Private Onsen in Ryokan

Previously:
Bear Meat Ramen and Hidagyu Maruaki, Takayama

In the evening was time for relaxing and rejuvenating our mind and body.  Downstairs there are this shared bath for women and men (in separate room).  I'm personally a little shy when come to this thing.  But luckily there wasn't any body there and I could enjoy my time there alone.  The indoor bath was too hot to handle but the outdoor one was really perfect because the cold weather helped lower the water temperature, which was great for me.  Don't forget to have a shower before and after the bath.  We also booked the private bath for an hour (extra charge).  Two times soaked in the hot bath in a day.  I think my body was super super calm by then.

Women and men hot bath

Shower zone

Indoor onsen

Outdoor onsen

Private onsen (pre-booked only)

shower zone in private onsen

onsen in the private room

When we came back from the bath, they already made a nice futton bed for us.  With a little caring note on the bed.

Just had some more strawberries before went to bed

Oyado Koto No Yume
6 Chome-11 Hanasatomachi, Takayama
Ph: +81 577 32 0427


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Eel Rice and Cafe Gentiane at Nagoya Station

Bear Meat Ramen and Hidagyu Maruaki, Takayama

Previously:
Oyado Koto No Yume, Takayama

For lunch, we ate at one of the shop that selling the boar and bear meat.  Yes!!!!  Bear meat for real.  When we ordered, we didn't pay a close attention.  And the picture looked nice and portion was huge too.  Once we got the dish in front of us, it was still looked very good but when we tasted it, we knew the meat was quite weird, unlike any meat we had ever tasted before.  We read again the menu and realized what we ordered was bear meat ramen,  The meat tasted very gamey, but the ramen itself very tasty.

Beef skewer

Bear meat ramen

Now move on to dinner.  At that night was our last night in Takayama, that's why we didn't want to miss the famous grilled hida beef BBQ while we were there.  This shop from the outside it is a butcher shop but when you go through inside it is a big BBQ restaurant.  They get the freshly cut meat from the butcher shop.  There were many people waiting in line already.  It is a grilling-your-own meat.  The beef sells in here is the premium quality of beef.  No marinated so purely sweet from their natural taste with just a little sprinkle of salt.  And it tasted absolutely delicious or you can dip it in the dipping sauce as well, if you prefer.  But I like my meat simple and no adding sauces.

Set meal 2,980¥

A5 beef 2,490¥

The meat from the set meal (not too sure what grade) was already marbling but the A5 that we got was way more marbling.  It was actually more of white color than the red.  We like it grilled to medium rare so the meat still tender and juicy.  I think that's the best way to enjoy a good quality of cuts.

Bimbimbap

Maruaki/ Hidagyu Maruaki
6 Chome-8 Tenmanmachi
Ph: +81 577 35 5858


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Private Onsen in Ryokan

Oyado Koto No Yume, Takayama

Previously:
Takayama Miyagawa Morning Market

For one more night in Takayama, we stayed at the ryokan.  It called Oyado Koto No Yume, about 2 blocks further away from Best Western Hotel.  If you have a chance, please try staying at one of ryokan in Japan.  You will get the classic authentic Japanese services and futton bed.  It is definitely worth to experience. 

As usual, they greeted us with a nice and friendly greetings.  Warm welcome accompanied with a cup of hot green tea and a bowl of warm red bean soup with mochi.  To warm our body from the chilly breeze out there.  After the check in process, we then need to choose our yukata.  There were ranges of different color.  They even had the small size for children as well.  So cute....

Yukata

How to wear your yukata

They have 2 type of rooms, the Japanese style or the Western style.  The Western style is more convenient for elderly with a standard western beds.

In day time, it is our lounge/dining room.  At night become futton bed

Tea and coffee maker

Bathroom is combination of Japanese shower and Western bathtub

view from our window

The two samurais

Western style bedroom

Let's take a look of their private onsen in my next blog.

Oyado Koto No Yume
6 Chome -11 Hanasatomachi, Takayama
Ph: +81 577 32 0427


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Bear Meat Ramen and Hidagyu Maruaki, Takayama

Takayama Miyagawa Morning Market

Previously:
Tenaga Ashinaga, Takayama

Early walk in the Miyagawa morning market

Today was an usual weekdays, so the market wasn't that busy and crowded.  Pretty chill and enjoyable morning walk.  This place is the place to buy some souvenirs and local products and snacks.  There are some restaurants and cafe that selling Japanese and Western style breakfast as well.

We picked the first shop that we passed by along the morning market.  By the time we arrived there was nearly 9 am and it was quite late for Japanese to have breakfast because some of the menu was sold out.  We had an ordinary grilled salmon meal for breakfast and (I'm not so sure what type of fish) steamed fish meal.  After that we went trying a few different snacks in there like this grilled meringue.  It was as soft as cloud and taste like grilled sweet meringue.

grilled salmon breakfast meal

Steamed fish meal

Grilled meringue

Then we saw this nice-looking cafe.  They serve range of coffees and classic red bean mochi.  They also made very very yummy homemade cookies (sorry, didn't have the photo of it).  Every cup of coffee came with a pack of cookie.  We bought some extra cookies after but they didn't have much only 4 or 5 packs left.  First come first serve basis, so better be quick.

Hot tea with red bean soup mochi

かじ橋食堂 (Japanese restaurant for breakfast along Miyagawa morning market)

La Chaise
1-22 Shimosannomachi, Takayama
Ph: +81 577 36 2511


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Oyado Koto No Yume, Takayama