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3 out of 5
Hoshokaku
1-88 Baba-machi, Takayama, Gifu-ken

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 83 out of 154 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 50 out of 154 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 14 out of 154 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 154 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 154 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

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10/10 Excellent

Ali

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Conveniently located and great service. Very hospitable and great dining experience with onsen amenities.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent facilities with excellent service at a great location.

6/10 Okay

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Pleasant staff but rooms are tired so better value elsewhere in town
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sharyn

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
My family and I had a wonderful stay at Hoshokaku. We splurged for the room with the private onsen on deck and were so happy we did - it is well worth it to have your own private bath and the views of Takayama are amazing. Hoshokaku is a beautiful ryokan and service was impeccable. We enjoyed our meals in the dining area - which were delicious. The ryokan is up on a hill so it is a bit of a hike up back from old town but definitely manageable. We loved our time at Hoshokaku and would love to return.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Claude

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This is a nice ryokan with a good staff, welcoming and helpful. The inn is on the simple side, which does not refer to the spare Japanese tradition but to its now being a bit dated. The dining is as one can expect in a ryokan, thus traditional Japanese. The area around is a lovely park above the inn and the old town, touristy but attractive, directly below. The price is what one expects in Japan, thus expensive relative to comparable lodging elsewhere. Takayama is worth visiting, and this inn is a good base.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Wing sze Vivian

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We stayed here for one night and really enjoyed the onsen and the food. The female onsen has one indoor and 2 outdoor pools, which give us plenty of personal space when having the hot spring. We were lucky that very few people used the onsen during our stay, and sometimes we even had the whole place to me and my daughter! Another highlight is the foot spa located on the roof level. It was nice to sooth your feet in the hot water and look out to the shimmering lights in town at night. We had a package that included dinner and breakfast which were delicious and very filling.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

Sophia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The hotel is traditional which is what we were after, however, it was quite dated. You can tell money has been spent downstairs to bring it up to a better standard, but the bedrooms we had (western twin and japenese twin futon) were small, bathrooms very dated, smelt smoky & the mattresses were lumpy/ springy. The onsen is nice - three baths for women (can’t comment on the men’s) one inside and two outside. Very clean and private located on ground floor. The top floor has a foot spa with nice views. The other top floor onsen facilities you have to rent. However we found the ground floor facilities nice and adequate. The hotel is located 5 mins from the old town & they offer free pick up/ drop off from the station which is great for when you’ve got a lot of luggage. We stayed two nights and that was plenty, for the hotel and the area. Staff very friendly and lovely. We had the breakfast and it was, traditional (not to our tastes but glad we tried it). Would recommend this hotel if you want traditional but be aware it is quite dated.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

J.

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved this hotel. For those who look for the authentic, this is your place. This is an old fashioned and well maintained ryokan; and it certainly looks from another era. 60’s style with a great location. The “Onsen” (hot bath) was great and the food was delicious and unique. We had a room with “futons” and nevertheless our western vertebrae managed a resting sleep on them. There are also rooms with proper beds, but we wanted to try something different. The staff was superb. Expect to have a smell of cold tobacco in some of the rooms. Keep im mind that Japan still allows indoor smoking in some places. This was not a big issues to us and we are both non-smokers.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Caterina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
the breakfast!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great experience at Hoshokaku. Great location and walking distance to the old town. They provide transfer service from the train station and daily morning shuttle bus. The daily meals, housekeeping and service were excellent. Totally enjoyed my time in Takayama,
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Fantastic stay in beautiful Takayama
Amazingly wonderful. The best ryokan onsen my wife and I have experienced. We will go back.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Avi

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Amazing place with amazing people.
This place is AMAZING. In addition to the beautiful atmosphere and the gorgace location, we got an OUTSTANDING help from a staff member that made numerous calls to resolve a bus schedule that was changed because of the typhoon and was able to resolve the situation. Food is excellent and is served in a beautiful way. If we go back to Takayama this is the place we'll stay !!!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Hucklebetty, Australia

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A special experience in a lovely town
From the start of our visit, when we were met by friendly staff who looked after us very well, we felt pampered. And this continued for the rest of our time there.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Lovely Japanese Ryokan Very authentic and peaceful with friendly and helpful staff. Great location above Takayama and a lovely area for public bathing help make for a relaxing stay
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Yoshi, Seattle,WA

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Excellent staff and perfect location. We have chosen a Japanese style room with Private Open-Air Bath, City View.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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Good time was had by all. We recommend this hotel to anyone. Thanks to the staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Bee Chan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Dennis T

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what an unforgetable experience. a true japanese style hotel with private onsen in our room. very good and friendly staff. nice view. very clean, the dinner and breakfast is good, but not the best. worth every cents of money you spend. highly recommended.

10/10 Excellent

Amir

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent accomodation!
Excellent accomodation!

10/10 Excellent

julian/ gloria, australia

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Great location
Lovely hotel, very authentic clean and great staff. We would certainly recommend to all our friends.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Philip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent Staff
Hotel staff were very attentive. Saki is a great credit to the hotel and could not do enough to help us in both our enquiries prior to our arrival and when we were at the hotel. Had a Japanese style room as we had to move from the smoking room which we were first offered. Good pick up service and return from/to the station. Very handy to a large park with magnificent autumn leaves during our stay but also within easy walking distance to the old part of town.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Lynne, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely clean friendly hotel - great breakfasts!
A little hard to find but nice clean accommodation with friendly staff. Yes I would recommend this hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great baths and view from somewhat dated room
A couple of staff weren't as friendly as we were used to in Japan but the rest were nice. Highlight is definitely the hot baths with massage chair! Beds felt pretty old and lumpy and the room generally felt a bit like you were in your Granny's spare back bedroom but was just about the right side of quaint to get away with it.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Greg, Dallas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
We wanted to be more in the middle of town but this place was great. The Spa very nice and many of the other guests were Japanese. The walk up the hill can be a bit of a climb but it is worth it.

8/10 Good

anonymous, ohio

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Picturesque setting
Lovely ground floor rooms and excellent location for walking to shops and market

8/10 Good

JI WON

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Good service
Hot spring and bath was good. N service also good

8/10 Good

Julie , S

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good hotel but would benefit from a refurb
Good hotel, a little out of town but easily walkable with very helpful staff and lovely onsen (quiet in the day but very busy in evening). The rooms are a little run down but spacious and comfortable.

10/10 Excellent

Ido, US

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great Japanese ryokan

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

8/10 Good

po yiu ivy, Hk

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Good for holiday
Good location very close to the old town, nice and friendly staff, meal serving were too hurry

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great service
This is a traditional ryokan style hotel. The service is great and the staff is very friendly. No WIFI in the rooms, but there is free wifi in the lobby. Overall a great experience.

10/10 Excellent

Martin, Norway

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Comfortable Ryokan in Takayama
The hotel was comfortable, and I'm traditional Japanese style. The included onsen is relaxing and free of charge when staying at the hotel. I recommend the Japanese style breakfast. The hotel itself is also located in a quiet neighborhood. Overall a wonderful experience.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort

8/10 Good

paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Highly recommend!
We had an amazing stay at Hoshakaku. The staff were generally friendly and helpful. The highlight was the room! We booked the room with the in room outdoor bath. This was worth every penny! Along with the bath, you are provided with your personal massage chair and 'unlimited' supply of drinks. I looked into the female relaxation room but didn't feel the need to leave our perfectly equipped room. The hotel also provides good tips on onsen etiquette in English. Overall I would highly recommend this hotel to those of you seeking a relaxing stay during your trip in Takayama

10/10 Excellent

Conwaykid, Brisbane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great traditional ryokan experience
We got an amazing deal so chose to stay here. It turned out to be one of the highlights of the trip. The hotel is on the other side of town from the station, but right in the heart of the cherry blossom festival - so the trade-off is a no-brainer. A cab costs about 1,800 yen. Staff were not great with English, but went out of their way to help anyway! So lovely. Dining was good for dinner (traditional Japanese style) but we probably would have preferred a buffet breakfast than the traditional Japanese breakfast set-menu. But like I said - it was a good deal so we managed anyway :) This hotel has probably the best public bath in the town - anything better is a fair drive away out of town.

8/10 Good

yoshimasa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Ming Yip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

rika

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
お食事はどれもすべて美味しく、温度も、コースのお料理を出していただくタイミングも完璧でした。お風呂も露天風呂が最高です！足湯が朝もやっているといいなぁと思いました。 お部屋が山側だったこととベッドの脇の電気が切れていて不便だったのが残念でしたが、接客はとても素晴らしく、また伺いたいと思いました。
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

ひでゆき

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Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

KEI

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Thanyathus

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
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Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

KA KI

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff are nice and helpful

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
早餐的窗外，殘雪掛在山邊牆壁，疊疊似浮雲飄在半空，賞著雪景用餐，隨著侍者熱切的招呼聲音，心情越來越難捨道再見。 二天前抵寶生閣天色已晚，門前庭院前推著今冬的餘雪，孤獨的松葉掛著不忍離去的落雪，一旦太陽出來，再多的矜持終會溶成水。 寶生閣一家位於山腰的老飯店，踏入飯店大廳，不像到一家飯店，像似回家，回到以前住過日本糖廠宿舍的家，進屋子先在玄關換鞋子，大廳是舖著榻榻米的地板，一直到房間的路上都鋪著榻榻米。 推開門，進了房間，也是榻榻米的地板，房間有隔板，隔板上用紙糊的小窗口，好幾片隔板隔出一處可以喝茶看書的空間，這空間有一排玻璃，推開窗戶，整個高山城景映入眼簾。 房間的柱子都是木造，天花板也是用木板稱著，滿地的榻榻米，把我的記憶拉的好遠，拉回到兒時在榻榻米玩耍,睡硬梆梆榻榻米的時光，天真爛漫的童年。 我安靜的坐在窗邊， 凝望城景，昨夜一場雪，屋瓦積滿疊疊落雪，天際鳥鳴喚醒沉睡一晚的街景。 覽書閱讀，忽地天上飄起細雪，心情隨著推積的雪開朗 放下書本，拾筆，詩句如雪花片片的飄落。 這麼老的飯店，什麼都舊了，入門迎賓侍者的聲音也舊了，笑容卻揚溢溫暖的歡迎聲. 我喜歡飯店那些老式的擺設裝飾，只能用年久褪色的記憶來回味飯店主人的想法，ㄧ種老掉牙的堅持，有著不失味的溫度和人情味。 一位手腳僵硬不靈活的飯店清潔員工，對著客人的禮貌問候是這般的平常像家人一般，我有回到家的感覺。
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Charis

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023