Takamori Onsen Ondai no Yakata

Insider tip — Ondai no Yakata, the hot spring mansion, serves Takamori-machi in the Ina Valley at the foot of the Southern Alps where the Tenryu River begins its 213-kilometre journey to the Pacific. The Ina Valley is a microclimate paradise producing unique agricultural specialties including tenryu cedar lumber historically floated downriver and the traditional soybean-and-grain miso called Ina miso that has fermented in the valley for 400 years.