I would absolutely recommend this property to anyone! It is a little out of the way (1 hr bus ride from Yamagata station) but it’s well worth it. Two separate baths with two separate origin waters and a private bath you can book by the hour, and an outdoor bathtub in your room was really cool. It includes a very traditional dinner and breakfast using local specialties. Local sake selection for dinner/room service was also excellent. The staff was so polite and nice - they even carried our luggage to our room and picked us up at the bus station! Room was nice and big with seasonal nature sounds.

Our stay at Takamiya Ryokan Miyamaso was one of our highlights of our honeymoon! The hotel is insanely charming and very well kept. You can see it's an old building but it doesn't look old or worn down. The staff are friendly and polite, and greet you by the door when you arrive and leave the hotel. They were also very accomodating to us when we asked to keep out futons out, as we wanted to take a nap during the day. Dinner and breakfast was amazing and a lovely experience, it was delicious and presented nicely and staff was attentive and friendly. Our suite was amazing, and we loved having our own private bath outside on a balcony overlooking a snowy hill.

Nothing, everything was great!

Staffs were super friendly and nice. Helped me with my luggages during check in and check out in and out of my room. I had my luggages sent from my previous hotel and when I reached my luggages were already in the room. Breakfast and dinner were splendid. Have 2 public onsen in the ryokan both with highly acidic sulphuric water which is supposedly good for you which I enjoyed too. Private bath in room is normal water not hot spring water (not same as public onsen). The ryokan picked us up when we reached zao bus terminal, they are responsive on booking messenger which we updated them our arrival time. Definitely will come back here again.

Room wifi a little slow at times.

Very nice, traditional experience! We were very surprised with the diversity of the breakfast. If you want to experience a proper Japanese breakfast, here is one place where you can do that very well. The onsen was very pleasant too, but you might need to get accustomed to the temperature. All in all we had a very pleasant stay here and we can definitely recommend! Thanks a lot :)

One of the best ryokan experiences I ever had. Beautiful historic building. You could easily get lost among all the many hallways and stairs. Perfect service. Wonderful meals. The baths were the absolute best. If I get to do it over, I wouldn’t mind spending a few extra for the private baths. Before I arrived, I confirmed my arrival time (strongly recommended). The ryokan had my room ready for my early arrival. This was not expected so a very nice surprise (and greatly appreciated). The minute I arrived I could feel right away that here, they know what they’re doing. No playing around, straight up good ryokan service (which is flawless perfection). For instance, they would leave beautiful handwritten calligraphy notes, notes on my pillow, notes on my dinning table. Every little detail was perfect.

Everything is perfect! The amazing experience was starting from the transportation service. Then the check-in and dinner services, everything feels perfect! I can feel the staffs are all proud of this Hotel and its history and spirit. Thanks for Takamiya gave us such warm experience!

Stunning historical ryokan with a number of historic and new onsens. The rooms are renovated in a gorgeous traditional Japanese style and the meal was exceptional. The chef kindly catered for my allergy as I advised in advance. Staying at this ryokan was an exceptional experience and I would highly recommend it to anyone staying in Zao Onsen.

The taxi driver told us there are 4 "Takamiya" in the region, which was an interesting trivia, but can get confusing. Rooms were spacious and meals were delicious. Staff were helpful and carried our luggage to the room.

Please install more snowboard racks in the dry room :)

The staff were so friendly and attentive. The food was amazing! The hotel and room were incredible, so beautiful! The baths were amazing and there was much choice. Also as they were all different designs they swapped genders overnight so you could sample them all. The staff were so kind.

A respectble ryokan that once even entertained the imperial family. If you want to know what traditional Japanese hospitality means, you must certainly go there. The whole place is infused with small of highly acidic mineral water where you are expected to bathe. Be careful - the onsen bath feels pretty hot but you are sure to survive and even enjoy it!