Takahan
雪国の宿 高半36°57′ N 138°48′ ERyokan¥¥¥
Takahan suits readers and bath lovers who want the inn where Kawabata wrote Snow Country, and its trade-off is a hillside spot above town that needs the inn's pick-up.
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Price band
¥¥¥Upscale
Guests
2 guests
You book and pay on the booking site's own secure checkout, and we never see your card.
- Meals
- Dinner and breakfast, or room only
- Check-in
- In from 15:00, out by 10:00
- Onsen
- Shared baths
- Rooms
- 35
- Best for
- Couples, literature lovers
- 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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Takahan
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Kawabata Yasunari wrote Snow Country in the Kasumi room at Takahan between late autumn 1934 and 1937, and the inn screens the film of the novel every evening at 20:00. The house stands on the hill above Yuzawa's onsen streets.
Takahan's Tamago-no-yu comes from a spring the inn says an ancestor found about 900 years ago. The water reaches the tubs at about 43.5°C with no added water or heating, and the bath is refilled every three hours.
There are 34 rooms, almost all Japanese-style. Room-only plans let you eat at the izakaya in town, and the inn collects staying guests from Echigo-Yuzawa Station, five minutes away by car.
Highlights
- Kawabata wrote Snow Country in the Kasumi room
- Tamago-no-yu source water with nothing added
The essentials
- Prices
- The inn's booking engine sells its winter basic plan from ¥20,000 a person with dinner and breakfast when two adults share a room, and winter room-only stays start at ¥14,000 a person.
- Meals
- Dinner and breakfast, or room only
- Amenities
- OnsenOpen air bathSaunaStation pick up
- Best for
- CouplesLiterature loversOnsen lovers
- Shuttle
- Free pick-up from Echigo-Yuzawa Station for staying guests.
- Baths
- Shared baths, fed by a hot spring
Worth knowing
- Day bathing costs ¥2,000 an adult and ¥1,000 for primary-school children.
Quick answers about Takahanよくある質問
Are meals included at Takahan?
Takahan: Dinner and breakfast, or room only.
What does Takahan have?
Takahan lists onsen, open air bath, sauna, station pick up.
Who is Takahan good for?
Takahan suits couples, literature lovers, onsen lovers.
Does Takahan have an onsen?
Yes. Takahan has shared baths fed by a hot spring.
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