We love everything, and only important to note to request breakfast least 24 hours in advance.

Akiko was so kind and helpful. The traditonal room was comfortable and spacious, and we like having a private toliet. There are rooms with private showers/ baths, but we didn't need it because showered at the onsen. We absolutely loved our nightly onsen experience. We had Japanese breakfast one morning, and it was a special and delicious experience.

Stayed in March 2025

Nothing - stay was perfect

An absolutely beautiful ryokan. Perfect location. Indoor and outdoor onsen were well maintained and very peaceful given the limited number of rooms at the property. The owner was incredibly helpful with organizing anything we needed (dinner reservations, luggage transfers, taxis). The breakfast every morning was something to look forward to. Can’t recommend this ryokan highly enough. The highlight of our stay in Japan.

Stayed in March 2025

Cosy and amazing Ryokan! Staff and food great too. Right by the Yu walkway. Highly recommend

Stayed in February 2025

Location was perfect - short walk to the bus stop, restaurants, and to the moving walkway up to the mountain. Hotel was a beautiful, historical ryokan. Our room had a lovely sitting area looking over the road - perfect for a cup of tea. Staff was very accommodating.

Stayed in February 2025

Bathroom was a little small but very clean

The host was very friendly and welcoming in a very authentic Japanese setting. The location was fantastic.

Stayed in March 2025

Kind and helpful hostess , Great Japanese breakfast, convenient location to ski lift and village centre

Stayed in February 2025

It was perfect we were not use to no ensuite showers

Amazing and historic

Stayed in January 2025

Because it is a ryokan. There was no communal area

A wonderful traditional ryokan, perfectly positioned close to the ski slopes. It had a wonderful Onsen.

Stayed in April 2024

Everything was great

Super good service and pretty hotel. We had a very amazing and traditional experience.

Stayed in February 2024

There was no shower in our room. And the bedding needed more futon layers.

I appreciate that the breakfast is Japanese style, but most of it was cold. I prefer hot breakfast options.

Stayed in January 2024

I’m not used to the bedding on tatami mats so found them a little hard.

Historic traditional ryokan with beautiful onsen and fantastic service. Full Japanese set breakfasts in your groups private dining room. Wet snow clothes taken away and dried for you. A really special place.

Stayed in January 2024

It was an excellent experience and recommend highly. So close to the main street and the ski access of Yu road. The Cafe Shiro across the road is amazing. The private onsen is reasonably to stay there on its own.

Stayed in January 2024

The only limitation of the room was that the internet was patchy or non-functional (it worked well downstairs).

Overall, it was a lovely stay and provided a beautiful traditional Japanese experience and were glad we found this gem on Powderhounds. We stayed in a washitsu which was rather spacious and had a nice Japanese style sitting area. We requested an extra futon each (as we typically do unless there are extra futons in the cupboard) to make sleeping on the floor more comfortable, and then it was great. We had a private bath and toilet, although I don’t think we used the former considering the amazing onsen. The onsen baths were lovely. Despite the ryokan only having 9 guest rooms, the indoor bath was larger than some of the Nozawa public onsen baths, and then there was a small outdoor bath for each gender as well. We might have had onsen soaks about three times a day! Breakfast in a private dining room was fantastic and included lots of different Japanese creations. After breakfast, they brought coffee up to our room. This was just one element of the amazing service levels, which included bringing our luggage to and from the carpark (which was undercover and a rarity for Nozawa), accompanying us to breakfast each morning (it would be easy to get lost in the inn!), and fetching ski boots etc.

Stayed in February 2023

Location is fantastic, a few minutes walk to the yui ropeway and straight to the ski area. Also in town so walking distance to restaurants and cafes. Service was so good, the staff even offered us use of their wellingtons over our regular shoes on a particularly heavy snowy day, which was excellent advice as the snow was deep enough that we would have got all wet. Onsen also beautiful after a long day. Will definitely stay again. Arigato gozaimasu!!!

Stayed in January 2023

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