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Shirakawago no Yu
337 Ogimachi, Shirakawa-mura, Ono-gun 501-5627 Gifu Prefecture
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Finding an ideal family-friendly onsen ryokan in Shirakawa-mura does not have to be difficult. Welcome to Shirakawago no Yu, a nice option for travellers like you.
For those interested in checking out popular landmarks while visiting Shirakawa-mura, Shirakawago no Yu is located a short distance from Tenshukakau Observatory (0.1 mi) and Myozenji (0.4 mi).
Guest rooms offer a flat screen TV, air conditioning, and a refrigerator, and Shirakawago No Yu Hotel makes getting online easy as free wifi is available.
You can also take advantage of some of the amenities offered by the onsen ryokan, including shops. In addition, guests can enjoy a sauna and an on-site restaurant during their visit. As an added convenience, there is free parking available to guests.
If you like Chinese restaurants, Shirakawago No Yu Hotel is conveniently located near Ippukuchina.
If you are interested in exploring Shirakawa-mura, check out an art museum, such as Shirakawago Gasshozukuri Homurajin Museum.
Shirakawago no Yu looks forward to welcoming you on your visit to Shirakawa-mura.
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Free parking
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Sauna
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Children Activities (Kid / Family Friendly)
Hot spring bath
Non-smoking hotel
Shared bathroom
Parking
Internet
Vending machine
Open-air bath
Shops
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English, Japanese
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337 Ogimachi, Shirakawa-mura, Ono-gun 501-5627 Gifu Prefecture
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Good for walkers
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Lucky to be there in both winter and summer. Shirakawago is such a popular place and it is advisable to plan and book your trip in advance.
Our family stay in Takayama but travel to Shirakawago in a rented car and the journey starts with an unforgettable drive.
Do not expect fancy dine-in experience but you will have the chance to taste authentic Japanese servings.
The village looks stunning when it was covered with thick snow in winter whereas the blossom summer will leave another astonishing experience in your mind.
If I have to choose one, my choice will be the snowy winter.
Our family stay in Takayama but travel to Shirakawago in a rented car and the journey starts with an unforgettable drive.
Do not expect fancy dine-in experience but you will have the chance to taste authentic Japanese servings.
The village looks stunning when it was covered with thick snow in winter whereas the blossom summer will leave another astonishing experience in your mind.
If I have to choose one, my choice will be the snowy winter.
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Date of stay: December 2019
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Shirakawa-go no Yu is nestled within the heritage village of Shirakawa-go, right opposite the bus terminal, yet still a little removed from the main hustle and bustle of the shopping street. the entrance is along the main road, but the main building is a little behind, which makes it quiet and convenience at the same time.
For the price we paid, we got a lovely nights stay, and for a mere 150yen we got to use the onsen which had both outdoor and indoor facilities. we drove over in the snowstorm, and the staff was clearly concerned for us, and attended to us immediately. In the morning they even helped me park my car the right way so the snowfall won't get on the roof so much and when I got back from my tour around the village, all the snow around the car and above the car had been shovelled away.
i was initially a little concerned because of the mixed reviews i read but I can say for certain that this is a great experience and a great place with wonderful facilities and helpful staff.
For the price we paid, we got a lovely nights stay, and for a mere 150yen we got to use the onsen which had both outdoor and indoor facilities. we drove over in the snowstorm, and the staff was clearly concerned for us, and attended to us immediately. In the morning they even helped me park my car the right way so the snowfall won't get on the roof so much and when I got back from my tour around the village, all the snow around the car and above the car had been shovelled away.
i was initially a little concerned because of the mixed reviews i read but I can say for certain that this is a great experience and a great place with wonderful facilities and helpful staff.
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Date of stay: December 2017Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Room Tip: book early
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The Nohi bus station next to Takayama JR sells bus tickets to this attraction. Got ours the day before and caught the first bus in the morning to the village on New Years Day. It was quiet and not crowded adding to the charm of the village. Lots of pictures with the Gassho houses and played in the snow. Bought some souvenirs. Crossed the bridge over the river. Walked up the hill for a nice view. Then it's back to spend the rest of the afternoon in Takayama town. Next time we must book a nights stay to enjoy the winter light up.
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Date of stay: January 2017Trip type: Travelled with family
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If you want to experience authentic Japanese sleeping arrangements and traditional food then you'd have fun here. Otherwise, you won't enjoy it. Only dinner and breakfast meals are served here so if you come here at lunch, there are limited options. There are very few restaurants and stores in the area and they all close by 5pm.
Staff aren't too friendly either.
Toilets and baths, you need to share with all hotel guests. If you don't mind mingling with strangers, then it's probably okay.
Staff aren't too friendly either.
Toilets and baths, you need to share with all hotel guests. If you don't mind mingling with strangers, then it's probably okay.
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Date of stay: February 2020Trip type: Travelled with family
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We stayed at a local gassho house and decided to get bathe in the onsen at Shirakawago no Yu. We were heavily disappointed, the onsen amenities were underequipped. Almost every turn demands money from the bather, even after paying the onsen fee. The ryokan has a shoe off policy like most places in Japan, but the floor was dirty and had sand and grits in the change rooms.
I read that other travelers paid about 20000 yen for a two person room with breakfast; I say stay away from this place and spend your night at a gassho house complete with dinner and breakfast, which cost me 18000 yen and gives a unique opportunity to stay authentically at Shirakawago. Just email the Shirakawago tourist association and they will help you out.
I read that other travelers paid about 20000 yen for a two person room with breakfast; I say stay away from this place and spend your night at a gassho house complete with dinner and breakfast, which cost me 18000 yen and gives a unique opportunity to stay authentically at Shirakawago. Just email the Shirakawago tourist association and they will help you out.
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Date of stay: February 2015Trip type: Travelled with friends
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I have been staying at ryokan hotels in Japan for more than 10 times within the last few years and this is the only one I would discourage my friends from staying here. The most disappointing point was the staff s attitude. They were in fact below average with their service and very robot like even when they smiled. You just dont feel like you are in Japan with this substandard service. There are other smaller scale ryokans where the staff are more sincere and helpful.. I am not surprised that I am sharing this opinion with some of tripadvisors members. Here the staff just were not trying to be helpful. We asked for extra pillows from one of the staff and his initial reaction was slight shocked on his face and replied bluntly ' later ' even though we did mention when you had time. In the end, he did give us the pillows but with no covers and one could see the disgusting stains on them. We asked another staff how we could go to the southern country area and would it be possible that he could find us related telephone nos as we had GPS. Instead of even making a slight pretended effort to help, he just said it was closed. But we did ask the local tourist information the previous day and she told us the road to there was just reopened after the winter and said we were lucky. We did not ask for tel nos as we had not decided to go there at that time. There was NO toilet in most rooms which we knew before but in fact it turned out to be quite inconvenient esp when you have elderly people travelling together. And there was one time the common toilet , only one male toilet on second floor and shared between by quite a few rooms stinked at night time. Our room facing the street was actually quite noisy at night even they had double framed windows but to a certain extent was the noise from the air cond. So one could tell having a quiet comfortable sleep is not easy. To my astonishment, I could not find any cold water provided at the hot spring area and so I asked the front staff about this. Of course, the initial reaction on the face was again not nice and replied bluntly again ' you have to buy it ' and pointing to the machine. Of all the ryokan places I had been staying, there was no single place which did not provide cold water. They either had jars of cold water or simply water machine. I find it hard to understand how this hotel could charge outsiders coming to have hot spring but no water provided. The last but not the least, this ryokan just would not stop surprising you with more disappointments. Upon checking out, we asked for assistance with our two big luggages as we were travelling in Japan for more than 3 weeks this time and we were on second floor with no lift of course. We asked for that simply because when we checked in, they had one staff firstly cleaning all the wheels of the luggages, then carried them to our room. To our surprise again, the staff at that time just said NO, not to mention again not very nice expression on his face - a different staff from previous ones. We did not mind doing ourselves but what happen if the guests are all girls or bit older people, or the floor was accidentally damaged while we were moving the luggages, then whose fault was it? Of all the ryokans I had been to, the staff there would at least try to help and most of them in fact, carried the luggages to our car. This male staff did not offer any help at all and was just standing at the reception. Upon leaving this ryokan, I had a STRONG impression that it just does NOT welcome FOREIGN tourists. Nevertheless, coming to this world heritage area, in my opinion, it is not neccessary to stay overnight and esp with this ryokan, it would not give you a pleasant and relaxing experience, so why waste money!
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Date of stay: July 2017Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Room Tip: Our room facing the street is noisy at night , making a comfortable sleep is not easy
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This place is, in fact, a public bath (onsen) and the staff pay more attention to the visitors which attend the onsen than to the guests. The rooms are at the first floor, and this is noisy, due to the presence of the public toilet, but also due to the presence of pumps outside which pump out the water for the onsen.
Since to eat smoked fish for breakfast is difficult I ask for a small western breakfast, they refused, however they have a coffee machine and a toaster in their reception.
In general, one day is enough to visit Shirakawago, it is possible to take the bus in the morning at takayama and come back in the afternoon. For those who, really, want to stay one night, then book in a minshuku ( a real old farm)
Since to eat smoked fish for breakfast is difficult I ask for a small western breakfast, they refused, however they have a coffee machine and a toaster in their reception.
In general, one day is enough to visit Shirakawago, it is possible to take the bus in the morning at takayama and come back in the afternoon. For those who, really, want to stay one night, then book in a minshuku ( a real old farm)
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Date of stay: October 2011Trip type: Travelled solo
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Room Tip: try west side, but it is noisy too
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When I arrived , the receptionist was not helpful in providing local tour related information . Subsequently in the evening , when me and my friends enquired the dinner opening time of the restaurant, the rudeness of the front desk staff who kept pounding on the table was so unappreciated. However it gave us no choice but to dine at the outlet coz it is the only restaurant open for dinner around this area
Will I recommend this hotel ? If you come for onsen, the answer is yes. However if you aren't an onsen person, then pls do not book this hotel as they are so stingy in rendering their assurance
Last but not least this is the lousiest service quality yet it isn't cheap
Will I recommend this hotel ? If you come for onsen, the answer is yes. However if you aren't an onsen person, then pls do not book this hotel as they are so stingy in rendering their assurance
Last but not least this is the lousiest service quality yet it isn't cheap
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Date of stay: December 2016
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It was said that this hotel was the only one in the area with an onsen and the only one that you could book online. Most of the other are local guest house operated by local older people who usually take reservation by phone or fax only. If you are like me who don't know much about the Japanese language, this might be your only choice. Not too many rooms so you need to book early at least half a year in advance or better still a year ago especially during the high season. We visited this hotel in February during the winter month and was the peak season as people were flocking here to see the beautiful snow capped village house. On the day of my arrival, I was amazed by the crowd of people who all stuck on the main bridge over the river, and the bridge was the main get in and out to the village, and we spent more than 10 minutes slowly crawling on the bridge due to people traffic jam. I think you can cross the bridge in 30 - 60 seconds in normal day if without the crowd.
The hotel was nice, with big enough onsen, but the only thing was that it was not for the hotel guest only. It allow outside people to join the onsen by buying a ticket. So during the night, there were many ( I mean really many) other outside people who were staying in lower quality guest house without decent bathing facilities came here to use the onsen to bath and to relax. The man side was a bit better but my wife reported that the female side was really chaotic, as people there have to line up and queue for the space to take bath. You also need to queue to use the hairdryer. I think the hotel should limit the onsen to the hotel guest only. I don't mind the hotel to charge higher price for the hotel guest to use the onsen in order to maintain the cost and I would believe anyone staying here would be willing to pay for that, instead of jamming with that many outsider to fight for the space to use the bath. If you are staying here, use the bath as early as possible, best time I guess would be straight right after dinner if you are able to take you dinner earlier and faster than any other people. So you could have a chance to enjoy the onsen while most people were still having their dinner.
One more thing was that the room was purely a room only, without toilet or bathroom. You need to go to the onsen to take bath, and use the shared toilet in the corridor.
Having said that, I still rate this as a 4 star rating comparing to other guest house or hotel in the area as this one was really a more modern and sizable hotel.
The hotel was nice, with big enough onsen, but the only thing was that it was not for the hotel guest only. It allow outside people to join the onsen by buying a ticket. So during the night, there were many ( I mean really many) other outside people who were staying in lower quality guest house without decent bathing facilities came here to use the onsen to bath and to relax. The man side was a bit better but my wife reported that the female side was really chaotic, as people there have to line up and queue for the space to take bath. You also need to queue to use the hairdryer. I think the hotel should limit the onsen to the hotel guest only. I don't mind the hotel to charge higher price for the hotel guest to use the onsen in order to maintain the cost and I would believe anyone staying here would be willing to pay for that, instead of jamming with that many outsider to fight for the space to use the bath. If you are staying here, use the bath as early as possible, best time I guess would be straight right after dinner if you are able to take you dinner earlier and faster than any other people. So you could have a chance to enjoy the onsen while most people were still having their dinner.
One more thing was that the room was purely a room only, without toilet or bathroom. You need to go to the onsen to take bath, and use the shared toilet in the corridor.
Having said that, I still rate this as a 4 star rating comparing to other guest house or hotel in the area as this one was really a more modern and sizable hotel.
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Date of stay: February 2016Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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With its own in-house hot springs, dining, and sleep-on-the-floor experiences, and a beautiful village to wander around in, we truly enjoyed our one night stay here. Village was packed with tourists during the day, but by late afternoon it becomes a ghost town :) Great experience!
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Date of stay: August 2019Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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You might need to wait a few months to book so far ahead. I checked the hotel directly and a few booking sites for you, but no dates were available. I had the same trouble booking far ahead in Japan numerous times...many places won't take a booking more than 6 months out. Sorry! If you wait a few months you should have no trouble. We booked it from the hotel directly just a few weeks before going.
We traveled during the summer and rented a car to get there. Make sure you have a room reservation before going.
We went there in summer and very beautiful view. It should be snow in winter.
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AU$423 - AU$544 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
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Which popular attractions are close to Shirakawago no Yu?
Nearby attractions include Ogimachi Castle Old Site Observatory (0.1 km), Wada House (0.2 km), and Kanda house (0.5 km).
What are some of the property amenities at Shirakawago no Yu?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include an on-site restaurant, free parking, and kids activities.
Which room amenities are available at Shirakawago no Yu?
Top room amenities include air conditioning, a flat screen TV, and a refrigerator.
What food & drink options are available at Shirakawago no Yu?
Guests can enjoy an on-site restaurant during their stay.
What are some restaurants close to Shirakawago no Yu?
Conveniently located restaurants include Coffee Hina, Irori, and Hakusuien.
Are there opportunities to exercise at Shirakawago no Yu?
Yes, guests have access to a sauna during their stay.
Which languages are spoken by the staff at Shirakawago no Yu?
The staff speaks multiple languages, including English and Japanese.
Are there any historical sites close to Shirakawago no Yu?
Many travellers enjoy visiting Ogimachi Castle Old Site Observatory (0.1 km), Shirakawago (0.6 km), and Wada House (0.2 km).