Kawayu Onsen Fujiya

Location: Hongu-cho Kawayu 1452, Hongu, jp

Star Rating: 4 Stars

Property Type: Ryokans

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 03:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Check-out: 10:00 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Free beach shuttle
• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Parking
• Non-smoking rooms
• Air conditioning
• Family rooms
• Lift / Elevator
• Safety deposit box
• Fax/photocopying
• Massage services
• Table tennis
• Public Bath
• Free wired internet
• Self parking (surcharge)
• Free beach shuttle
• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Spa tub (surcharge)
• Internet access
• Fishing nearby
• Accessible shuttle
• No accessible shuttle

Rooms Available

• Japanese-Style Room-Special Offer

  The quadruple room features air conditioning, tatami, as well as a private bathroom boasting a bath and a shower. The quadruple room provides a flat-screen TV, a seating area, a safe deposit box, heating as well as river views. The unit has 4 futons.

  Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • Telephone
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Refrigerator
  • Seating Area
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Tatami (traditional Japanese flooring)

• Luxury Twin Room with Open-Air Bath

  Fitted with luxurious open-air bath, modern décor and Western beds. This air-conditioned larger room comes with a flat-screen TV, a fridge and an electric kettle. Toiletries are included in the private bathroom.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Telephone
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Slippers
  • Electric kettle

• Deluxe Twin Room with Open-Air Bath

  Fitted with luxurious open-air bath, modern décor and Western beds. This air-conditioned room comes with a flat-screen TV, a fridge and an electric kettle. Toiletries are included in the private bathroom.

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Telephone
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Slippers
  • Electric kettle

• Japanese-Style Room

  The quadruple room provides air conditioning, tatami, as well as a private bathroom featuring a bath and a shower. The quadruple room features a flat-screen TV, a seating area, a safe deposit box, heating as well as river views. The unit offers 4 futons.

  Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • Telephone
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Refrigerator
  • Seating Area
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Tatami (traditional Japanese flooring)

Guest Reviews

• Sveva (6/5): - Old facility and food very average
• Géraldine (9/5): - Le cadre, L’onsen, la disponibilité du personnel. La formule buffet. La nuit a été courte à cause de l’alarme incendie, ça arrive !
• Emiliano (10/5): -
• Angela (9/5): Karakteristiek en comfortabel onsen-hotel, met streekkeuken - Mooie binnen - en buiten onsen - je kunt ook in de rivier voor de deur je eigen ‘bad samenstellen’: kuil dieper graven voor warmer water, stenen verleggen voor extra koud water. Sfeervolle en ruime tatami-kamer. Uit de keuken mooie kaiseki-maaltijd, zowel diner als ontbijt.
• beth (8/5): -
• Siu Ting (7/5): - 因為下雨，我們提前到達酒店門下，那時才1點，但員工已讓我們提前入住。我們選了附私人風呂的房間，真的很棒。 設施比較陳舊。而且沒有提供樽裝水，我們需要去vending machine買水。價格比較貴。
• Takanobub (7/5): -
• MASAMI (3/5): こんなものか！評価は信用できない！ - 部屋のお風呂 ベッド 食事が良くない。特に朝食！ ベッドは良かったが色々面で細かい配慮がなされていない。
• ZHANG (8/5): 地点非常好，服务一般 - 晚餐非常不错，温泉很干净，提供免费的接送。 性价比一般，尤其服务很一般。
• Leon (9/5): -
• Vanessa (10/5): -
• Clément (10/5): - Super emplacement au bord de la rivière onsen avec des repas somptueux et plusieurs onsen disponibles de bonne qualité
• simone (10/5): -
• 川越 (3/5): 遠くまで行ったのに残念だった。 - お部屋から川が見れてロケーションは良かった。 金額の割にお食事がしょうびんだった。 金額の安い民宿でももっと 豪華な食事が出る。建物や環境に関しては古くても良いが、お食事は一番楽しみにしているものなので、もう少し工夫した方が良い。
• Nikita (2/5): -
• Minna (9/5): -
• giuseppina (9/5): Ottimo soggiorno - Onsen privato in camera, la terrazza Lo staff del salone principale e della terrazza Il front desk Bettei, receptionists in kimono, scortesi e inadeguate.
• Yoshiro (9/5): 良かった。 - 食事が適量で美味しかった。 日本酒は一合瓶で良かった。
• Grace (9/5): Perfect base for exploring the kumano - We stayed in the private onsen room and it was amazing. Morning soaks overlooking the forest. The views are amazing. Dinner and breakfast was also great.
• Hugo (9/5): -
• Jackie (8/5): Nice easy location - Spacious room with our own private onsen was a plus! The room had a nice view of the river and the food was good. We were surprised how much dirt was in room and hotel elevators. For the price we paid, it should have been sparkling clean everywhere...not just surface cleaning. The next morning after our 1st onsen the night we arrived, the private onsen had all sorts of things floating in it. Don't know if it was accumulated algae or what, bit wasn't so appealing. Again, for the price we paid, we really should have gotten a place that was super clean.
• Alejandro (9/5): Unique - Dinner was so good! very traditionar. A lot of fooooooood We took the private Onsen for 45 mins, great price grate experience, plus the experiences of going to the river with a shovel and build your own its so unique loved it. Hotel is great, staffs great, location is great, wish they could modernize a bit the facilities, i can understand its an old hotel and it dosent bother at all but could be nice maybe getting it a bit more new stuff keeping the traditional style it has which is lovely
• Ren shou (7/5): 值得入住的特色溫泉飯店 - 在深山中晚餐準備的料理很好吃，河流岸邊就是溫泉且挖開沙子，就有溫泉泡，喝熱水的溫度就好像三溫暖的冷水一樣很刺激，溫泉但是太燙了很特別第一次已經驗，飯店內的論溫泉泡起來很舒服， 早上飯店服務員，怕我們來不及坐上公車，我是台擁擠幫我們準備了接駁巴士備用，很貼心 早餐的料理有些簡單沒有特色，可惜了
• EddypChen (10/5): - 房間內的桌子灰塵有點多，其他都很好
• 山本 (9/5): - 食事と露天風呂♨️が良かった。大女将とのはなしは楽しかったです。 部屋の空調の調整が効かなかった。
• Rebecca (9/5): - Der Service war außergewöhnlich freundlich. Die Lage direkt am Fluss mit den heißen „Löchern“ war ein echtes Erlebnis. Das Essen und auch das Onsen wunderbar!
• Juan Rafael (9/5): Onsen cerca de Hongu Taisha - La habitación con onsen privado en exterior es fantástica. El trato siempre perfecto, sobre todo el personal en la cena y el desayuno. No poder quedarnos una noche más
• Brake (10/5): Soak the tired bones - Fantastic value for money! We stayed here for 2 nights on our Kumono Kodo walk too soak our tired bones. I wish we could have stayed longer. This was an authentic Japanese experience with onsen indoors, outdoors and natural by the river. The rooms were traditional Japanese style and the food was fantastic, great value and served by friendly staff. We made use of the shuttle to Hongu Taisha and Hossihinomin-oji.The local bus stop is right in front. This is a very traditional Japanese style onsen which suited us
• SHINNOSUKE (8/5): - 仙人風呂の近い立地、昔ながらの温泉宿の佇まい お風呂が全体的に古かった
• Renate (9/5): -
• Naoko (8/5): -
• Lance (10/5): -
• FABRICE (4/5): A éviter, hôtel vétuste - Les repas sont copieux pour le reste voir ci-dessous. Très déçu par cet hôtel où nous avions séjourné il y a une quinzaine d'années et qui nous avait laissé un merveilleux souvenir. Mais cette fois-ci, quelle catastrophe. Arrivés devant l'entrée à 12:30, un panneau indique que le check-in est à 15:00, hall d'accueil vide et toutes lumières éteintes, donc pas très accueillant. A 15:00, au check-in on nous expédie rapidement avec un minimum d'informations sans nous montrer les espaces communs, ni petit thé d'accueil comme c'est la tradition dans la plupart des ryokans. Nous avions réservé la même catégorie de chambre (Modern Kumano avec bain extérieur sur le balcon), une catégorie supérieure à pres de 400 € la nuit en demi-pension, et découvrons une chambre vétuste, murs sales, salle de bain dégoûtante, bain extérieur avec baignoire en bois très abîmée. Vitres sales. Nous étions 9 clients au total dans cet hôtel mais cela semblait déjà trop pour le personnel. Le matin de notre départ, nous avons demandé à restituer la chambre 1h plus tard que le check-out (10:00) car notre bus passait à 11:17. Refus catégorique (je rappelle : 9 clients !!!). A 10:00 précise, coup de téléphone dans la chambre quand nous fermions la porte pour nous rappeler que c'est l'heure de remettre les clés à l'accueil et payer la note. Après paiement on nous autorise à attendre notre bus dans le hall d'entrée, lumières éteintes. Soudain, la réceptionniste surgit à 10:30 pour nous expliquer que notre bus a changé ses horaires et qu'il arrivait dans 6 mn. Nous voilà nous dépêchant pour rejoindre l'arrêt mais point de bus.... les horaires n'avaient pas changé, c'est juste que la personne ne voulait pas nous "surveiller" depuis son poste. Hôtel à éviter dorénavant. D'ailleurs apparemment il n'accueille plus grand monde. Nous comprenons aujourd'hui pourquoi.
• Stacie (8/5): The food and the Onsen were so wonderful! - Meals were amazing! One of us has a fish allergy and the cook did a great job preparing alternative foods. The walls in the toilet room and shower room were stained and looked dirty.
• Anna (10/5): -
• FEIFEI (8/5): -
• QI (7/5): -
• Kalayanee (8/5): -
• Steve (10/5): Excellent. - The Omakase dinner was never ending !! So much food. The server was very gracious and kind. We both had tattoos and the staff said it was ok for foreigner travelers. The rooms and onsens were spotless.
• Cheng Yu (10/5): Perfect. I want to come back again soon - Not crowded Nothing
• Kenji (7/5): いい宿でした。 - 清潔で料理が美味しい フロントの日本人男性が無愛想
• Darryl (10/5): -
• Sanae (7/5): 良かった - 部屋に露天風呂があった あちこち埃が溜まってる もう少し清掃に力を入れほしい
• boyu (8/5): -
• Boaz (10/5): מעולה - מקום מקסים, צוות אדיב ומקצועי מאוד ואוכל מעולה
• Allen (8/5): -
• Beverley (7/5): -
• jun wei (9/5): -
• Rut (10/5): Je recommande - Personnel a l’écoute et attentif.
• Steve (7/5): Traditional Japanese onsen - Friendly staff, clean and tidy. Great location and outlook for getting away from the crowds. Natural river bed onsen is truly unique. Hotel decor is a bit tired. Would have been very nice when new but is a bit old and due for a cosmetic refresh. Warning for non Japanese guests, Meals are traditional Japanese with no menu or deviation from the chef's plan.
• Asher (10/5): מלון שהואחוויה מיוחדת בקומאנו קודו - מלון ריוקאן מקסים בטבע על הנהר במיקום טוב ליציאות כוכב למסלולים בקומאנו קודו. לקחנו חדר מרווח מאד, מעוצב עם מרפסת ואמבטיה של מי מעיינות חמים במרפסת אל הנוף, חוויה מיוחדת. ארוחות ערב קייסקי מגוונות ואיכותיות. שירות אישי מעבר לציפיות. דאגו לנו כשלא הגענו בזמן לארוחת בוקר. נהג השאטל הפרטי של המלון לקח אותנו לנקודת יציאה למסלול הליכה ודאג להוביל אותנו לפני כן לחניית הרכב השכור דלנו בנקודת סיום המסלול כדי שיהיה לנו נוח לחזור ממנה למלון.
• Peter (8/5): Bra mat frukost och middag. Läget var bra, lugnt och tyst - Bra utgångspunkt för vandringar på Kumano kodo. Gratis parkering. Bad i floden direkt utanför hotellet var fantastiskt
• Beverley (7/5): -
• Philippe (10/5): Séjour très agréable - Sa situation, calme, au bord d’une rivière. Proche de chemins de randonnée (Kumano Kodo). Dîner traditionnel très riche. Les Onsens agréables. Rien. Mieux vaut être prévenu : la route est très sinueuse et parfois étroite. Pour mon âge, le futon au sol, c’est un peu dur.
• CHIUNGHUA (8/5): 整體來講很舒適，飯店位置很完美 - 溫泉讚，服務人員非常親切 餐點中太多麻糬
• Marc (9/5): Perfekt für Zwischenstopp auf dem Kumano Kodo - Schönes ruhiges Hotel am Fluss. Gute Erreichbarkeit von Kumano Hongu Taisha, Yanumine Onsen und dem Einstieg zum Kumano nach Koguchi. Perfekt für einen Tag Zwischenstop. Man kann sich direkt vor der Tür ein eigenes kleines Onsen im Fluss buddeln. Die Dinner sind unfassbar gut, japanisches Frühstück ist für Profis. Abzüge nur beim Preis, der ist schon recht hoch. Und man könnte sich noch was ausdenken, dass jeder nach dem Essen seine eigenen Schlappen wiederfindet.
• Haley (10/5): Beautiful location and delicious food! - The location is amazing. Right on the river where you can dig your own hot spring was perfect. The food was great and women serving the meals were the absolute sweetest! We had the private onsen which I highly recommend! The hotel could definitely use a fresh coat of paint or two. Nothing that should deter from booking. It was all very clean, just could use a refresh and polishing!
• Linda (8/5): -
• Daniel (10/5): - Lanzadera al Hongu Taisha. Onsen interior y exterior, y además baño termal natural en el río. Cena y desayuno muy buenos. Ideal si estás haciendo el Kumano Kodo. Todo perfecto
• Vered (9/5): חוויה מקסימה המיקום ליד הנהר האונסן הארוחות - מומלץ - חוויה מיוחדת אונסן בטבע מיקום ליד הנהר ארוחות בוקר וערב מושקעות ביותר ומיוחדות אין שום חנות מזון בקרבת מקום מזרן הפוטון לא נוח בדיעבד היינו מעדיפים מיטה מערבית וחבל שהצוות לא סיפר שיש עוד מזרונים בארון
• Ruby (10/5): -
• emil (8/5): - The room private onsen was amazing, and the shower too! Big and clean rooms The dinner and the breakfast is not compatible to the western pallet.. it’s nice to do traditional dinner and breakfast but this was little to many
• Will (6/5): -
• Maria (9/5): - Great location, the staff were excellent and the food was one of the best I have had. The futon mattress was not as comfortable compared to some of the places we have stayed at. It could be better.
• WEI HENG (7/5): - 自己挖溫泉 沒有特別不喜歡什麼
• Olivier (5/5): -
• Youji (5/5): -
• Giri (6/5): -
• LucaA77 (9/5): - The personnel are really kind and available, both at the reception and at the breakfast/dinner area. They are welcoming, kind and helpful. Dinner and breakfast are really tasty: the first morning we had a Japanese style one and on the second day more European. While japanese is our preferred one, we quickly understand why they alternate (there were some Brits complaining of the Japanese style one, because it was too different) The common outdoor Onsen Is nice, and the one in the room is fantastic. The river onsen is a wonderful experience to have. The common outdoor onsen could be renewed, but it is a detail.
• Ingrid (9/5): - Exceptional location. Beautiful dinner and breakfast. Hard pillows.
• Chan (9/5): Great location and food near the trail of Kumano Kodo - Excellent location(buses stop right in front of the hotel), great dinner and breakfast, good price near the trail of Kumano Kodo. I wish I knew they pickup from the bus station and provide free shuttles to local shines and Kumano Kodo trail. Rooms are kind of dark, especially in the bathroom toilet area
• Jo Ping (8/5): -
• Mayumi (9/5): -
• VALERIE (10/5): - Toutes les prestations (personnel au petit soin, les repas, cadre de rêve), la rivière Tout était parfait
• na (8/5): - 入住体验很好，房间里可以泡温泉，孩子特别喜欢，徒步了天，泡去了一天的劳累。
• Liang (10/5): Exceptional - Relaxing and quiet
• Vina (5/5): I would not stay here again - Friendly staff and did their best to be helpful Great location Dinner was okay on day 1 and great on day 2 Breakfast was average Rooms are old, desperately needing upgrades Bedding and carpets were stained The toilet smelled like urine and we requested a change of room
• Wanpen (5/5): Passable - Dig my own river onsen. Beautiful location , facing with river. Meal is not worth to the money
• Kristin (6/5): Pleasant - The service was friendly and the rooms were large. The location by the river is very beautiful. The facilities are a bit dated and grungy for the price point. The onsens were not available due to a heavy rain unfortunately.
• Teodora (10/5): Exceptional - Very well located. Close to hiking routes. Very good dinner and breakfast.
• Ina (10/5): Loved it! - Amazing dinner, helpful, accommodating and very friendly staff, great onsen, ping pong table The futon beds were a bit hard
• Jennifer (10/5): Beautiful river front property - Beautiful property on the Oto River, very serene. Friendly, helpful staff - so helpful that when the bus we were supposed to leave on was full, staff member drove us! We were extremely grateful. Love Japanese people. 😍 Nothing.
• Diane (9/5): Superb - The staff were great. The set meals were very good breakfast and dinner. a mix of Japamese and some western.. The room was traditional Japanese with futons . It was a good sized room and comfortable. The location fabulous.overlooking the river. The hot springs were great by the river bubbling up through the rocks.Ther hotel supplied maps and a shuttle bus to the beginingng of on spectacular and manageable 7km of Kumano trail. There were also regular local buses from Hongu to hotel .The hotel also ran a shuttle bus from Hongu to hotel at set times if you rang them. A great 2 days. Diane and Phil Australia
• Marianne (8/5): Great place to stay when exploring the beautiful Kumano Kodo. Clean and comfortable with nice food. - Lovely room with western beds and outdoor bath Nothing
• Catherine (7/5): Loved how prepared the hotel was to give us a brilliant onsen experience. - It was amazing, good service and a variety of Japanese cuisine. There was no coffee in the rooms
• Aaron (5/5): 4-star hotel prices for a crusty old hostel experience - The only good part was the food experience, which had friendly staff and was generally well executed. We paid for a room with a private bathroom and onsen-style soaking tub. It cost more than our 4 star hotel in Tokyo and the room was crusty, worn out, and deteriorating. Stains on the walls and furniture and broken fixtures that made it feel like an old college dorm room. The hallways and facility are ragged and moldy as well. Looks like it hasn’t been updated or painted in about 30 years. Definitely NOT worth the price! The smell is bad throughout hotel. The hotel has a great location and could be wonderful but the owners seems to be nickel and diming to cut costs. Felt like 1 step above a hostel with luxury hotel prices. The staff was weird and unhelpful. Seemed annoyed almost that we were there. Perhaps they were working at a hotel in an exchange program and didn’t really understand how hotel service worked? Poorly trained and managed for sure. I would not recommend this hotel to anyone.
• Chiaki (7/5): Good - I know me and my sister were the only Japanese guests on that day. A lady who served us dinner told us. As Japanese, I missed all the greetings from the staff. The lady who served us dinner and breakfast was nice, but at the front desk, I felt "friendliness" was missing. I think the ryokan now serve many people from other countries who don't know much about Ryokan, but Japanese people know how we are served. That's something I felt it was missing and Fujiya probably is the best Ryokan in that area.
• Helena (9/5): Superb - Fantastic food. Loved dinner and breakfast. The staff were lovely and super helpful. Dig your own river onsen for an al fresco soak.
• Sachi (8/5): Beautiful River Hot Springs - Location & Onsen
• Alison (9/5): Beautiful location, excellent food, very comfortable room - Nothing
• Bezzybee (9/5): Awesome Stay by the Hot Spring River - Located just across the river with hot spring. You could soak your feet in the river water. The hotel provide slipper for the river walk. Food were yummy. Places of interest like the Kumano Honggu walk are within a 10 mins car drive to the mid starting point. You could follow the hotel shuttle bus to the car park and then the bus will fetch you to the starting point where you hike your way back to where you park your car. The walk is about 7km.
• Pauline (7/5): Wordless - The location, the staff in Restaurant. The staffs in reception desk are not helpful.
• Robert (8/5): Very good -
• Seow (8/5): Very good -
• Ngocdiep (10/5): Exceptional - Friendly staff Good location Bathroom is dated
• Martin (9/5): Superb -
• Kai (5/5): This hotel has the potential to be so good if the general upkeep is improved. - The In-Room Onsen was nice you could either soak your full body or just soak your feet. The rooms were spacious. Dinner was pretty good and the view from the room was directly looking onto the Oto River. Don't let the photos on booking websites fool you. They were taken when reno's were probably first completed so, rely on the more up-to-date photos of travelers posting reviews. Upkeep and attention to detail is a bit lacking. Lamps have cobwebs all the way down them. One of our family members was staying in the standard rooms, and the vents along the ceiling had a lot of cobwebs (Seems like the vents need some cleaning), generally, there were stains on the carpets here and there, some cracked glass above an elevator entrance (potential hazard), a plant that completely dead and brown beside the elevator, in general, needs some additional care and maintenance. My only gripe is that they don't clean the filters on their hair dryers so the airflow is weak. I personally cleaned the one in our room, and magic, good as new. Cleaners should really improve their attention to detail.
• Stephen (8/5): Very good -
• Stella (8/5): Very good - Good to have shuttle from hotel to Hongu Taishai then to Hosshinmon-oji
• Rosallie (10/5): - I love the onsen beside the river

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