hotel around TAKAYAMA, Ascend Hotel Collection

Great 3 night stay. Amazing staff and beautiful Japanese breakfast. The hot spring bath was a nice bonus. Highly recommend and would stay again.

What we liked: The check-in process went smoothly where an employee (by the way, she spoke English very well) guided us through the steps on their check-in machine. Very nicely decorated room with the dark blue accents and grey wallpaper. Very large comfortable bed with comfortable pillows. The hotel is located right next to Takayama Station. We had a view of the mountains and some religious building called Sukyo Mahikari. Quiet location. We really appreciated all the recommendations the hotel had in the lobby for local food and sightseeing. So thoughtful and well presented. The self-serve locker storage is free, very convenient and easy to use. There are lockers for smaller luggage and there are cable locks for larger luggage. We liked the 2-piece pajamas the hotel provided us. What we think can be improved: The bathroom is nice and spacious but it smelled slightly of humidity, probably because of the bathtub, because for some reason, these Japanese hotels don’t put caulking around the bathtub and the water seeps into the crack around the wall. We put the Do not Disturb sign and they still gave us new towels, even though we’re only staying 2 nights. So we went to return the new towels bag at the lobby reception.

We were upgraded on arrival. The largest bed I’ve ever seen! Plenty of space in the room and very reasonable rate.