Recently Reviewed Hotels around Takachiho-cho

• Hana Ryokan Iwatoya
  "Friendly and clean ryokan in small town"
  "It would be unfair to compare this ryokan to its counterparts in big cities (yufuin/kurokawa) so in that context this is a good ryokan in small town Takachiho. We booked via japanican (prepaid). Location is some six miles from the city, the inside building is clean and it has ofuro (communal bath f..."or women and men each). Food is home made and good, probably ten courses. Small bus was provided to bring us to watch kagura dance and back to ryokan. The only 'complain', breakfast choices are too early, either 7 or 7.30 and dinner are either 6 or 6.30, which is too early too for us. The lady in the house send us away with onigiri, very thoughtful. Looking back, I probably prefer to stay closer to town, but the ryokan itself is a special little gem in remote Takachiho. " More >
• Hotel Takachiho
  "This was a great find!"
  "This hotel was unexpectedly lovely! My friend and I are used to the small rooms common in Japan, but we were surprised by how big the room here was. The room was clean and comfortable, and the staff was friendly and accommodating. The buffet breakfast was nice. The location is excellent for explorin..."g Takachiho Gorge, which was a winding 10-15 minute walk from the hotel. There are onsen-style bathing facilities if you want a nice soak in the evening after a long day of hiking. Of course there was a shower and bath in the hotel room, but soaking in their bath was really nice. The best part by far was the free shuttle to the Yokagura performance in the evening. Yokagura is a traditional dance performed every night at the nearby shrine. The staff told us about it as we checked in, and a message was announced over the PA system when the shuttle was about to depart. " More >
• Imakuni Ryokan
  "Such a wonderful experience"
  "We had booked our accomodation for one night in Takachiho at a Ryokan well in advance, but about a week before we were to arrive in Takachiho we received an email to say our ryokan had had a fire and they were unable to keep our reservation. With help from the local tourist information centre they w..."ere able to get us into Imakuni Ryokan. We booked two rooms. My husband and I in one room and our three daughters in the other room. The price included dinner and breakfast as well as free bus ride to and from the dances at the hall next to the shrine. The dinner was just amazing!!!!! There must have been 12 courses using local foods which was a great taste sensation. We finished dinner feeling very full. We went back to our rooms to get our jackets before we left for the dances to find that the staff had made and arranged our bedding for the night. After the dances we had a few drinks in our room then off to sleep. It was one of the best sleeps we had had so far as the bedding was extr... " More >