Seiryu-so

ケロサウナ 水風呂 夜まで遊べるプール 夜中も入れる温泉

宿泊料がもう少し抑えられたら最高

Ruim en schoon

Je mag officieel niet gebruik maken van de onsen, het zwembad en de sauna met tatoeages

C'est un ryokan traditionel japonais, très haut de gamme. Endroit superbe, perdu dans les montagnes, au milieu de la verdure et d'une rivière. Accueil exceptionnel : une équipe vous attend dans la cour à votre arrivée et vient vous saluer sur le pas de la porte à votre départ. Nous avons fréquenté pas mal d'hôtels à notre âge, jamais vécu une expérience aussi personnalisée de ce type. Les 4 onsen et l'énorme piscine sont super beaux et agréables. Les chambres traditionnelles sont néanmoins équipées de clim et de très grands lits ultra-confortables. Chambres très grandes avec un coin salon bien agréable.

Il manquait juste la possibilité de prendre des petits déjeuners mais c'est un détail vraiment mineur.

Fantastic traditional ryokan near Shimoda! If you want to experience traditional Japanese ryokan vibes, this place is for you. Would definitely stay here again. I loved my stay - so calm and peaceful. The staff was very welcoming and helpful. It has a lovely onsen (both for women and men) which is open late at night, a huge pool which is great for families. The room was extremely neat, and the interior was designed in a traditional Japanese style. The WC was in the room and public showers in onsen, as well as one private onsen with a shower that can be used at night for free (everything super neat). Just keep in mind that this ryokan is slightly out of Shimoda - if you are travelling from Shimoda you have to take a taxi from the train station (around EUR 8-9 one way) or rent a bike. There are some local buses that go to Rendaiji as well. They have a couple of e-bikes on site for rent, however, as I understood, there is a regulation (applied everywhere) that you have to come back with a bike by 5 pm. Rendaiji train station is around 10 min away on foot, or they organise shuttles - thus a great location if you want to explore Izu peninsula more. Note that if you do not take dinner on site, there are not many dinner options nearby, you either have to go to Shimoda or to 7/11 (around 10 min on foot from the property).

Not the hotel's fault, but I booked a massage, and it was of very poor quality and quite pricey.

lovely staff and awesome Onsen

nothing to mention

The staff was phenomenal. They help you bring in your luggage when checking in and carry your luggage out when checking out. They offer a shuttle service on the day of your check-out either to Rendaiji station or to Shimoda station. Even if you don't take the shuttle service, it's about a 10-minute walk from Rendaiji station, so it's not too bad. Each day of my stay, staff at the front desk would also give us little snacks each time we returned to the inn. It was cute and frankly quite nice. When leaving for the day to visit places like Shimoda, Kawazu, or other areas, you need to turn your key in at the front desk so that they can keep track of when you leave and return for the day. They also said it's so guests don't lose their room key while out and about, which makes 100% sense. The onsens were soothing and healing. I unfortunately didn't pack a swimsuit, so I couldn't use the garden area, which had a swimming pool and multiple saunas, but that's not something that worried me too much. I did hear from other guests that the pools were heated, which I find to be a good thing in case you have kids that wanna swim in the pool during winter.

I didn't understand how breakfast and dinner worked at this place. I was pretty sure I booked my stay to have breakfast and dinner, but the staff had kept telling me that both were already fully booked and they kept apologizing, saying that I couldn't have breakfast or dinner. I ultimately ended up eating convenient store food for breakfast and dinner a majority of the time with my friends, which wasn't too pleasing. Another other downside was that there's no laundry, so make sure to either pack enough clothes, or do laundry before arriving. There is coin laundry services, but they're about 15-20 minutes away by walking, so it's a bit hard and uncomfortable to do travel just to clean your clothes. Finally, not relating to the inn, but everything around it closes around 7 p.m, so if you're out late and want to eat dinner, you're either going to need an early dinner or eat somewhere else before returning (unless you do somehow get the dinner plan at the inn).