Takamiya Ryokan Miyamaso

There is free van service when check in-out, no need to carry luggage from/to the bus terminal. But no service to the ropeway. Staff and service are the best. Location is ok, not near the ropeway but not too far as you can travel around the village. Ryokan is traditional style, good renovate. Good Dinner and breakfast. One thing to recommend in winter is it is very cold in many areas liked - Open air bath room -> Bathroom is too cold, living room is a bit cold. - Japanese-Western bed -> Bathroom and walkway is too cold, bedroom is a bit cold. - Hotel public bath and many areas are too cold. It will be perfect if the ryokan solve this problem.

I would recommend in the winter. So you can mix skiing with a relaxing Ryokan experience. Special mentions to the chef's diner and breakfast that were absolutely on top, and to the staff overall that bring a very high level of service, sometimes whithout you even noticing (we got our crapy hiking shoes cleaned out overnight, which made us shameful we did not had time to reach the hotel with clean shoes at the first place...).

Our stay at Takamiya Ryokan Miyamaso was one of our highlights of our honeymoon! The hotel is insanely charming and very well kept. You can see it's an old building but it doesn't look old or worn down. The staff are friendly and polite, and greet you by the door when you arrive and leave the hotel. They were also very accomodating to us when we asked to keep out futons out, as we wanted to take a nap during the day. Dinner and breakfast was amazing and a lovely experience, it was delicious and presented nicely and staff was attentive and friendly. Our suite was amazing, and we loved having our own private bath outside on a balcony overlooking a snowy hill.

Staffs were super friendly and nice. Helped me with my luggages during check in and check out in and out of my room. I had my luggages sent from my previous hotel and when I reached my luggages were already in the room. Breakfast and dinner were splendid. Have 2 public onsen in the ryokan both with highly acidic sulphuric water which is supposedly good for you which I enjoyed too. Private bath in room is normal water not hot spring water (not same as public onsen). The ryokan picked us up when we reached zao bus terminal, they are responsive on booking messenger which we updated them our arrival time. Definitely will come back here again.

One of the best ryokan experiences I ever had. Beautiful historic building. You could easily get lost among all the many hallways and stairs. Perfect service. Wonderful meals. The baths were the absolute best. If I get to do it over, I wouldn’t mind spending a few extra for the private baths. Before I arrived, I confirmed my arrival time (strongly recommended). The ryokan had my room ready for my early arrival. This was not expected so a very nice surprise (and greatly appreciated). The minute I arrived I could feel right away that here, they know what they’re doing. No playing around, straight up good ryokan service (which is flawless perfection). For instance, they would leave beautiful handwritten calligraphy notes, notes on my pillow, notes on my dinning table. Every little detail was perfect.