Takahan Ryokan is a historic ryokan (Japanese inn) located in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.[1] The inn is over 800 years old.[1] The inn has an onsen (bath) called "Tamago no Yu" (English: egg-water) that is supplied by natural hot springs with a slight amount of sulfur.[1] The inn has approximately 20,000 annual visitors, many of whom visit to soak in Tamago no Yu.[1]
The setting for the book Snow Country authored by Yasunari Kawabata is based upon Takahan Ryokan's location.[1] The inn has preserved the room that Kawabata stayed and wrote in when he was there,[2] along with some of the author's personal effects.[3]