Hida Takayama offers every type of lodging option, from first-class contemporary hotels, Japanese traditional ryokans and family-owned bed and breakfast inns. We have organized our listings of Takayama's local hotel accommodations into alphabetically.You can begin browsing for hotels and ryokans by selecting one of the links shown below.

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Resort hotels in Takayama have communal and open-air baths. Therefore, the difference between resort hotels and Ryokan (Japanese-style inn) remains somewhat vague. There are a large number of hotels that have Japanese-style rooms with straw mats, so that family or group guests feel relaxed with their shoes off, while other hotels have western and Japanese combined-style rooms. In most of the hotels, you are allowed to walk around with Japanese bathrobe and slippers. Unlike other types of hotels, the room charge in Ryokan usually includes breakfast and dinner. The room charge varies a lot depending on the time of year.

In Ryokan, guest rooms are usually Japanese-style, and two or more guests stay in a room. Ryokan is accommodation that has an appearance of a Japanese-style building, and is relatively small in size, and has a large sized communal bath. Some high-grade Ryokan have guest rooms with a private open-air bath.

Yukata (Japanese bathrobes) are placed in guest rooms for the guests staying in Ryokan. You may wear Yukata in or outside of Ryokan. This differs from a hotel where wearing appropriate attire is required once you step out of your room.

Often, Okami, who is a female manager in Ryokan, plays a very important role in providing services to guests, and in business management. Okami usually wears Japanese-style outfit (Kimono) when attending guests.

In high-grade or tradition-minded Ryokan, Nakai, who are female attendants, are in charge of attending guests in each guest room. Nakai often wear Japanese-style outfit (Kimono) just like Okami. Usually, meals are included in room charge. And mostly, both dinner and breakfast are included.

Minshuku (Japanese-style guest house) is characterized by providing homely and simple services, and room charge is usually kept low. Guests feel as if they are staying in a rural home. The differences between Ryokan and Pension (resort inn) are, Ryokan is medium to large in size, and has mainly Japanese-style facility including guest rooms, while Pension is small in size, and has mainly western-style facility including guest rooms. Minshuku mainly serve Japanese food including rice for breakfast. On the other hand, Pension mainly serve western food including bread for breakfast. However, the classification between Ryokan and Pension can be vague. In fact, they are both family-run accommodations with similar facility. Some call themselves as Minshuku, while others call themselves as Ryokan or Pension.

In Japan, business hotels usually mean motels in overseas or Bed-and-breakfast in Europe. Business hotels are located in built-up areas, about 10 to 15 minutes walking distance from the nearest stations. They are relatively small in size, mainly for business travelers, and room charge is set to be reasonable.

The difference between a business hotel and a city hotel is that a business hotel does not provide room service. To keep room charge low, a business hotel focuses on accommodating travelers. Therefore, other than guest rooms, facilities attached to a business hotel are minimized. Most of rooms in business hotels are single rooms. The room size is usually small.