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9.8/10
Outstanding
GGuest UserNice, modern and new hotel in Kinosaki onsen with great hospitality from the hotel owner and his staff. I was welcomed by the owner at the door when I arrived, and they even prepared a beautiful greeting card on my arrival. Welcome drink was provided and the owner recommended good restaurants and provided the USP of each onsen in Kinosaki. The room is spacious, clean and new! I especially like the Japanese style of the hotel. Yutaka and 1-day onsen pass were provided for my stay. As the next day I had to move to another hotel, the owner very kindly helped me to transport my luggage to another hotel near the JR station.
Overall, excellent stay, excellent people and excellent breakfast! :)
Would love to visit Kinosaki onsen again and stay with Utsuroi Tsuchiya.
GGuest UserNot far from Kinosaki Station, reachable within 10 minutes, only 100m on the left side street of the city; there are various yukatas to choose from when shopping (close up + feel old and faded, the same style as some hotels (vest jacket contrasts with the gap). The shop is always old inside, and it is surprising that there is a lack of USB plugs in this era. The dinner for two nights is ordinary, with a few crab legs (not fresh enough), and the sashimi fish meat is actually ribbed, but the sashimi restaurant at the corner of the street is flat and delicious! The room is full of meat smell when eating ta tami in the treasure room, and the smell of meat is also everywhere when sleeping. I also found that Japan, especially here, also employs many foreign workers. My sister said that she has been here for 10 months from Vietnam, and she is full of smiles. There is still room for improvement.
MMeiky FuThis elegant Japanese-style inn boasts spacious and refined rooms and a comfortable onsen (hot spring bath). The meal package includes two meals a night, featuring luxurious and delicious dishes. During the autumn and winter seasons, a snow crab feast is served. The inn is a 10-15 minute walk from Kinosaki Onsen town, and the inn provides complimentary tickets to seven outdoor baths in the town.
GGuest UserOverall, a wonderful place. We highly recommend it. It was a wonderful walk from the station to the hotel, and we were greeted with the utmost courtesy, explained everything, and shown around. We were shown to our room and given instructions. We booked a traditional room with futons, and the view from the window was simply stunning. The onsen includes two hot springs, a comfortable changing area with massage chairs, a sauna, and a cold plunge pool. They give free passes to seven public baths in the village. There's a shuttle that takes you to various walking spots. The prices are reasonable. The breakfast buffet was wonderful. We were very satisfied and would love to come back!
GGuest UserWhat a fantastic ryokan! We spent a long time choosing where to stay in Kinosaki – my husband and I both have a lot of large tattoos, so Kinosaki was the perfect onsen village option for us, as all the onsens here are tattoo-friendly, even if you have very large and numerous tattoos. In the end, we decided to stay at Yuraku and were absolutely delighted! The hotel is located a short distance from the station and the main street (literally a 5-minute walk), which was a huge plus for us – it’s secluded, surrounded by a beautiful forest, quiet and peaceful. The hotel itself is beyond praise: it’s beautiful inside, the rooms are incredible, and the window offers a stunning view of a small pond with a waterfall and the forest. The kaiseki restaurant exceeded all expectations – incredibly delicious and very filling; we practically crawled out of the restaurant. You can choose several convenient dinner and breakfast time slots. The staff is very polite, friendly, and pleasant. A special bonus are the onsens within the hotel itself; After we'd explored all the public onsen (you'll be given a special card upon check-in that gives you free entry to any public onsen in Kinosaki), we decided to check out the onsen at the ryokan itself. You can book a private one for free, but we went ahead and checked out the public ones. There wasn't a single person in either the men's or women's onsen. The women's section has a stunning outdoor plunge pool under a canopy amid a bamboo grove—it's truly something! Plus, as a bonus, you can book a free hot tub for two when you check in. You can choose between a flower-infused or fruit-infused bath. Absolutely fantastic! Honestly, it was one of the highlights of our entire trip, and we highly recommend this ryokan!
GGuest UserHotel room has good views but location is a bit far from the town centre. There are free shuttle bus to Onsen and train station.
Hotel staff are super friendly and service is very nice.
The dinner is very delicious and fulfilling.
GGuest UserThis is the fourth time I have stayed, and I have to stay in Chengqi but the horse house. The warm hospitality of the proprietress and staff, as well as a rich one berth and two meals, is satisfying. Note that only one child under 6 years old can be accommodated in each room.
PPiwatUpon arrival, the hotel gave us 2 free tickets for aquarium next to the hotel. Staff were very friendly and helpful with parking valet and our luggage. The room we were in had an amazing view and it is spacious. It’s a Japanese style room and the staff had to come to put out futon for us around dinner time. Communal bath is big with an outdoor onsen. We noticed that they use salt water in the bath and onsen instead of chlorinated water like many other onsen hotel we have stayed in the past. There are 2 restaurants in the hotel but they open rather late at 7 and 8 pm so we didn’t get to try them. Breakfast were the same the whole we stay but they are pretty decent so there is no complaints. I would consider this to be one of the best hotel we have stayed during our trip there.
SShadoWofAlex357A good ryokan. The room was large and comfortable, and the staff were polite.
Even though the hotel is very old (you can feel it in places), it's very clean and cozy.
The koi on the terrace are a bit of a mixed bag:
The koi are beautiful, but they look scared and have very little space. I didn't get any aesthetic pleasure from them – I was more worried.
Pros:
- Amazing service
- Very atmospheric room
- Fantastic kaiseki dinner
- Good breakfast
- A pass is provided for all local onsens (you'll need to pay a symbolic 400 yen per visit to the onsens, but there are no restrictions on how many onsens you can visit, and you can even visit them for a couple of hours after check-out).
Cons:
- No smoking in the room or on the room's terrace (this is probably because their Gonzaemon hotel, where you *could* smoke, burned down nearby).
- The air conditioner only heats the main room; the other rooms (hallway, bathroom, toilet) are very cold.
- The hot tub is very small (it's photographed in a way that makes it look bigger).
- The convenience store (combini) is very far away.
- There are shared hot springs and a private bath in the adjacent building (you need to book in advance, and the last entry is at 11 PM).
- The yukatas are rather simple compared to other local ryokans.
KKangfushishuijing- LeonaThe location is superb, nestled in an alley next to Jizo-yu (a traditional Japanese bath), quiet and away from the main street, so there's no noise from passing cars or the clatter of wooden clogs.
Check-in is at 4 PM. Arriving early might mean no one's there; just leave your luggage at the door and wander around. There are security cameras everywhere, so it's very safe.
Rooms vary in size; your assigned room is entirely based on luck. But rest assured, each room has its own unique character, very Japanese, with fragrant tatami mats and thoughtful touches.
For one night's stay, each person receives two bath passes, so plan accordingly: one in the afternoon, one in the guesthouse's private bath in the evening, and one in the public bath at 7 AM the next day, then you can leave.
The meals were surprisingly delicious, all Japanese home-style dishes. We were lucky enough to get snow crab, which we loved.
The only inconvenience was communication. None of the staff at this family-run guesthouse spoke English, and even translation software wasn't accurate. Basically, they spoke their Japanese, I spoke my English, and my friend spoke Chinese—a three-way conversation! However, the owners were very welcoming.