Takayama-shi

Takayama-shi, Japan

Wanosato

A 160-year-old ryokan outside Takayama awarded a Michelin Key in 2024, Wanosato occupies a forested mountain setting where minka architecture — pressed-earth walls, uncut timber floors, roofs covered in lichen — frames eight rooms of considered comfort. The journey itself is part of the proposition: Takayama sits four and a half hours from Tokyo by train, and the ryokan runs a complimentary shuttle from the station.