Room was excellent. Meals were a great selection. Hosts were very friendly. Fantastic value!

Nothing to dislike!

Friendly staff, diner and breakfast were excellent. Locastion of the property is great for starting the trail and exploring Magome.

As it is an old style inn it is quite noisy.

Very nice and authentic place to stay. Very friendly hosts. Good food!

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Amazing property, and super cute. The food is absolutely spectacular. Tasty, well displayed and very large portions. Having the private usage of the bath was also great, especially after hiking there from Tsumago. It is honestly like living in a Japanese fairytale or myth. Our family truly loved this place, and the entire experience was the highlight of the trip. Oh, we also got a room with a private toilet, I think the only one in the property, so that was a win! If you see this place as available, book it. Staff are kind, helpful, and super nice. And there was a beautiful welcome song at dinner.

My wife & I stayed at Tajimaya for one night on our Nakasendo Trail walk. The ryokan is beautiful and located right on the main street in Magome. The staff were so friendly and kind. Our stay included both breakfast and dinner and the food was great... fresh, healthy and filling. The private bath was very nice. They required you to reserve a 1/2 hour time slot upon arrival.

Our room was on the top floor and the men's bathroom was in the basement and there were two flights of steep stairs to get down to it. Not a huge deal but if you have trouble with stairs this could be very challenging! There was no coffee at breakfast that we saw but the tea was great! Our tatami room was a split where the sleeping and lounge areas were next to each other but you had to leave through the sliding door into the hallway to go to each one. I'm not sure if all the rooms are this way but it was a bit odd.

Sato and Kayoko are wonderful hosts. Thanks for explaining traditions , singing and dancing :-) They cared for everyone and all requests were answered immediately. Please note ,that it can be cold in the room/ryokan at night ,without using the AC, if you stay in colder season as it s an old traditional house. Use some warm sleeping clothes. We would come again for sure, if we are in the area! :)

The Tajimaya is lovely and authentic! We used google translate to communicate with the staff, who were so nice. We took the train from Tokyo to Nakatsugawa, where there were taxis outside. We used google translate to taxi to Magome. (There is also a bus, but we didn’t want to wait for it.) We dropped our bags off and walked the Nakasendo to Tsumago, then took a taxi back to Magome. There is a bus, but the last one had gone by the time we arrived in Tsumago. The dinner and traditional Japanese breakfast were so good! All the guests wore the yukata we were provided to dinner. After dinner, there was a traditional Japanese celebration dance. The rooms were cozy and comfortable, and the shared bathrooms had plenty of toilets and sinks.

everything amazing, the bathroom the rooms ,the host are some of the best in our trip . the Japanese dinner we enjoy it a lot . we are a family of 5

Loved the he tradition Guest Inn, especially the Dinner and Breakfast….they were exceptional!

very clean. convenient location, generous and gentle host. took great care of us and made great efforts to ensure our safety due to the snowing. the dinner and breakfast were excellent. the room was very comfortable even during the cold winter.

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Hara-San is an amazing host. He teached us a typical samurai dance and it was very fun and interesting. It was a very nice way to learn the culture of the region. Also, the food was excelent and felt super comfortable.

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Great location, friendly staff, the meals were awesome too!

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Very clean top location bedding was thick, clean and very comfortable

This is a lovely old inn but renovated to remove the old Japanese architecture. Not much soul of the old place left.

Excellent multi-course dinner and breakfast. Perfect location in the hillside Nakasendo post-town of Magome and right on the walking trail. Beautiful views in all directions.

Would have liked seat backs for the zabuton cushions in the room. Walls a bit thin.

Food was phenomenal. Some of the best Japanese food I’ve eaten in Japan.

The hotel is old. In a charming and interesting way of course. But if you’re after a modern, chic ryokan experience, this place is definitely on the traditional end of the spectrum.

Meals were prepared with great dedication and both presentation and taste were amazing. The rooms are very traditional and perfectly well maintained, and the Japanese bath in the evening was an unexpected highlight.

The Ryokan is in the center of Magome, an absolutely scenic wonderland. This hotel is in the center of this wonderland. The rice we had for dinner and breakfast are homemade! Staff are kind but they stayed within safety distance, sometime you can't see them but you can hear them :) I felt alone in the whole town. If you get early (you have to because the breakfast is 7:30) and walk around in the town, your only companions will be birds.

I went by the beginning of summer, but it was quite cold in the morning (I'm ok with) even it was about 25 degrees during daytime. But for people who want to stay in the winter, better to prepare warmer clothes.

Great location and well kept. Good dinner and breakfast!

Room was a tad too small even though it was for two person.

Great location, delicious meals and very warm hospitality!

Lovely staff. Excellent breakfast and dinner. Central location in Magome, close to start of Magome-Tsumago trail. Although English is almost non-existent, this causes no communication problems at all. Just such a great place to stay.

Location right in the centre of the picturesque town of Magome. Was nice to walk to town at night when quiet with lights. Unique style of accomodation. We were given two rooms, one for sleeping and one as the lounge room with a table in it to relax and drink tea etc. Friendly staff. Huge dinner and breakfast (don’t eat too much lunch before you stay here!) This is a Ryokan so has shared bathroom facilities.

Ok for us but has lots of stairs so may not suit everyone. One of the rooms smelt a bit funny.