Sakurakan, I was captivated by its authentic old folk-house architectural style and the rich scent of wood. The hotel's overall design blends perfectly with the surrounding natural landscape, making it feel like staying in an exquisite forest museum. The rooms are spacious and full of Zen, with magnificent views of the Northern Alps outside the window, beautiful in every season.

♨️ Ultimate Hot Spring Experience
The onsen experience here is simply perfect. Besides the public bath, the hotel's **private open-air baths (kashikiri onsen)** offer a truly ritualistic experience. Soaking in the hot springs surrounded by snow-capped mountains and forests is both private and romantic. I especially recommend a morning soak, breathing in the crisp mountain air and feeling the warmth of the spring water—it's a complete rejuvenation for body and soul.

🥩 A Gastronomic Feast
The Hida beef dinner banquet was astonishing; the meat was tender and melted in my mouth, and every dish was exquisitely presented like a work of art. The hotel's signature offerings—the complimentary late-night 'Yonaki' ramen and the free Hida milk or ice cream after a bath—truly highlight the delicate and warm Japanese hospitality.

The best onsen ryokan I’ve ever been to. If I could gatekeep this place, I would! Love every part of it, so zen so clean and quiet. The food is amazing especially the beef.

The onsen is amazing, they have public and private indoor and outdoor onsens, you don’t even have to worry about not getting the private onsen slots. They are always available. Love the outdoor onsen the most!

I will be back next year :)

The environment is great. Very quiet... the food is also good.

Very comfortable stay. Call the hotel on arrival at Hirayu Onsen bus interchange for free pick up. Dinner and breakfast were fantastic. We appreciated the free amenities like probiotic drink, milk and ice popsicles. Onsen was top notch, especially in winter.

A perfect hot spring hotel. Both breakfast and dinner were delicious, and the room had a private hot spring. The room was very spacious, and it was about a 10-minute walk to the ski resort. There are also many attractions nearby. Highly recommended!

great facilities and great half board meals (B’fast and dinner) and excellent staffs service quality.. We definitely will come back again.

Wonderful Ryokan Stay. Staff are so friendly and courteous.
Rooms and facilities are very clean and very well maintained!
What a wonderful, relaxing and energizing stay at Miyama Ouan.
Would definitely return to stay again!

The hotel's location is quite tucked away, but since I was driving, it was very convenient.
My favorite part was their private hot spring. I used it three times, and after each soak, there was complimentary milk to drink.
They also offered exquisite breakfast and dinner, delicious beef, and late-night ramen.
The staff provided excellent service and helped with luggage.

Just had an amazing time in this ryokan with a friend. The public bathroom in the open air - incredible, big, and also a lot of steam, along with the lighting of the lanterns, gives an incredible onsen-vibe! (But it was closed for cleaning at midnight, and not at one in the morning, as written in the brochure). There is also a sauna with a cold bath. After onsen, you can drink milk for free or eat ice cream from frozen juice. There is a separate paid lounge with unlimited beer, wine and whiskey. Private bathrooms are not bad, but not like public ones, plus they were constantly occupied by couples. The bath in the room itself is also not bad, but if you are tall, there may be problems with where to put your feet x) Dinner and breakfast were amazingly tasty. I especially liked the space on the street by the fire, where you can fry marshmallows or just sit after onsen to cool off with a strong drink) During the day we ride to Kamikochi, also a fantastic place)

Ryokan is perfectly located not far from bus station. Cozy rooms, amazing kaiseki dinner and very special breakfast
BUT
If anything is needed - nobody will bring it to your room number (i.e. towel, spoon, fork), you could get it only at reception, which is far from hotel wings.
Also on the day of leaving after hiking in montains I was not allowed to visit public onsen while collecting my baggage. The reason - I came later than "check-out time" - it costs nothing to the hotel, but the mood was ruined. I paid almost 600usd for a night and was expecting definitely another level of service.