Miboro Ryokan

🍲A culinary inn in a relocated mansion from a village drowned by Miboro Dam

Gifu · Ryori-yado Miboro

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An Inn Born with the Dam

• 🏯When Miboro Dam was built in 1952, the mansion of a forestry man from a village submerged under the lake was moved here and opened as an inn.
• 👪Run by the same family for generations, it was renamed Ryori-yado Miboro in September 2019.
• 🌲Clean air, mountain water and seasonal scenery set a slow, unhurried pace.

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Eight Tatami Rooms

• 🛏️All 8 rooms are traditional Japanese tatami rooms (e.g. Tsuru 8 + 12.5 mats, Kiri 9.5 mats, Ume 9 mats).
• 🔥In winter every room has a kotatsu and kerosene heater; air conditioning cools the rooms in summer.
• 🍁The Kame room looks onto a large maple tree, and the Matsu room faces the Miboro Dam embankment.

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Three Private Indoor Baths

• 🛁Three baths, Ai-no-yu, Midori-no-yu and Oku-no-yu, are used privately (indoor baths, not hot springs).
• 🧴Shampoo, body wash, soap, hair dryer, towels, yukata, toothbrush and razor are provided.
• 🚻Toilets are shared (2 locations, Japanese and Western style) with 3 washrooms.

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Mountain and River Kaiseki

• 🍱Kaiseki centered on wild mountain vegetables, Hida beef and river fish, each dish handmade.
• 🥩Hida beef shabu-shabu comes with a homemade sesame sauce; Hida beef grilled on a roof tile can be added.
• 🍶Breakfast features Hida's hoba miso, and salt-grilled ayu or char and the local doburoku sake are available to order.

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Inside the Inn

• ☕The "Green Cafe" on the engawa veranda serves coffee.
• 🪵Relax over tea in the irori hearth room.
• 🚭The building is non-smoking, with a smoking room and outdoor ashtrays.

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Back Garden and Seasons

• 🌳The back garden has a cool hinoki forest path, a hammock and a swing.
• 🌸Around June yellow irises and water lilies bloom in the pond, and the clear Shokawa River runs beyond the garden.
• ❄️Snow piles so high in winter that a giant kamakura snow hut appears in the parking lot.

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Nearby Sights

• 🏘️The World Heritage gassho-zukuri village of Shirakawa-go is about 20 minutes by car.
• 🏞️Miboro Dam, a 133m-high rockfill dam, and the Former Toyama Family Folk Museum (Important Cultural Property) are about 2 minutes by car.
• 🌸The 450-year-old Shokawa cherry trees, moved from the drowned village, are about 15 minutes by car.

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Getting There

• 🚌The "Maki" terminal bus stop is right in front of the inn, about 70 minutes from Takayama Station by Nohi Bus.
• 🚗On Route 156, about 30 minutes from Shokawa IC and 20 minutes from Shirakawa-go IC; parking for 20 cars plus a motorcycle garage.
• 🚐If no connecting bus is available, the inn picks you up in Shirakawa-go with notice by the day before; winter tires are needed from late November to mid-April.

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Three Private Indoor Baths

• 🛁Three baths, Ai-no-yu, Midori-no-yu and Oku-no-yu, are used privately (indoor baths, not hot springs).
• 🧴Shampoo, body wash, soap, hair dryer, towels, yukata, toothbrush and razor are provided.
• 🚻Toilets are shared (2 locations, Japanese and Western style) with 3 washrooms.

4

Mountain and River Kaiseki

• 🍱Kaiseki centered on wild mountain vegetables, Hida beef and river fish, each dish handmade.
• 🥩Hida beef shabu-shabu comes with a homemade sesame sauce; Hida beef grilled on a roof tile can be added.
• 🍶Breakfast features Hida's hoba miso, and salt-grilled ayu or char and the local doburoku sake are available to order.

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A food-focused mountain inn where Hida beef and wild-vegetable kaiseki are served in a historic relocated mansion. Note that the baths are private indoor baths rather than hot springs, toilets are shared, and rooms have no fridge, safe or kettle.

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* This introduction was compiled from information published by each property (official website and similar sources), so some details may differ from what you find on the day. It is AI-assisted and can contain errors — please check the official website and the details shown at booking before you reserve.

From onsen etiquette to check-in — the things worth knowing first.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Miboro Ryokan?

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 10:00.

Where is Miboro Ryokan located?

It is in Ono-gun. Address: 126-3 Maki, Shirakawa-mura.

What is the cancellation and refund policy?

Free-cancellation deadlines vary by rate plan and are shown with each room. Cancelling before the deadline gives a full refund.