Iwamura Guest House Yanagiya

This place is so beautiful, traditional style rooms and sliding doors, lots of natural wood. It felt like I was in a luxury hotel! The woman who ran in was so kind and friendly, I loved my stay here. I stayed here to hike a portion of the Nakasendo Way- Magome to Tsumago. It’s not close, you have to go to take like 2 or 3 transits to get there, I think it was like 2 hours to get there if I remember. It’s an old, traditional Japanese village- the buildings are really cool. There wasn’t much going on though while I was there, not many restaurants open. I ended up stocking up on food from 7/11 in Ena or Nakatsugawa I think it was to take back with me because there aren’t any stores like that in Iwamura that I found. You can get cash out from the ATM at the post office. This was a very peaceful place and a cool insight into a non-touristy area of Japanese life. Would definitely recommend this accommodation.

We really enjoyed our stay. If you are looking for a traditional experience this is the place. The village and the hostel in general is very cute. The only downside are the beds (traditional Japanese style) that are not really comfortable, you can hear everyone in the hostel as the room are separated by traditional paper doors. But you meet a lot of very nice people and socially it’s a really good opportunity

築100年の商家を再生したゲストハウス 　築100年の商家を使ったゲストハウスで、重伝建に指定された岩村町本通りのほぼ中央にある。客室は8畳の個室と2段ベッドのある男女別のドミトリー。共用施設として洗面所、設備の整ったダイニングキッチン、談話室、母屋と別に2つのシャワー室のある浴場がある。古民家の姿を残しながら清潔で使いやすく再生されていて、外国人にも人気のようで、宿泊した日にもドイツ人のカップルが宿泊していた。ここを管理されている女性がとても親切な方で、居心地が一層良かった。 　立地している岩村町本通りは重伝建に指定され古い街並みを見ながらの散策が楽しい。食事処、居酒屋、コンビニも徒歩圏内で食事場所の心配はない。日本三大山城に数えられる岩村城は徒歩で片道40分程度。重伝建の街歩きとセットで訪れる事をお勧めする。

ゆっくりできました。夏でしたがエアコンがなくても十分過ごせる環境でした