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If you’re looking for a family-friendly hotel in Takayama, look no further than Takayama Ouan.
While staying at Takayama Ouan, visitors can check out Hida Kokubun-ji Temple (0.3 mi) and Nakabashi Bridge (0.4 mi), some of Takayama's top attractions.
Guest rooms offer amenities such as a flat screen TV, air conditioning, and a refrigerator, and guests can go online with free internet access offered by the hotel.
Takayama Ouan features 24 hour front desk, baggage storage, and shops, to help make your stay more enjoyable. The property also boasts a hot tub and an on-site restaurant. If you are driving to Takayama Ouan, parking is available.
When you’re feeling hungry, be sure to check out Heianraku, Hida Takayama Gyoza Sohonzan, and Chahan Hana, which are some Chinese restaurants that are popular with locals and out-of-towners alike.
Plus, during your trip, don’t forget to check out some of the popular art museums, such as Hida Takayama Museum of Art, Furui Machinami Museum Kiyoshi Yamashita Gengaten, and Chanoyu no Mori.
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Hotel location is 500meters to station , easy movement of coming by train. Voyage preve had booked the most basic ryokan, not to everyone’s taste especially getting up from a floor level mattress . The room was small with no cleaning , for towels to be exchanged at reception . When asked if we could have a normal bed room , we were asked to pay extra. Our room was facing the road , had dark blinds , no noise disturbance . Room size is small , one suitcase is sufficient to open and close . Two people in the room will walking over each others feet. Don’t bother to open your second suitcase . Shower and toilet are cruise size small. At check in was asked to pay “ ONSEN TAX” of 150 yen per person per night . I still don’t know if it was tax or for use . Three ONSENS are on the 13th floor , made three attempts to use it( limited to 30 minutes use) when all three were occupied and few people waiting in line . There is a separate men and women onsens. It’s interesting that the large tubs with rockery decoration and view to the road in front is described as ONSENS. There is no jacuzzi type machinery fitted . Water is warm. Breakfasts was included in the package catered to the mainly Chinese tourists ( as is the case in Japan) only things western was juice, beverages, breads , sausage , eggs and cereals . Coffee making kettle is provided in the room but never used it for lack of space . Absolutely no run for me. It looked like the hotel maybe going through a staff shortage . Hotel is dated and old decor . Though reception was old Japanese style . Finally it’s strange and for us very first time shoes were to be removed at the reception Placed in lockers . Walk around with socks. Small complementary socks were provided , left by the lifts. It’s a strange feel walking bare foot with socks. Be careful in lifts area that you don’t have feet injury . On lifts, Managment should look at a safety feature of doors closing sensors . With multiple people joining into lifts , my wife had door closing on her twice . I would say ,!it was an average stay and glad to be away .
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Date of stay: September 2024
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Room Tip:ONSENS get have long wait . If happy to use traditional ,
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We stayed as part of a tour group at this beautiful ryokan style hotel in Takayama. Takayama Ouan is close to JR Station (about 5-8 minutes). The entire hotel is decorated with tatami-style mats, so all guests are only allowed to walk through the hotel wearing tabi socks or personal socks. Japanese pajamas are available in each hotel room. This allows you to move chic and comfortable in the hotel. Probably the best thing about this hotel are the onsen on the 13th floor. There are three private onsen and one onsen each for women and men. There is free ice cream in the waiting area of the onsen. The hotel offers free ramen with soba noodles from 21:30 to 22:30. The staff were all very friendly and we will gladly stay here again.
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Date of stay: August 2024
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Room Tip:Unbedingt die Onsen im 13. Stock ausprobieren. Private Onsen max. für 30 Minuten
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I checked in on the 3rd. As it is part of the Dormy Inn Group, in addition to coffee service in the lobby, they also provided lemonade and mandarin oranges. The bath was on the top floor and the view was amazing, especially the open-air bath. You could see outside from the sauna! There were a lot of guests, but the large public bath was empty, which was nice, probably because most of the guests were from overseas.
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Date of stay: January 2024Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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This traditional Japanese hotel was exquisitely, beautiful. They have an amazing Japanese breakfast buffet, and the natural spa upstairs was probably the best experience I had during my travels in Japan. It snowed when we were there, and this hotel provided a warm and cozy atmosphere to make us comfortable while we visited Takayama. Even though the staff was not completely fluent in English, they had figured out a way to check in and check out and meet the needs of all of their guests in a very easy and seamless way. I hope to return to this hotel one day. What a beautiful magical day we had!
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Date of stay: January 2025
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I had trouble booking a ryokan on Trip Advisor because most highly ranked properties said "contact hotel directly" which proved to be challenging (I did send a few email queries to no replies). I eventually booked here based on decent reviews on Booking.com. Takayama Ouen is not intimate, welcoming or in any way a nice Japanese traditional experience. Self-service checkin on machines is your first encounter. Tired and run down space. Stained upholstery. Crowded and chaotic. When I asked at reception what is the best time to get into a private onsen, the reply was,"I don't know, midnight". Lumpy futon beds and a single sucky pillow. Terrible bathroom. Felt like a low grade youth hostel. Was lucky enough to catch an available private onsen (there is no booking system) and it was consistent with my already poor perceptions. The view is awful looking over an ugly scene of the town.
We went for dinner next door, at a beautiful hotel (Mecure Hida) and decided to check availability there. Was worth losing my $ to move out of Takayama Ouen and change to such a superior, beautifully designed and lux hotel which has three lovely garden adorned onsen (for the ladies). The onsen experience is half the reason to come to Takayama and it should be relaxing and joyful (Takayama Ouen is the opposite of that). Last note- which rattles me completely- these two hotels were the exact same price!!!
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Date of stay: November 2024
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The hotel is located in a great location, five minutes' walk from the Kaohsiung Railway Station. The hotel's top floor has three free private baths with views of the entire city. After the hot springs are immersed, there is a free snowstrip, and in the evening there is a free rafting night.
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Date of stay: September 2024Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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The main issue I had was that the blinds they have don't block out light & they haven't invested in curtains to reinforce this. So instead of a dark room to sleep in, it was light streaming into the room from around 4 am, and train noise. I complained but was met with a complacent attitude. I asked for a room change but they said all rooms were the same? I was in Japan for 2 weeks and the staff at this hotel were the worst in terms of customer service. It's a big hotel with 11 floors, so my advice is to choose a small hotel or guesthouse where they are inclined to offer better service. I met other tourists who had free rental bikes from their guesthouse.When I asked at this hotel, they couldn't even tell me where to rent a bike.
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Date of stay: April 2024
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Room Tip:Plenty of good hotels and guesthouses nearby, so choose one of them.
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The whole facility was extremely clean which, however, is not unusual for a Japanese accommodation and all staff wore masks. The rooms were very nice, bedding was very comfortable and clean. The baths, both private and public, were also great. The morning buffet was plentiful and had a good variety Having lived in Japan decades ago, I am very familiar and fond of Japanese food. I am also a foodie of most other cuisines. There wasn't one item that I did not enjoy. They did a nice job with everything. My visit was during busy Golden Week but it did not feel crowded or noisy during my stay.
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Date of stay: April 2023
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Room Tip:The slippers in the wardrobe are for emergencies only--not to be worn around the facility like I...
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A pleasant mix of traditional and western facilities make this a great place to stay in Takayama. The room was spacious and the beds very comfortable even for traditional low mats. A great public onsen on the rooftop and helpful staff. Centrally located near the train which made transporting luggage easy.
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Date of stay: November 2023
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Room Tip:You have to take your shoes off at all times in the hotel.
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We booked the double room hoping for a relaxing authentic Japanese experience and were excited about the private onsens available. We paid $400 AUD per night and stayed for 2 nights.
Cons - When we arrived we were disappointed to discover that the hotel is on a busy road with train tracks running behind and it has 167 rooms with minimal facilities to accommodate the relaxing stay promised! This is advertised as a ryokan on some sites and although the rooms may be in that style it is a mega-hotel.
The reception looks like a junk souvenir shop with busloads of tourists coming and going at all hours and we were constantly having to navigate through luggage strewn near the lifts and shoe lockers.
We were told upon arrival that we had to pay 150 yen per day per person to use the onsen facilities, despite paying the high nightly rate just to get a hotel with an onsen. Unfortunately, we were only able to use the onsen once due to the long lines. We did not want to waste our sightseeing time waiting so we decided to try late at night and discovered the lines were just as bad at midnight. As it is first come first served, with the number of guests and lack of booking system it was virtually impossible to get into an onsen (the only reason we booked this hotel).
The one chance we did get to spend in the onsen, it was small and uncomfortable and were unable to enjoy the view of the city due to the mildew on the windows - see attached photo.
Guests and their children were stomping around the hallways and upper levels at all hours.
Breakfast is chaotic and you often have to wait to be seated.
And finally, the wifi just didn't work. Reception staff were unwilling or unable to discuss any of the above issues and dismissed our concerns.
Pros The room was nice and the breakfast staff did their best to manage the chaos in the morning.
Basically, the worst value hotel we have ever experienced and a huge disappointment after looking forward to our stay in Takayama for months.
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Date of stay: January 2020
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Joy this place is not really a ryokan. It is a Japanese hotel in the city. There are lots of places to have dinner within a 5-10 minute walk. We had our breakfasts included in our room and it was great
There are more places to choose from in the Takayama area.
PRICE RANGE
$223 - $333 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
takayama ouan hotel takayama
LOCATION
JapanChubuTokaiGifu PrefectureTakayamaHidatakayama Onsen / Takayama Station
NUMBER OF ROOMS
167
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