Takayama Park City Hotel
For Western-style accommodations in the heart of Hida-Takayama, Takayama Park City Hotel is a small, British-style hotel. Each room has a unique decor, two or more twin beds, TV and phone. It has a large community marble bath open 24 hours a day, with separate areas for men and women. Guests can enjoy dining on the local specialty---Hida beef---in the hotel restaurant.
Takayama Park City Hotel is in an excellent location for a stroll around Takayama's quaint Edo period district on the east side of the Miyagawa River. Make the Jinya market, where local farmers' wives sell seasonal fruits and vegetables, part of your morning walk. After seeing Takayama town, hotel guests are less an hour away from a day of hiking Mount Norikura or skiing at Hidatakayama Ski Resort.
Takayama Park City Hotel
3-43-1 Sinmeichou
Takayama
Gifu
Japan 506-0821
0577-33-5020
parkcity.co.jp/e
J-Hoppers Takayama Hostel
Newly opened in 2009, J-Hoppers Takayama Hostel is a Japanese style hostel perfect for a small group or family. Budget priced but with lots of amenities, the hostel offers large dorm and private rooms for up to four people. All rooms are Japanese-style with tatami mats and come with a mix of bunk beds and Japanese futon bedding. Men and women have separate, but shared bathrooms. Hostel guests are free to use the self-serve kitchen and dining room.
J-Hoppers Hostel is popular with foreign guests looking for a home base in Gifu prefecture. After settling in, head for the Northern Alps and Shinhotaka Ropeway to hike Mounts Yarigatake or Hotaka, or take the double-decker gondola to the observatory to get a panoramic view.
J-Hoppers Takayama Hostel
5-52, Nada-machi
Takayama
0577-32-3278
Takayama
Gifu
Japan
0577-32-3278
takayama.j-hoppers.com
Yokichi Traditional Farmhouse
For an authentic old Japan experience, stay a night in a 110-year-old thatched roof Japanese farmhouse in the historic village of Shirakawa-go. Located near the Shirokawa River valley, about 90 minutes by bus from Takayama Station, guests in the simple Japanese-style rooms hear the rush of the river at night. The farmhouse owners serve the local fish and other Japanese Alps specialties in the open dining room.
Guest rooms have only tatami mats and Japanese bedding at night, and a low table and cushions by day. It has a shared private bath, and optional breakfast and dinner included. These rustic, old homes do not have central heating, although there are small heaters, and Shirakawa can get more than 6 feet of snow in February, so plan accordingly.
Yokichi Gassho Zukuri
Ogimachi Shirakawa-mura
Shirakawa-mura
Gifu
Japan 501-5627
japaneseguesthouses.com/db/shirakawago/yokichi.htm
