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2 out of 5
Minshuku Iwatakan
4-166-3 Oojin-machi, Takayama, Gifu-ken

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 21 out of 45 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 17 out of 45 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 45 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 45 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 45 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Rose

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly staff, authentic JapaneseInn experience
Wonderful place to stay. Loved the hot bath and traditional Japanese Inn experience!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice little hotel
Basic but very complete, kind people very service minded,food japanese breakfast, nice little onsen, washing machine and free bikes

10/10 Excellent

Khee Fatt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel staff is very polite and friendly
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly owners, clean and the natural spring bath was the best! After a long day of walking around it was the perfect thing. Room was spacious and comfortable, staff even made sure to turn the heat on before I got back.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

ALBAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice, quiet Ryokan
My girlfriend and I stayed in Takayama for 3 nights, and we really enjoyed this place. The owners are a quiet but friendly Japanese couple who don't speak a ton of English, but it wasn't really a problem at all. The location is nice, just on the fringes of the old city, about a 5 min bike ride or 15 min walk to the main center of town. They have tons of bikes for guests to use, and it's a really beautiful little town to bike through. The onsen was a nice bonus, and it was always kept very clean. Just note that they are gender separated, and like a traditional Japanese onsen you bathe naked. There's a nice guide on the wall of the change room that shows you everything you need to know about proper onsen etiquette. Overall we'd recommend this place to anyone looking for the Ryokan experience in Takayama.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It was a serviceable hotel
We were only passing through Takayama and needed an inexpensive place to stay (which is all relative when traveling in Japan during cherry blossom season in April. The prices everywhere seem to go up exponentially at that time. Even though we booked at least 2 months prior to our trip, it was very difficult to find a nice place at a mid-range price. The Minshuku Iwatatkan was clean and had an okay public bath. It was a bit far from the train station or any points of ear interest, but they did have a shuttle to/from the station.

8/10 Good

Hiroko

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly people and clean, nice minshuku
The staff was very friendly and helpful. Clean and comfortable.

6/10 Okay

David

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Good little ryokan in a residential area..The only problem was that if you had not ordered dinner on booking, they would not provide dinner, even with 24 hours notice....Some might find it too far from the centre town, but we liked being in this nice residential street, not far from the reiver.

10/10 Excellent

Isabelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Try a traditional way of living
Really beautiful place near all you want to see in Takayama. The traditional bath are a bit intimidating but really feel good.The host don't speak english but makes great effort to understand you and be understand.

8/10 Good

Gitay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Liked it

8/10 Good

Marilyn, Vancouver Island

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hot tub
Good service from the train station. Close to the morning market and easy walking around town to see everything

10/10 Excellent

Aren, Toronto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A lovely traditional experience in a mountain town
Minshuku Iwatakan was one of the nicest places I stayed on my three week trip to Japan with my fiancée. We stayed May 16 and 17. Although a little far from the train station, the place was an exceptionally clean and quiet guesthouse. The traditional room was large and expansive, with comfortable tatami mats lining the floor. There was more than enough room for my fiancée and I. The workers were friendly, although their English was extremely limited. That being the case, however, there was no trouble arranging things with them. The room had an air-conditioning unit, which was nice during the hot days. Although the . The place is a little distant from the centre of the old town, but the centre of Takayama is extremely small and getting to the main part of town was a very pleasant stroll along a gorgeous riverbank. As well, the guesthouse has free bicycles for guests to use, which is excellent. It allowed us to bike out to the Hida Folk Village a few kilometres south, and one of our most enjoyable experiences was biking along the riverbank at 10pm at night after all the shops and restaurants had closed and there were few lights but the stars overhead. Such an experience was made possible by the convenience of the guesthouse. Finally, although there is a shared bathroom at Minshuku Iwatakan, it was never an issue. The washrooms were always clean and the communal showers were comfortable. The hot spring is a bonus.

10/10 Excellent

KD, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great memories of Takayama thanks to a great hotel
I really loved this hotel. At the train station, when asking for directions to this hotel, the woman at the information counter rang the hotel for us and the lovely owner came to pick us up in a van. Likewise, when we were running late for out train out of Takayama, the hotel had not problem in rushing us to the station. Minshuku Iwatakan was a traditional ryokan, so it meant shoes off in the foyer, and slippers throughout the rest of the hotel. The tatami mat rooms were incredibly spacious, and had a lovely relaxing ambience. It was quite cold in Takayama at the time (early April) but thankfully the heater/air conditioner worked well. The free bicycle hire was an utterly fantastic way of exploring the town and the free umbrellas came in really handy too. Finally, the onsen, with it's indoor and outdoor pool was a really nice way to unwind from a long day of sightseeing.

8/10 Good

Dylan, Kuala Lumpur

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to park, morning market and shrines
My wife and I stayed in Takayama in December and it snowed very heavily. We got snowed in for three days and were the only guests at Iwatakan. The staff were very accommodating but and it's a great little place but being at the back of the town against the hill in the older historic section you could tell that they weren't expecting guests and they seemed almost surprised to see us arrive.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Noji

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
very nice!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Armando

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Every thing is perfect, the only thing I have to say is that at the app I reserved a room with private bathroom and there was not a private bathroom there.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

YINGJEN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
值得推薦。
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Monette, Laval France

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A quelques mètres d'un bus pour la gare, donc bien situé. Quartier très calme. Propreté impeccable.Gentillesse au top des propriétaires. Monsieur nous a conduit avec sa voiture à la gare pour prendre le train quand nous avons quitté la maison. A conseiller ! thanks a lot to Minshuku Iwatakan !
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Hiroyuki

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
最高
露天風呂が最高でした。おかみさんもとても明るくいい方で、文句ありません。
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jan

Super oplevelse. Det var muligt at benytte deres Onsen, hvilket var fantastisk. Virkelig sødt værtspar. Blev hentet og afleveret på stationen.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
閑静で落ち着いた古き良き和風の旅館
温泉につかり、静かなお部屋でゆっくりと疲れを癒すことができました。 温泉のお風呂は朝湯もでき、お一人サイズの露天風呂が心地よかったです。 バイクの一人旅でしたがガレージに入れてくれて、暗くなってメンテナンスをしていたら明かりも用意してくださりとても助かりました。
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

ウミ, 東京

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
部屋には風呂やユニットバスがないですが、大浴場がありますので最高にいいです。 街の中心部までも徒歩や自転車で行けるちょうどいい距離にあります。
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Roman, Linz Österreich

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Ruhige Herberge in japanischem Stil
Trotz vieler Zimmer war es rundherum ruhig. Sogar in der Gemeinschaftsdusche mit jacuzzi war es angenehm und entspannend. Kaffe und Tee zur freien Entnahme. Unweit vom Markt Einkaufsstrasse etc.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Umberto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Tradizione nella semplicità
Struttura tradizionale a conduzione familiare, dotata di piccola onsen. Gli spazi comuni sono gradevoli, la stanza era ampia con comodi futon sul tatami e con i consueti arredi fissi. Un grande vantaggio è stato quello di disporre liberamente di biciclette che agevolano di molto la visita della cittadina.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Akira

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
とても快適でした。
飛騨高山ウルトラマラソン参加のため利用しました。スタートが早朝5時でエントリーの受付が前日しか行われないため前泊しました。朝3時半に宿の方が会場まで送ってくださりとても助かりました。宿での滞在はとてもリラックスできてゆっくり休めました。来年も出場する時はぜひ泊まりたいと思います。
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Minshumu agravel,simples com spa
Limpeza e preocupacao com hóspede muito boa ,banheiro a compartir próximo dos quartos ,infraestrutura de cozinha ok,só falta café da manhã
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Tomonori

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
自転車や傘を借りられたりするのは助かった。 周辺に高山の町があるので観光や食事にも不自由しなかった。

8/10 Good

JUNGHWA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
주소가 잘못기재되어있어서 찾느라 고생했어요. 수정바랍니다.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
C/P is high
Staffs are very kind. Living room is clear and hot spring is good. Although the distance to bus/train station is little far, B & B can pick you up at station.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Kleines traditionelles Hotel
Der Aufenthalt war sehr nett, das Personal sprach wenig englisch, aber war bemüht. Es gab Kimonos auf den Zimmern, man schläft auf Matten auf dem Boden, es gibt gratis Tee. Duschen und Toiletten befinden sich auf dem Flur. Für eine Nacht hat es uns dort sehr gut gefallen.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
値段が高い割に良くない、壁と天井が 薄くて、他の部屋の音と上の階の足音がうるさい。素泊まりだったので料理は知りません

6/10 Okay

Lai King

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
失望！
睇過評語知道位置偏遠；但因為有車接送；所以都選擇。最失望是因為不能為我地提供晚餐。之後我地到要出外搵餐館，浪費時間！

8/10 Good

KYEONGMI

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
오래된 곳이지만 매력적인 곳
다카야마역과는 거리상 멀지만, 픽업서비스 해주신다. 하지만 가는 길이 메인일이라서 구경하면서 걸어 다녔다. 자전거를 빌려주시는데 가까운 곳에 편의점이 없으니 그땐 자전거를 이용하면 좋다. 공동욕실과 공동화장실을 써야하는 불편함은 있지만, 공동욕실에 일인용 노천욕조가 있어서 이용이 겹치지만 않으면 혼자서 공동욕실을 즐길수 있다(내 경우엔 혼자 사용하고 나니 다른이용자가 들어왔다) 주로 외국인 이용자가 많았다. 마치 친구집 이용하는 거처럼 다다미방을 이용하기 좋다. 최신호텔과 비교하자면 낡고 뭔가 부실할 수 있다고 하겠지만, 그 나름대로 분위기가 있어 좋다. 위치만 좀 시내쪽과 거리가 있어서 왔다갔다 하는데 불편함은 있지만 그래봤자 30분이내 거리에 다 이용할 수 있다.

10/10 Excellent

Yonanthan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great riokan, amazing value for money
Short stay, lovely riokan

8/10 Good

Matthias , Köln

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Japan wie ich mir es vorgestellt habe.
Die Unterkunft ist sehr sauber, trotz Gemeinschaftsbädern. Alles verläuft japanisch korrekt und höflich, der Übernachtungspreis ist absolut ok. Super ist der Shuttle-Service zum Bahnhof hin und zurück und die Möglichkeit des kostenlosen Fahrradverleihs. Wir haben den Aufenthalt in dieser entspannten Stadt sehr genossen!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
다카야마에서 저렴한 민박
공용화장실이나 공용욕실은 불편하게 느껴질 수 있으나 방음이 전혀안되고 나무냄새나는 다다미방과 삐그덕대는 마루바닥같은 일본 시골느낌이 숙박을 경험할 수 있다. 내가 갔을때는 유럽인들이 많았었고, 저렴한 가격에 이 정도 분위기면 하나의 추억을 만들만하다. 밤에는 정숙을 지켜야하고 친구들과 시끌벅적한 여행을 생각한다면 피해야한다.

10/10 Excellent

Rafa, Granada, Spain

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfecto para nuestra estancia
Nos ha encantado el hotel, nos vinieron a buscar a la estación de tren, cosa que es de agradecer y de camino al hotel nos dieron una vuelta por Takayama para irnos mostrando por donde estaba el las cosas mas importantes de la ciudad que debíamos de visitar. Fueron muy amables con nosotros todo el personal del hotel. Está todo muy limpio, habitación, baños, aseos, incluido el Onsen. Lástima que solo pudimos estar 1 noche, pero nos hubiera encantado estár mas tiempo. Cuando termino nuestra estancia nos llevaron a la estación de tren a la hora indicada. Cuando vuelva a Takayama, repetiré de nuevo mi estancia aquí.

8/10 Good

SIN MAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
駅から少し離れた静かな宿
駅から歩くにはちょっと遠いですが、電話をしたら駅まで迎えに来てくれました。宿からは朝市や古い町並みまではぶらぶら歩いて行ける距離で、自転車を無料で貸してもらえるので、天気が良ければ便利です。お風呂は2つあって、昼と夜で男女が入れ替わります。広い方のお風呂は露天風呂もゆったりしていて気持ち良かったです。

8/10 Good

Àlex, Barcelona

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
ryocan sencillo pero con encanto
Te van a buscar a la estación de ten y te llevan sin recargo, te dejan bicicletas El desayuno japonés está bueníssimo y es abundante Muy recomendable!

10/10 Excellent

蕙質蘭芯, 香港

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
非常友善的民宿。
非常友善，值得推介。 價錢合理， 有車接送服務。 是離景點比較遠。 下次會再住， .