Bettei Senjyuan

第一次來羣馬。原打算去完草津温泉再去伊香保，偶然看了一篇推文，改道羅萊夏朵成員酒店，水上温泉–仙壽庵。 住過那麼多温泉酒店，仙壽庵可以説是服務最佳。到店按照慣例上茶上點心單獨check-in，這時服務生拿出四支鋼筆五支圓珠筆讓你選，儀式感拉滿。去房間，一路上哦巴桑都努力用英語介紹各種設施。每間房都有私人露天温泉，迷你巴軟飲酒水免費，配備各種茶和膠囊咖啡。 酒店園林內有閲讀室和休息區，提供免費飲品和甜點。我去閲讀室逛了一圈準備離開，服務員害怕我不知道可以點單還追到門口問我是不是需要飲品。 晚餐全員個室，我被安排了一個樹屋一樣的玻璃房。餐後回房間，床已經鋪好，根據季節提供不同綉樣的床品。值得一提的是，晚上準備的茶和茶壺都和白天不同。甚至還準備了水果和宵夜，糕點放在蒸籠裏，設定好了時間，你衹要按啟動就行。 早晚都有free drink時間段，有果汁、牛奶、茶和各種酒類。如有興趣，還能望遠鏡觀察星空，或者不遠處的南阿爾卑斯山。 這次來季節有些尷尬，庭院裏衹剩些餘雪。如深冬或者盛夏前來，一定非常美麗。雪中露天温泉，想想就人生圓滿了~

We loved our stay here. Bettei Senjuan was established in 1997 as an annex of Ryokan Tanigawa in the Tanigawa Onsen area, and not far from the larger Minakami Onsen. Ryokan Tanigawa is a large, standard ryokan whereas Bettei Senjuan was created with luxury and bespoke experiences in mind. It has 18 rooms, and all of them have in-room onsen hot springs. Despite the ryokan being 26 years old, it is very well maintained, and is stylishly constructed, adorned and furnished. The main corridor connecting the common area and the rooms have floor-to-ceiling glass windows on one side, allowing for incredible view of the Southern Alps range and the well manicured property grounds. The overall architecture is impressive - every wall, beam and counter has elaborate carvings or artwork on them. And in every nook and cranny, there are small but precious adornments, from a flower/vase to a traditional string instrument to a mini display of tress with colored maple leaves on the ground to signify the fall foliage season. You can spend many hours exploring the glorious attention to detail in every corner of Senjuan. We booked the "Special Room SP" room category, which is the top suite in the ryokan. It has a living room, bedroom, a tea room, a (very) mini inner garden, an open-air bath with a view of the river, forest and the Alps, and is stylish beyond belief while still being traditional in general design and layout. Everything from the ceiling artwork and carvings to the decorations on the sliding doors have amazing detail, and really gives it a sense of place. One thing to note - this Suite is almost completely tatami-matted, meaning you sit on a floor (on top of a sitting pillow, mind you) and you'll sleep on futons rather than a Western style bed. If this isn't up your alley, I believe there are other room categories that offer more "foreigner-friendly" accommodations. Bettei Senjuan takes care of every amenity you could ask for - their toiletries consist of Molton Brown and De Medici (never heard of the latter, however) branded items, and offer every item that anyone can possibly need when living in their own home. Additionally, there were two separate bathrooms and dual sinks/vanities, which Mrs. KI-NRT always appreciates. The in-room, open-air Onsen bath gets its hot springs straight from the source, is continually free-flowing and never recirculated. That said, we found the temperature to be a bit on the lukewarm side - most Westerners prefer it that way, but I can't help but think that Japanese visitors (including ourselves) would prefer it to be a few degrees higher. Although dining is not in-room, we had our meals served in a Koshitsu (private dining room), which was good enough for us. The kaiseki meal was definitely a highlight - it was 11 courses in total (which is typical of an elaborate luxury ryokan kaiseki meal) and many of the dishes focused on local ingredients, which is one of the reasons to visit ryokans in regional locations. That sa

谷川岳を望む自然の中に優しく佇むホテルといった趣で心身ともに癒されました。ルレエシャトーの一員として、環境への配慮やSDGs、こまやかな心遣いも感じられるホテルで、また再訪したいです。