Ryokan Kutsuroginoya Yuu

Amazing traditional dinner and breakfast . Beautiful Onsen

Cold lighting unfortunately takes away a lot of the charm

The staff were very lovely and accommodating. One of us spoke Japanese and the other didn’t so we really appreciated the efforts of the staff trying to speak English and provide information in English. The food was incredible. We stayed for two nights and had wonderful breakfasts and dinners. Each day had different meals so we didn’t eat the same thing twice. We especially loved the private bath which was bookable through the front desk. Highly recommend giving it a go. The staff also kindly noted that it was ok to enter the shared baths despite having tattoos (so long as they are small). We had the room with maisonette and loved using the kotatsu (heated table) that was set up in the room.

One of the taps in our bathroom didn’t work very well and sputtered. If you’re sensitive to sound then you may be bothered by the mild road noise of car driving past outside (wasn’t an issue for me personally)

- Generous and qualitative food with interesting flavour. - Spacious room with private bath in the nature. - Beautiful public bath in the nature. - Dedicated personal with good English.

The staff were extremely courteous, the onsen was fabulous, the meal incredible. Highly recommend it for an authentic Japanese experience!

The ryokan is comfortable, warm, very clean, and has excellent facilities. The food was very good, and the baths were fantastic. I especially liked our private bath, and would have loved to have booked another day just so I could soak all day.

Getting there by bus was somewhat frightening. We took a bus from nearby Takayama, and were dropped off at Kumabokuchou bus stop. It then took an additional ten minutes of walking along a very busy mountain road with no sidewalk, cars and trucks driving very close by until we reached a gravel road. Because rolling luggage does not roll on gravel, I had to carry our (medium) luggage a good five minutes before we found the ryokan. There is a bus stop immediately outside the ryokan, but it only gets 4 or 6 buses per day. All that to say: take a taxi. It'll save you trouble.

Amazing Ryokan with a beautiful atmosphere, open air bath and exceptional dinner