Otowaya Ryokan

Futon and pillow combo is a bit tough if you are western and used to a mattress. The hotel is a bit “local” I’d say, probably not massively suitable to non Japanese.

Super clean and staff was super helpful to book me a restaurant with their connections. Originally restaurant has refused to seat me.

A few small bugs crawling around the floor in the morning. But it wasn’t a big deal.

Japanese Traditional Ryokan with Onsen!

A little bit far from train station.

Good location. Host drove me to station on departure which I was not aware of so a nice surprise. Only room available when I booked was Japanese style which was authentic. Futon bed was comfortable and private bath and toilet were good. Did not eat in restaurant or use onsen so can't comment on those. Nice heavy curtains so able to block out exterior lights. Very quiet for sleeping.

TV only had a few Japanese channels so no good for English speakers. Had to ask how to use the air con as no English instructions. Had to ask for a higher chair to sit in of an evening as low chairs too awkward for an older person.

Room was spacious. Plenty of room for yoga, which is important to me when traveling.

Given that it was a traditional ryokan style, there wasn’t a comfortable chair to use a laptop or ipad.

Friendly staff, lovely accomodation, great traditional breakfast, hot springs in bath house.

When you arrive the Ryokan is dedicated to getting you on the slopes as fast as possible. Have arrangement that they call a minibus which takes you to the ski hire rental and then another minibus will take you on to one of the two ski start points

A nice little hotel in japanese style, with friendly staff that also could speak english. The outdoor onsen was lovely and surrounded by a little japanese garden.

The Japanese breakfast was very good with many small dishes. And to our surprise, the breakfast was almost completely different on the second day of our stay.