Lucent Takamiya
名湯リゾート ルーセントタカミヤ38°10′ N 140°24′ EHotel¥
Lucent Takamiya suits families who want a large onsen hotel facing the Zao Chuo Ropeway at a modest price, and the trade-off is the scale of a 60-room house after the small inns up the street.
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Price band
¥Budget
Guests
2 guests
You book and pay on the booking site's own secure checkout, and we never see your card.
- Meals
- Kaiseki or Yamagata beef hot pot with a buffet for dinner, buffet or Japanese set breakfast
- Check-in
- In from 15:00, out by 10:00
- Slopes
- 1 min walk to the lifts
- Onsen
- Shared and private baths
- Rooms
- 60
- Best for
- Families, skiers
- Cancellation
- Cancelling costs 30% of the rate from 3 days before arrival, 50% the day before and 100% on the day or for a no-show.
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Lucent Takamiya
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By the hotel's own count the Zao Chuo Ropeway stands right in front and the Nakamori slope is a minute's walk away. The 60 non-smoking rooms fill three buildings. Saison Court holds the mountain-view rooms and maisonettes for up to six, the standard rooms sit in The Guest, and The Main has superior twins with a tatami corner.
Every bath runs straight from the source, and the hotel says its water is the most acidic of Zao's springs. You can soak in the rock indoor bath or the cypress open-air Hagakure no Yu at any hour outside the 10:00 to 12:00 clean, then rinse off in the heated hinoki tub. A dry sauna opens from 16:00 to 22:00, and two private baths take bookings from 7:00 to 22:00.
Dinner is a regional kaiseki with Yamagata beef cooked on a ceramic grill, or a Yamagata beef hot pot with a kamado buffet of about twenty dishes that includes imoni. Breakfast switches between a buffet and a Japanese set by the day. The hotel has a ski drying room and rents skis and boards, and staff collect guests from the bus terminal for free.
Highlights
- The Zao Chuo Ropeway stands in front of the hotel
- Maisonette suites sleep up to six
- Dinner can be a Yamagata beef hot pot with imoni on the buffet
The essentials
- Kind
- Hotel
- Price
- ¥
- Check-in
- 15:00, out by 10:00
- Rooms
- 60
- Website
- Official site
- To the lifts
- 1 min on foot
- Boot room
- Yes
- Prices
- On 8 December 2026 the hotel's booking site charges two sharing ¥9,350 a person for a room-only stay, ¥8,800 on the late-arrival short-stay plan, and ¥11,550 a person with dinner and breakfast when you book 14 days ahead.
- Meals
- Kaiseki or Yamagata beef hot pot with a buffet for dinner, buffet or Japanese set breakfast; room-only plans also sell
- Amenities
- OnsenOpen air bathPrivate bathsSaunaSki drying roomSki rentalMassageFree parkingWi Fi
- Best for
- FamiliesSkiersGroups
- Shuttle
- Free pick-up from the Zao Onsen bus terminal; call on arrival and a car comes in about five minutes.
- Baths
- Shared and private baths, fed by a hot spring
- Tattoo rule
- The hotel's pages and its Jalan listing state no tattoo rule.
Worth knowing
- Last check-in is 19:00 on dinner plans and 20:00 without dinner.
- Your stay covers the baths at the other Takamiya inns in Zao.
Quick answers about Lucent Takamiyaよくある質問
Are meals included at Lucent Takamiya?
Lucent Takamiya: Kaiseki or Yamagata beef hot pot with a buffet for dinner, buffet or Japanese set breakfast; room-only plans also sell.
What does Lucent Takamiya have?
Lucent Takamiya lists onsen, open air bath, private baths, sauna, ski drying room, ski rental, massage, free parking, wi fi.
Who is Lucent Takamiya good for?
Lucent Takamiya suits families, skiers, groups.
Does Lucent Takamiya have an onsen?
Yes. Lucent Takamiya has shared and private baths fed by a hot spring.
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