Miyamaso Takamiya is a long-established inn that has been protecting the tradition, prestige, and hot springs of the original Takamiya Ryokan Miyamaso Takamiya Ryokan for over 300 years. Located on a hill in the hot spring town, a tasteful pure Japanese-style wooden building that is over 100 years old stands.
The most popular guest room is "Rian Sansui," which was produced by Yamagata-born Ken Okuyama, a world-renowned industrial designer who designed Ferrari, with the concept of "harmony between tradition and innovation." The "Maisonette," which features a Japanese-style room on the first floor and a bedroom with low-rise beds on the second floor, has an open-air bath by the window where you can enjoy the hot springs while feeling the nature of Zao, creating a space reminiscent of a villa.
In 2023, Seifuso will reopen with the "Corner Japanese Suite," a spacious Japanese-style room, bedroom, and dresser connected to a corner room, and the "Corner Japanese Modern," a fusion of Japanese and Western styles. Both are comfortable spaces equipped with Simmons beds that ensure a good night's sleep.
The only place in Zao that has an open-air bath with natural hot spring water in each room is the "Hinakura Annex," a traditional storehouse that has been completely renovated. Equipped with a Japanese-style room, living room, hall, counter kitchen, earthen floor with hearth, and twin-bed bedrooms on the first and second floors, it is popular as a large, multi-purpose space that makes you think "If you're going to stay here, come with a group, for several nights..."

The only place in Zao that has an open-air bath with natural hot spring water in each room is the "Hinakura Annex," a traditional storehouse that has been completely renovated. Equipped with a Japanese-style room, living room, hall, counter kitchen, earthen floor with hearth, and twin-bed bedrooms on the first and second floors, it is popular as a large, multi-purpose space that makes you think "If you're going to stay here, come with a group, for several nights..."

This is a long-established hot spring inn that was frequented by the lord of Yamagata during the feudal era, and by the Imperial family for a time during the Showa era. The true pleasure of a hot spring that only a genuine hot spring can bring remains the same today as it was in the past. The attraction is the "strongly acidic sulfur spring." Pure sulfur spring water flows from three private hot springs, including "Choju no Yu," which has the atmosphere of a historic hot spring resort, "Seseragi no Yu," where you can hear the sound of the hot spring water flowing into the Sugawa River, and the "private bath" on the first floor of Rian Sansui, which is a Shigaraki-yaki tub. A total of nine baths, including an open-air tub bath, a stone bath, a cypress bath, a reclining bath, and a foot bath, make for the ultimate bathing experience.
Dinner is a seasonal Japanese banquet that is unique to Yamagata, a region blessed with spring water from the majestic mountains and fertile land. You can enjoy the "Hana no Kaiseki" meal to your heart's content, with the main course being a rare Zao beef porcelain steak or the specialty suki-shabu hotpot, limited to four groups per day.
A must-visit spot is Warabe no Sato, where five extremely valuable storehouses that were relocated from various parts of Japan display valuable items that the inn has preserved over the years.