Ichinomatsu Japanese Modern Hotel is a lovely boutique hotel in Takayama. It's about a 10-minute walk to the town centre and 20 minutes to the Sanmachi-dori (historic area). Breakfast was included. We were told in the morning when we arrived at the dining room that it was a Western-style breakfast. So the hotel must alternate between Japanese and Western-style breakfast. The food was excellent. We stayed in a Japanese-style room with twin beds - more like mattresses on a tatami mat than traditional futons. The beds were comfortable, and the room was quiet. There was plenty of space for luggage. There is an onsen in a small structure in the hotel's courtyard. You can book a half-hour appointment for the onsen - and couples can use it together. You don't need more than half an hour - it's hot - and we were out after 20 minutes. We had a car, and parking was conveniently located 50m from the hotel.

The bathrooms are tiny, with a small shower cubicle, a separate toilet and a sink outside the bathroom. The only chair provided was what we would describe in the west as a low beach chair. The room needs a proper chair or small lounge to relax on. You have to walk through an open courtyard to get to the rooms at the back of the hotel. This involves shoes on and off multiple times. When you arrive in the foyer, change into slippers, get to the first door outside, change to outdoor slippers, get to the back part of the hotel, and put on inside slippers. When you go out, you do the same thing again. The hotel should consider enclosing the outdoor footpath into a corridor so you can keep your slippers on and not have to venture out into the cold to go to your room.

Hotel is kind of house-converted style with limited quantity of rooms. However room is clean, comfortable & tidy with all basic features like kettle, fridge, kimono.. etc Breakfast is included and served personally with a predetermined timeslot of 30mins decided by guest upon check-in. Onsen is small but of private usage via booking with the logbook.

Parking slot is very limited to 5 max (was informed by hotel staff that 5 is hardly occupied). However overnight parking fees of ¥1,000 is rather steep. Signage of hotel is not prominent and only visible when near.

We loved everything about this accommodation. The people were super kind, the location was great, and the interior (and exterior) was gorgeous. They have a private onsen which you can book easily and was available most of the times that we wanted. The breakfast was included to our surprise and was prepared with so much love and care. On the last day we couldn’t make it to the earliest breakfast slot, so they suggested they gave us a bento box (to go) that we could take. That was already prepared and ready when we picked it up. The whole day you could grab free coffee, tea and lemonade. Overall the accommodation was so peaceful, quiet and gorgeous we would definitely stay again if we could. There was also a coin laundry included with a washing machine and a dryer. We could only use 100 yen coins but we could easily exchange those at reception.

If I had to pick one thing I guess it’s the air circulation in the rooms. There was a ventilation system, an airco and an air humidifier. But whenever we got back into the room it felt a bit humid/muggy. But that’s just a minor detail on all the positive points, and was easily fixed when the air-devices were turned on.

This is a quite well maintained property, we have our comfortable stay, the gardens was lovely and nice especially when it snows. Private Onsen considered clean. Overall it was great. For travel guide, it is great on some recommendations of food, but maybe can also have ENGLISH option?

We have to change slippers too many times, end up we forgotten which pair is for which purpose already. I hope the owner can simplify this rule or differentiate the purpose of slippers by colours. (example, black for outdoor, white strictly for indoors)

Such a beautiful modern ryokan. Very clean. Staff was super kind, they speak some english and it was enough. I loved the room with the garden view, wonderful! The outside onsen was a nice experience (no problem with tatoos or couples, very friendly for first timers). Delicious breakfast, it was japanese one day, western the next.

The only small downside is the location, since it's not super close to the points of interest BUT it's just a short walk away. Straight line to Takayama station and nohi bus. It was not a big deal.

Lovely small modern ryokan in the quiet city ot Takayama. Short walk from the station and the center, the location has all that can be needed, including free coffee and tea in the common room next to a small garden. The location also has a small Onsen and decent-sized rooms. Superb breakfast alternating each day between western and Japanese style. Laundry on site. Definitely worth it!

The shoe policy within the building is a bit complicated (changin to diffetent shoes for the garden, agin for the building), but for the rest nothing to be improved!

We had a very pleasant and unique stay. The breakfast was delicious and so aesthetically presented, we enjoyed it a lot - on the first day it was more western and on the second day it was traditional. Both were excellent. Staff was very kind. The private onsen was heavenly. Laundry facilities were convenient.

The location is close to the train station but on the opposite direction than the old city. It’s not the worst but adds a little bit of walking to your daily steps.

Very nice modern Japanese style retreat. Modern self key code for lobby, common room for breakfast and relaxing, peaceful inner court garden, and a shared public bath (private use, by sign up time slots). Rooms are spacious compared to some Japanese hotels. Breakfast is bento box style with beverage buffet and good coffee! Casual and simple atmosphere. Location is a bit out of the way but within walking distance to main shopping district. We signed up for a local food demo by Don, an izakaya owner. Very informative and tasty and he even introduced us to local specialty stores since he knew shopownwers. Sanno Festival on its first day was very crowded but worth seeing the handcrafted floats up close.

The reservations we made had no changes and no refunds at all. I assumed it was due to the Sanno Festival happening that weekend. Glad we got this room! So maybe an unavoidable problem.

Cozy modern Japanese hotel located at a walking distance from Takayama bus and train station. We loved staying here and we would choose it again if we ever come back to Takayama. The staff was really welcoming, we were given lots of information on what to see and where to have food. Breakfast was included but we were leaving really early in the morning so they prepared our breakfast for take away the night before and was left in our fridge. This was very kind of them and we feel grateful for it. The private Onsen was also really enjoyable and a lovely experience. Thank you 🙏🏼

We loved everything

I'd stayed in this hotel before a few years ago and it was a no brainer to book it again. Amazing staff, great space, the private onsen is such a great feature.

Not really the hotel's fault, but if you're staying on the ground floor, you might hear some stomping from the 2nd floor - it was particularly annoying as guests above were loud. As a feedback, I think the hotel's staff can highlight a 'quiet rule' after a certain time (like after 22h) during check-in.