Hotel berhampiran Akeno Area di Hokuto

The hotel is very classic japanese hotel, they provide very good service, the room was feels bit old but very comfortable. I booked for japanese style room, they put me on the second floor. Room was very neat and clean. Second floor is in same room as their japanese spa. They have very nice family onsen. In door and outdoor. Very convenient. They let you use their kimono to walk around the hotel which not all hotel allow it. Very convenient You can see fuji mountain as scenery but the trip from level 5 fuji to this hotel took about 2 hours by private bus. So it’s quite a trip if you coming all the way from fuji mountain to here. I had dinner and breakfast, they have farious kind of food but it was just ok. This hotel is recommended if you want to pampered yourself. Choose the Japanese style room, they use tatami and cute japanese stuff. It’s well recommended

いつも隣の馬術競技場で開催される八ヶ岳エンデュランス大会の関係で利用しています。朝早くても徒歩て行けるので，助かります。 猫がいるペンションです。猫好きにはたまらない❗

Located in Hokuto, Tabist Kiyosato Grandeur Yatsugatake is within a 5-minute drive of Hall of Halls and Seisen Footbath. This pension is 1.7 mi (2.7 km) from Kiyosato Golf Course and 1.8 mi (2.8 km) from Doryu Waterfall.Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access, a communal living room, and a vending machine.At Tabist Kiyosato Grandeur Yatsugatake, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant.Featured amenities include luggage storage and a vending machine. Free self parking is available onsite.Make yourself at home in one of the 10 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected.

The room was smelly, need to be renovated. If you are not sensitive about smell, the hotel could be an option. I didn’t expect much, but just needed a clean room for a good sleep. When I stepped into the room, smelled something like an human aging odor. I had kept the window opened for for a while though, the odor was remain same. Plus, its bathroom smelled musty, too. Everything other than smell were good.

Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan has a lot going for it, but a few things detracted from the overall experience - many of which are not the fault of the ryokan itself, but it's worth noting. We've stayed at tons of top onsen ryokans throughout Japan, but what intrigued us most about visiting Keiunkan had to do with its history - it's officially recognized as the oldest continually operating inn/hotel in the world. It was established in 705 A.D., and has been run by the same family which is in its 53rd generation. That alone had us excited. The fact that the Suite that we booked - the ”special room Kitadake,” with its top floor corner location and free-flowing open-air outdoor Onsen (natural hot springs) bath, had us giddy with excitement. The two primary downsides are its location (and surrounds) and lack of any historical vibe. First, it’s in the middle of nowhere. Usually, that would be fine, but there is nothing to see and do within 30 minutes (driving) of the ryokan. Minobusan (and Minobusan Kuon-ji Temple) are about a half-hour away, but not really a must-do. Aside from that… nothing. Also, along the way there, all we saw were trucks after big trucks (hardly any cars) carrying gravel/rocks. And all along the Hayakawa River, there were mounds of sand and massive boulders that either were excavated by the trucks or were dumped there. And then there were tons and tons of quarries. And lots of road construction, with construction staff managing traffic every 5 minutes or so (the roads were one lane each way, naturally.) It was dusty, and the river was not picturesque at all. We later learned from our room attendant that Japan is building a Magnetic Levitation Train with much of it planned to run underground, so there was a ton of work in the area in building the tunnel that would pass through Shizuoka and Yamanashi. This will continue until at least 2027, so this is something to be mindful about. Secondly, if you didn't know that Keiunkan was originally established in 705AD, you would not have any sense of Keiunkan being an old, historic property. This has to do with a massive typhooon which completely devastated the property (and the entire area) about 60 years ago, and all of the then-exhibited items from antiquity (scrolls, ceramics, paintings, etc.) were also lost. That said, this is not unusual in Japan, where typhoons, fires and earthquakes are the norm, and Keiunkan was probably rebuilt at least 8 times over the course of its history. Still, it's a shame that no trace of its historic past is evident to guests when staying at the ryokan. FYI, the current building was built a few miles away from the original location in 1997, and let's just say it is not exactly an architectural beauty. It's also a rather large property by ryokan standards, with 37 total rooms. This can be a plus, what with Keiunkan having quite a few public Onsen options on site - something that only a handful of much smaller luxury ryokans can offer on the same scale. As a ry

It's Halloween Month. At Hoshino Risonare 八ヶ岳, hotel ground staff are said to be wearing Halloween costumes. I was somewhat excited to see them in costumes but none were in them.That was a bit disappointing. There were bunch of pumpkin objects. We took photos in the background. It was lovely... Unfortunately JP people don't really know Halloween and so it appears only superficial. Some eatery opens only lunch and dinner hours. 日本でやるHALLOWEENには限界があるよう。 雰囲気がとても表面的でなんだか残念に思いました。 お蕎麦やさんもLASTオーダーが2時ぐらいで、閉まっていました。　コロナで客足も少ないのだから、少し柔軟に営業すれば良いのに…　と思いました。

圧巻の石庭・美しい錦鯉・豪華な館内・館内に飾られる豪華な調度品。到着して宿の豪華さにひとまず感動します。館内の至る所で錦鯉に餌（フロントにて100円で販売）をあげられます。どうして池の水が汚れず透き通っているのか不思議だったので宿の人に質問してみたところ、池の水には湧き水を使用し、循環させることなく常に新しい湧き水を流しているとのことでした。苔もなく透き通った美しい水で錦鯉の色が綺麗に輝いています。どこで撮影しても写真映えする素敵なお宿です。 客室露天は源泉かけ流し（循環なし？）で新鮮なお湯の気がしましたが、大浴場のほうは客室露天に比べてお湯の鮮度が落ちる（循環あり？）ような気がします（個人的な主観で気のせいかもしれません…）。客室露天を何度も楽しみお肌がしっとり滑らかになりました。万人受けする泉質だと思います。 1点残念な点は夕食です。部屋食ではなく食事処で食べました。人手不足なのかお呼びしたいタイミングで従業員さんが見つからず、食べたいタイミングでお料理を食べることが出来ませんでした。お料理は旬を感じる献立で全体的にしっかりとした味付けで美味しかったです。 再訪したいお宿の1つです。

とても綺麗で快適に過ごせました。 朝食のパン(地元のパン屋さん)が美味しかったです。 また泊まる機会があれば是非利用したいです。

当日思いつきで泊まりましたが激安でした。 駅までは、歩くとそれなりにあるけど、お散歩できる距離です。 朝食も、バイキングから御前へと変更されていましたが、ほうとうや鳥もつ煮もあって満足。食事中にマスクを入れるマスクケースまで用意されていました。 温泉のドライヤーはPanasonicのナノイーなのが本当に好き！さらに、女性の宿泊客が少なく貸切でした。コロナ対策で内湯の窓は全開なので、冬はどうなのかわかりませんが、夏は快適でした。 マイナスにした理由は、使い捨てスリッパがないことと、部屋のエアコンが臭かったこと。 あと、シャンプーの洗浄力が強いのか白髪染めが落ちたこと。 パートナーは、お風呂から戻ってきたら白髪になっていました（笑）私は大丈夫だったのでホームカラーの種類によっては落ちちゃうのかもしれません。 スリッパのサイズが小さいので足の大きい男性は注意！ エアコンは、換気した状態で最低温度で全開にして1時間以上回したら臭いが取れました。ダイキンのエアコンなのに臭うなんて〜。 でも、総じて満足です。

Yatsugatake Kogen Youth Hostel, a non-smoking in-building inn