Shinhotaka Onsen Yarimikan

We had a maisonnette room with a private onsen, and a shower, it was perfect. We felt very lucky to be staying in it. The hotel has a cozy feel in the reception with a magical feel overlooking the river. The sound of the river keeps you in a great mood. We really wished we had stayed another night here. The onsens are plenty, from mixed baths to separate baths to many private baths. So you can do whatever suits you. The food was also great, we enjoyed both dinner and breakfast meals. The staff was very helpful in arranging pickup/drop off from the station, and with any requests that we had.

Excellent roykan staying experience. We had our honeymoon here and it was invaluable. Private & mixed onsens are spectacular with amazing views. Food was great and staffs are very helpful.

The most beautiful river side onsen with a view of the snowy mountains. Great service. Big room. The most amazing meals!

It is our second time visit this Ryokan. And the first time with snowing. The place is perfectly good for a relaxing days. Food, onsen, bed and the rivers sound are all perfect for sleeping. Should visit again in future.

The scenery and food were great. The owner (I assume) didn’t speak English so he just simply ignored all non-Japanese guests. But the waitress who served our dinner was super nice and friendly. Maybe due to its historic design, the rock path to the outdoor bath was very slippery and cold, so we didn’t feel like using it much. After trying the 槍見湯, my skin got super itchy and it never happened before and after —so I guess it might be the green robes not clean? All these still didn’t kill me until I found two bugs in our room. (This happened even though it was December and freezing outside.) I have huge bug phobia issue, So definitely wont come again.

This was a really authentic Japanese experience. Staff was really nice, high quality foods, wonderful Onsen. 100% recommended.

This was our 3rd stay in this wonderful Onsen Hotel and we enjoyed every minute. We stayed 2 nights to celebrate my husbands birthday and this time we chose the room Kiri with our own little outdoor bath. But the Hotel has a wonderful mixed outdoor bath too and several private baths to use. Staff was very friendly and helpful as always, many speak english. Food is very delicious, we really loved it. We have stayed in many Onsen Hotels during our last visits to Japan but Yarimikan is our favourite because its a perfect location. We like this style of the house at the river, the dark wood, the views from the windows, the noise of the river. I really hope, we can come again real soon. Thank you Yarimikan Team for 2 lovely days and a great birthday!

We loved Yarimikan and had what we thought was a very authentic experience. They have a lot of foreign guests, including us, which is not their fault. They are quite clear to guests about acceptable behaviour and noise so as to preserve the ambience of a ryokan, but ultimately there's not much they can do about rogue guests. The location is reached by car or bus so it takes a bit of effort to get there but somehow hoards of tourists swamp the area and its numerous ryokan, even or perhaps because it's winter because the snow is so pretty. It's also very close to the base of Shinhotaka Ropeway which is a big tourist attraction and they offer a shuttle service there, and also to the closest bustop should you want to go to Takayama. We chose the Japanese room that slept 4 on futons which were really comfortable. The kaiseki dinners and breakfast were epic and had so much variety. If you stay 2 nights you receive a different course on your second night, which seems to be fairly standard at the ryokan I have been to. The dinners both featured the famous, local Hida beef. The meals are very large and we had trouble finishing them. All of the staff were really lovely to us. As foreigners we make an effort to communicate in Japanese, and generally try to be good guests without a sense of entitlement. I think this definitely gets reciprocated as the service we received was amazing.