Hotel Shirakawa Yunokura

Great little ryokan by the river. Rooms felt very private, and a bit rustic. Breakfast was exactly what you would expect at a traditional ryokan. Staff were very accommodating, and tried their best to make sure i was satisfied, despite the language barrier at times.

Hard to justify the price for what was provided. The breakfast was well worth the price, but the property itself was very dated and showed its age. The bathhouse was nice, but it was just nice.

Large room spaces, comfortable futons, bathroom tub and shower were convenient, terrific dining in separate private room, all-night access to indoor/outdoor (separate gender) onsen was useful, wonderful customer service. In particular, the waitresses (dheika and her colleague from Vietnam) were always so kind and attentive. Huge meals. Easy free parking and very close to Edo Wonderland and forest walks. Nice to be in an older style traditional ryokan rather than the bigger glitzy hotel next door.

Nil.

Rooms are bigger than in pictures, great layout and amenities! I love the little basket you can take to the onsen. Both private onsens, wood and stone were gorgeous. If you’re going in the summer time, there will be mosquitoes so choose your onsen time wisely. They were okay with small tattoos for the public baths. Massage chairs to use free of charge and there’s a milk vending machine outside the gift shop. Dinner and breakfast were fantastic, so much variety and meals are different the next day. We were always so full after!

15min walk from Kinugawa Onsen Station (there is a dial bus available every 20min, ¥300, reservation only, book early or morning times get filled up).

while the town and hotel are a bit retro our stay here was superb. I think we were the only non Japanese guests during our stay and they made particular effort to have English speaking staff to greet us when we arrived and at breakfast. the room was beautiful; the furnishings are funky and the views were great. all you hear at night is the rushing of the river. the onsen was super, especially the outdoor bath. I could have soaked there all night. we didn’t get dinner there (went to Tomo sushi, yummy and an easy walk away) but the breakfast was great so I’m sure dinner would be too.

Great ryokan with a pervasive Japanese aesthetic that made everything feel very special while still having plenty of the amenities of a regular hotel. Easy walk from the train station across the cool bridge and the oni stairs. I highly recommend eating there as well since the private dining and great Japanese style meals were also quite excellent. Onsen was also nice, and the couple of massage chairs outside bathing area were a nice bonus. The room we got was pretty spacious for the two of us. A super nice experience overall!!!

Onsen

they gave us a room for smokers, but they knew we were with a kid. My daughter found two ashtrays in the room.