Hotel berhampiran Kusatsu Onsen, Kusatsu

Near to Yubatake and also the shopping street - the hotel concierge will give you the shortcut to yubatake once you have check in which makes the route easy. The buffet spread for dinner and breakfast is good. Ramen as supper is added benefit ! They are also sister hotels with Daitokan and Kusatsu Onsen Hotel , and guests can use the onsen in the respectives hotel :) , but need to catch the timing

11月28日に一泊しました。 予約は草津ホテルのHP。 一泊二食付き、本館角部屋を予約しました。 草津温泉バスターミナルからは、お宿の車で送迎していただけます。 草津ホテルは、西の河原公園入口の高台に建築された木造3階建の美しい和風旅館。 趣きのある館内は、とっても良い雰囲気です。 さりげなく置かれたアンティークの調度品、飾られている生花などは控えめで美しさ。 片岡鶴太郎さんの書や絵も展示されていました。 隣接する片岡鶴太郎美術館は、草津ホテルが運営されているようです。 本館3階の角部屋は、コーナー2面が窓に囲まれた見晴らしの良いお部屋でした。昔ながらの木枠の窓が良い感じです。 前日降った雪のおかげで、草津の雪景色を堪能できました。 2020に増築された食事処の「奥庭」は、和テイストを残しながらもモダンで明るい雰囲気。 朝夕のお食事は、盛り付けも美しく、新鮮な食材を使ったお料理は全て美味しくいただけました。 大浴場(露天ふたつ湯）こちらも新しい別棟に有ります。 開放感に溢れ、清潔に保たれています。源泉掛け流しの大きな内風呂と併設されている露天風呂共に、さすが草津！とっても気持ちの良いお湯でした。（西の河原源泉） 草津ホテル、口コミどおりの素晴らしいお宿で大満足！

初めての草津 湯畑周辺のホテル旅館はすべて満室でスパックスを見つけて予約しました リゾートマンションの2フロア―だけがホテルになっています 東京から特急とバスでの移動でしたが、歩いてホテルに辿り着くのは 老体にはなかなかの苦行でした 後で聞いたら、ホテルとバスターミナル間は送迎があるそうです チェックインまで時間があったので荷物を預かってもらって湯畑を見に ホテルから湯畑やお店が並ぶところまでは10分掛からずに行けますが 坂道が多くて疲れます 西の河原はすぐ近くです 部屋は和室で広くて快適 お風呂は小さいですがしょっぱいお湯でとても身体が温まります 食事は夕食朝食ともレストランの個室で提供されました 夕事は一般的な和食です 事前に追加した鮎を蓼酢で食べました 落ち鮎は美味しかったけど塩焼きにしてもらえば良かったかな 朝食も和食で、朝はパンとコーヒ派の私にはちょっと不満かな コーヒーはラウンジで無料提供でした 坂道を歩くのが苦にならない方で、リーズナブルな価格で草津に宿泊するならお勧め出来るホテルです

No towels are provided in the public hot spring places and needa to bring from room to the onsen spot. Asked the staff about the routes from Kusatsu to Shinjuku and they have no clue at all. Finally got one English speaking staff told us that theres direct bus from the station to Shinjuku. Asked again whether advanced booking of the bus tickets are needed and the staff said it’s not necessary. We ended up the next day missed two earlier buses coz they were already full and we were reluctant to have 2 times transport changes by asking the tourism information centre. Barely staffs can speak and understand English well. However, the French set dinner are really nice and out of our expectations.

Location - about 10min walk from the bus terminal at Kusatsu station. Walkable unless it's snowy or froze on the ground as part of the path is quite steep to walk up. Not hard to find as the town is quite close to everything. About 15min walk to yubatake for the famous onsen for pictures and local food and snacks. You can walk to the Sainokawara Onsen(open air public onsen) for about 8min which is located just behind the hotel itself. Service - they do provide transport to and from Yubatake with a specific timetable. They also have an open luggage area at the main hall if you area before check-in you could just leave the luggage and explore the town. They also have separate gender onsen with both indoor and outdoor facilities. They came around 7pm to my room to offer to set up my sleeping mattress. The dinner time was 6.45pm to 8pm and they may vary between seasons. You will be located in a seat in the dining room so don't worry about the crowd and having to fight for your seat. It's buffet style food and I read previous comments about food being cold. They aren't cold as it was heated around 60c ish but the moment food leaves the Bain Marie it will become cold especially during winter. Alcohol is included but you need to be 18 years old. They will start closing some stations including soft serve around 7.30pm so do get there earlier. Cleanliness - just an older building and maintenance pretty ok. You could tell from the design it's a bit outdated but it wasn't dirty or messy. Amenities - they have a Japanese sleep/bath robe at the main hall for guests to take if you need. There's no wifi in the room unfortunately and the only free wifi provided by the hotel is just located down at the main hall. I was given a Japanese style room which is pretty standard. It was on the 7th floor so it came with a pretty good view.

GWに2泊3日で家族4人でウイングに宿泊。他の人の口コミを見ると、ボロいだの、料理がまずいだの、不満たらたらであったので正直行くまではドキドキしていたが、実際に行ってみると全く不満を感じる点はなかったです。むしろ大満足でした。たしかに、建物は古いかもしれませんが、中はリノベしてありキレイですし不便なことは全くなかった。口コミとは異なり、料理もおいしい。また、子供が楽しめる場所が腐るほどあるので子供メインで考えると本当に最高です。上皇御用達ホテルであることは行ってから知りましたが、なんとなく理由が理解できました。（ちなみに、森林散策にはロイヤルコースというコースがあります。）映画、千と千尋の神隠しにも縁があるようです。私はこのホテルとは何の関係もありませんが、一人の父親として一押しです。

The hotel is brilliant overall. The room was big and clean, with the needed toiletries. The heating might be too warm for my partner and me, and we had to leave the balcony door open to let in fresh air. We definitely love the Japanese balcony and onsen bath. The food for dinner and breakfast was local and delicious. It's easier to get to the hotel if you drive. The hotel does provide shuttles. It would be better if the young staff could learn better English as there were plenty of international tourists. It did create some funny embarrassment. To our surprise, the staff member with the best English was the young lady serving us at the restaurant. We'd like to thank her for this. (P.S. I do speak some Japanese.) In sum, it was a great experience, and we enjoyed the stay. We highly recommend this onsen hotel to fellow tourists.

I could see this hotel directly from the Manza Prince Hotel. The Juraku is just beside the volcano vent. With steam actively blowing out, my thoughts “are you kidding me??” This hotel could slide down the volcano perhaps. It appeared very very volatile. Can we do this? Turns out this was the most popular hotel among the locals. Just after ski season was over; yet before Golden week; surprise! Full house. The food was excellent, onsen wonderful, room lovely. At dinner, we can see, we were the only foreigners there. Everyone was friendly. Food and drink was free flow. All guests were happy as can be. If not enough, the lovely lobby lounge had more free-flow drinks, beer and snacks. Sandwiches also at 7pm if interested. Perhaps a little confusing is the word “all-inclusive”. To clarify, no lunch included. All in all, of the five hotels we have experienced on this trip, this hotel at the edge of the volcano crater/vent was the best. Never mind the danger, never mind the sulfur smell; tomorrow will be another day!

I stayed at Tokiwasure-no-Yado Yoshimoto for two nights in December 2023. Everything was impeccable - the service, the room, the onsen and the staff were all lovely. Much thought and care has gone into the elaborate, exquisitely plated kaiseki breakfasts and dinners and each room has all the comforts and amenities a luxury onsen getaway could ask for. Even better, this ryokan did not discriminate against me as a solo traveller and allowed me to stay in the main building in a spacious and luxurious room with its own private onsen. There is a separate area in each room with a private bath for changing, cosmetics and drying one’s hair which I found highly convenient and made good use of during my stay. The private onsen attached to my room was comfortable, overlooking the lush green forest and hillside where the ryokan is situated. I will definitely be stopping by Shima Onsen again and Tokiwasure no Yado Yoshimoto will be my accommodation of choice.