Osakaya Ryokan

Location and staff were really good and nice. Food was very good and good value.

Onsen baths were too hot to be enjoyable and the tap water and bath water was extremely hot where it was hard to even wash your hands.

This ryokan was truly beautiful. The room was very spacious, warm and clean. I loved the Japanese style rooms. The Ryokan kindly let us store our luggage there both before and after our check in/check out times and all the staff were extremely welcoming and kind. The private onsen was also beautiful and the Kaiseki dinner and breakfast was absolutely delicious.

Service was excellent, staff were very helpful and attentive. There is a private onsen available for reservation.

Slightly aged property, with wifi available only at the lobby.

Great location, spacious rooms, good service staff, parking availability and on-site onsen (indoor and outdoor).

Nil

location was perfect, they picked us up at the bus depot in kusatsu. The onsen was wonderful, it can be hot but that is why you go. I ENJOYED IT so did my husband, we try to go off time to get privacy female side had 2 outdoor type, one was outdoor, one was semi cave area, it was wonderful. BKFST was all a nice traditional japanese sit down bkfst sit down set meal. You have to like fish many meals had fish in it including bkfst. Dinner had both seafood and meat . Very good food. Sit down and pretty traditional Japanese meals. THIS is not a buffett , its a sit down upscale meals. We like roomy area since we stay at least 4 days at onsen, this was perfect. it had signs of aging but was very comfortable with tatami room for futon and table and a side room with a sitting area. BATH is a seperate room from toilet with a nice counter area for sink and vanity. WOULD have been nice to have a little stool in front of sink as a vanity. The HUGE window overlooked a wonderful tree area which leaves had changed to autumn color . KUSATSU is a hilly area . WE saw the water churning dance show and loved it. WE also went to near by outdoor onsen called Sai no Kawara which has a fee inside the park . The park is free and has a free footbath . This park has hot spring water creeks flowing and its very surreal and beautiful to visit. The outdoor bath is huge with limited amenities inside. YOU need to buy or pack a towel. Because the water is antibacterial quality , I noticed no real wash area, fyi. There is a discounted ticket if you choose to visit 3 onsen which we planned to go . WE enjoyed all 3 onsens. The 3 are Sai no Kawara , Goza no YU , and OHTAKI no YU. LOVED all very relaxing . OSAKAYA onsen was great and you don't need to do any other one . WE just happen to be an onsen nut. visiting temples and walking around was blissful. You don't have to do meals but we chose to be pampered. WE WERE.

OMG, getting here isn't easy BUT well worth it. GLAD we stayed 4 nights because it does take a lot to get there. Osakaya was worth it, they took care of us and were so accomodating and so contientious. The hilly area is harder to walk around for those with walking issues but its a laid back area so take your time and walk. ITS a good area to be since its close to the YUBATAKE onsen water field .