Guest house and café SOY

𝟏. 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Seven years ago, I moved to Takayama with my parents and started Guest House Soy. The building, more than 100 years old, was built in traditional Hida style(Hida no Takumi). We renovated it, but we left the original pillars and other old objects untouched. Old Japanese houses are very popular among overseas tourist. Sometimes we have guests interested in seeing the architecture used to build this house.
We have a Guest House and a cafe. The cafe space is on the ground floor, the Guest House on the first floor. Most of the cafe customers are locals, while about 90% of the guest house customers are tourists from overseas. During summer, Europe, the United States, or Australia guests are numerous. During winter, we have guests mainly from Asia.
We serve breakfast for our guests. We use Hida typical ingredients, such as vegetables and serve homemade dishes that are light and healthy.

𝟐. 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬

We have been running the business for 6 years. It has been a great experience to meet many kind of people. I am also grateful to my guests because they often introduce Guest house Soy to their friends.
The best memory I have was when I we had a guest from Tokyo. He was a Canadian, living in Japan, working for the United Nations and he could speak six languages. He came from Tokyo by bicycle for a day. I was very surprised and it was very nice to get to know him.

𝟑. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤

It is hard to maintain of the building. The pillars are very thick. Nowadays they are almost not made anymore.

𝟒. 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐚

I like Sky Park the most. I often take guests there. It is the perfect spot to look at Takayama from above.

𝟓. 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬

There are 3 rooms and all are private rooms. If there are many guests, we will have a different schedule for each guest breakfast time or have them eat in separate rooms. We also measure body temperature and provide alcohol. The staff is wearing masks.