Machiyado Ichiryu
まち宿 壱龍
Does Machiyado Ichiryu allow tattoos? In a private bath
Machiyado Ichiryu chose to build no large bath: its 11 rooms share three private baths fed by Hida Takayama Onsen, and each room adds a half-open-air tub of its own.
Machiyado Ichiryu has no shared bath at all, and it publishes no tattoo rule. Every bath in the house is taken alone: two private hot spring baths that are free whenever they stand empty, a third that is reserved for a fee, and a half-open-air tub in each of the 11 rooms.
The bath
The water is Hida Takayama Onsen, a simple spring the inn classes as hypotonic, weakly alkaline and low in temperature. The inn calls it mild water known for leaving skin smooth, and lists it for chronic muscle and joint pain, poor circulation, sleeplessness, stress and fatigue.
There is no large bath. In its place the ground floor has three private baths, open 3 p.m. to midnight and 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Iwafune and Araki cost nothing and take no booking: you check from your room whether one is empty and walk in. Miyagawa, which the inn calls its premium bath, is reserved. A turn runs 45 minutes from the top of the hour and costs ¥4,400, booked in advance or at the front desk on the day. Its tub measures 2,215 by 1,815 millimeters.
All 11 rooms have a wide half-open-air bath, each finished differently. Those room tubs are filled with ordinary heated water, not the spring, so the spring is found only in the three baths downstairs. Rooms come with bathrobes, yukata, a work-style lounging suit and a basket for carrying your things to the bath.
The hotel
The house was Ryokan Seiryu, a Hida beef inn more than 50 years old. After a year of rebuilding it reopened on November 2, 2024 as Machiyado Ichiryu, run by Frontier Kanko. It has 11 rooms for 41 guests, six of them suites, and every room is at least 40 square meters; the largest suite is 100. Meals are served in private rooms in a separate dining house across the street, built around Hida beef. Two lounges on the 2nd floor are free to all guests, with local sake, beer and snacks from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and wine and spirits from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Check-in is 3 p.m., check-out 11 a.m.
Good to know
- Two of the three private baths are free, with no booking and no time slot; the room shows when one is empty.
- The lounges pour free drinks. Beer and local sake in the late afternoon, wine and spirits after 9 p.m., coffee and fruit from 7:30 a.m.
- Adults and older children only. The inn does not take children of elementary school age or younger.
- Leave the car until 3 p.m. on the day you check out, in the lot about 90 meters from the door, ¥1,500 a night.
Getting there
From Nagoya Station take the JR Hida limited express on the Takayama Main Line to Takayama Station; the inn counts about 2 hours 30 minutes from Nagoya to its door. From Osaka it suggests the Shinkansen to Nagoya and the Hida from there, about 3 hours 40 minutes. The inn is 7 minutes on foot from Takayama Station and names no exit. It offers no shuttle. Drivers stop at the entrance first, then park.
Takayama STN · JR Takayama Main Line
7 minutes.
No shuttle; highway buses stop at the Takayama Nohi Bus Center beside the station.
Where it is
Takayama STN
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- JR Takayama-Hokuriku Area Tourist Pass ¥19,800 · 5 consecutive days Worth it if Gero, Shirakawa-go or Kanazawa is on the same trip.
- Japan Rail Pass from ¥53,000 · 7, 14 or 21 days For a trip that takes in several regions by Shinkansen and JR lines.
What happens when you arrive
There's no shared bath here, so every bath you use is private. Reserve one at the front desk.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (: the hot spring page says there is no large bath, lists three private baths and says every room has a half-open-air bath)
Best for: an inn with no shared bath, where two private hot spring baths are free
The three private baths use Hida Takayama Onsen and open 3 p.m. to midnight and 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Iwafune and Araki are free and need no booking; a screen in the room shows whether they are empty. The premium bath Miyagawa costs ¥4,400 for 45 minutes from the top of each hour, booked ahead or at the front desk on the day. The half-open-air tubs in the rooms are not hot spring water; the inn says so on its hot spring page. Children of elementary school age and younger are not accepted. Parking is ¥1,500 a night.
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