Miyama Ouan

Love this hotel. Service was great! Our kids enjoyed the mashmellows over the fire, while the adults enjoyed the ramen! Only downside is the transportation of luggages during check in and check out. Even though there are lifts, there will still be stairs if you're located in the upper floors. The staffs were very nice to assist us during check in, but we had to handle it on our own during checkout. As we had 2 young kids, it was a little bit of a trouble for us. Still 5 star for everything, nevertheless!

Nice place but disappointing : when we checked in, we were told to book our diner at 5.30 or 5.45. 😱very early for diner !!! We noticed after beeing served that there was a second service….|We were told that public bath were closed only privates open… when we visited the public bath in the evening, we heard people in there !!.. In the room: One lamp because one bedside table only… no plug closeby…. Just one at the entrance and one behind the TV! |Same towel for the privets bath and the bathroom !!…. only one pillow per person…. And our stay in not over! …. |Restaurant and service very good. Some staff won’t speak very well English…

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)

A wonderful stay with heavy snow in the winter. Just a convenient highway bus ride from Tokyo or Takayama. My only complaint is the private room onsen tub was a bit small for a tall westerner. The food, service, location, local ski area were all wonderful.

We stayed for two nights at the Miyama Ouan and liked the hotel a lot. Especially the private Onsen were amazing, giving us the option to go together as a couple. We also enjoyed all the add-ons and perks (free drinks, free ice-cream, free sake +snacks, free ramen in the evening and toasting marshmallows over the fire). We read in other reviews about unfriendy and racist behaviour towards foreigners but did not encounter anything of that sort, the staff was very friendly and accommodating. Unfortunately the food was quite a letdown. The meals were arranged beautifully with lots of different things to try out. But most of all the different types, shapes and textures of food had one thing in common: no flavour. We are aware of the fact that the seasoning in Japanese cuisine ist very mild in general, but we've been in Japan for two weeks at this point and this was a new experience for us. The food didn't taste bad, most of it just didn't have any flavour at all. It became a running gag between us, trying different things and asking each other "how does it taste?" just to find out "nothing to report". In the and we resorted to adding soy sauce to everything to add at least some flavour. In addition to that the waiter unfortunately messed up our second dinner (it took him almost an hour to set the right temperature for Shabu Shabu - Japanese fondue) resulting in an almost two hour dinner session with a lot of waiting. Because the temperature was too low at first (unknown to us), we wasted some of the precious Hida beef by trying to cook it at the wrong temperature. The waiter's messup seemed like an honest mistake and we would have been bothered by it all too much but when we told him about the wrong temperature and showed him the wasted meat he did not bring new meat but suggested we simply still eat the wasted ones... which left us dumbfounded. So our takeaway is: Visit Miyama Ouan for the Onsen and all the added perks of the hotel but don't bother with the food, we would have honestly preferred meals from convenient stores!

Visited for a long weekend mid way through Japan trip. Warm and welcoming ryokan in the mountains. Very friendly staff who looked after us. Spacious, comfortable rooms. Lovely onsens and lots to do in the town. Absolutely delicious evening meals where you cook meat on a hot stove.

The best place I’ve stayed in. The rooms are incredibly beautiful. Tranquil location looking at the stream and the mountains. The food was an experience by itself. A place to decompress. The only thing I didn’t like was that sometimes I wanted to sleep in and skip breakfast because I was very tired and jet lagged. But I was woken up by a call I didn’t ask for. So even though I wanted to skip the breakfast for sleep, I had neither.

It was a perfect place to stay. The hotel is very beautifully designed. All the staff were very nice. And I particularly enjoy the public hot spring. It is very beautifully decorated. The breakfast and dinner were also so tasty. Really hope i will have chance to come back again