Hotel Otsu dengan Kolam Renang

・どーでも良いですが、トリップアドバイザーのサイトに苦言。このサイトの、誰と一緒に行きましたか ?で、ファミリーの旅行は、「家族（子供連れ）」と「夫婦」しかないのはなぜ？親と行くのですけど。親から見れば子供連れと言えなくもないが日本語としてはおかしい。バリエーションとしては兄弟姉妹も現実的かな。 ・観光の際に素泊まりで1泊しました ・お風呂は温泉ではありません ・2回へは階段のみでエレベータはありません ・琵琶湖直結です ・たまたまですが、琵琶湖でボートの大会があるとかで、学生が多かった

Very nice. The owner is very nice and helpful. He is able to speak English. Moreover, the private Onsen room is really impressive. Hope I can go next time.

It was a great stay at this ryokan! The hotel is able to arrange a car to fetch you from the JR station. You can call them using a dedicated phone at the station which is used to contact the different ryokans. The car arrived in 10mins or so. The ride to the ryokan was also less than 10mins. The hotel also fetched us to the station on the last day of our stay. The ryokan itself is homely and cozy. We were greeted by an english speaking staff who introduced us to the amenities of the ryokan. There was also a nice welcome tea and matcha chocolate. Our bags were brought to our room as well during this time. The room is spacious and cozy. The hotel prepared 2 welcome biscuits in the room which was a nice personal touch. The room has a nice living room and a great view of Lake Biwa. Recommend to catch the sunrise over the lake! There are 2 normal beds as well as futon beds (need to set up yourself). Both are comfortable. The hotel also prepared pretty yukata for both female and male guests which you can wear during the stay. There are 4 different designs for ladies, and one design for the guys. You can request for different size if the one in the room doesn’t fit you. There is also a full length mirror and a mini dressing area at the side of the living room. It was fun dressing up in the yukata! The toilet, basin, shower and hot tub areas are all separate. The toilet is a little small, but the basin and mirror area is very spacious. The shower area is quite small as well and the shower head is rather low so you need to hold the shower head if you wish to wash up while standing. There is a small stool given for you to sit down though. The hot tub area is semi-outdoor and you can see Lake Biwa. But it is quite small (only good for one person). It was too cold so we didn’t use the hot tub. Instead, we booked the private onsen for 50mins. The private onsen has a private toilet and dressing area which is equipped with hairdryer, body lotion etc. There is a water dispenser as well if you need to hydrate yourself. The onsen area has a washing area, and the hot tub area is spacious for 2 person. There are privacy screens around the onsen area but there is a small gap to let in cold air for ventilation. Wish there is a good view from the private onsen but it was still enjoyable! Dinner and breakfast was Kaiseki style, and the meals were one of the highlights for my husband and I. We really enjoyed the courses which are clean tasting yet wholesome, fresh and flavourful. It was such a sumptuous treat! The ryokan also has a souvenir shop if you wish to buy anything back. Overall, my husband and I really enjoyed the stay here and we agreed this was one of the main highlights of our 12 days trip in Japan. Highly recommend!

Came here with family during the Sakura season. It's easy to get to the onset hotel. After arriving at the Ogoto Onsen JR station, towards the south exit you will find a cell phone attached to a board with explanation how to use the phone to call one of the onsen hotels. After the call, their shuttle bus will then come and pick you up between 2pm to 6pm I think. The hotel staff in general are very welcoming. Our family scored a deal with their penthouse suite with private indoor and outdoor onsen. Four of us stayed in the suite and the price is only slightly more than four of us staying in 2 regular rooms. It also came with a beautiful fruit platter for you to enjoy. The suite is very spacious with 2 separate toilets. The bath area has 2 sinks, a shower stall as well as a japanese style bathing area connected to the 2 onsen baths (indoor one is a hinoki wood tub and the outdoor one is a stone one. The outdoor onsen does have a slight privacy issue as there are some residential buildings in a distance. While my mom was a bit too modest to use the outdoor one (which I am not and fully enjoyed it), she did take full advantage of the indoor private onsen. Of course the hotel also has a public onsen for the guests. In fact they have two. One in each towers. I used the one on the top floor in the morning and it was a bless seeing the sunrise while soaking in the hot onsen water. Our package also included both dinner and breakfast that were served at their private dining room. Both meals were done in kaiseki style. We were particularly impressed by their dinner. Not only was it cooked with high quality ingredients and with beautiful presentation, they did not skimp on the quantity as well. Often after eating dinner at other onsen hotel, I would not feel full and actually felt a bit hungry later at night, at Yumotokan the courses kept coming and I was completely stuffed at the end. In fact I did not finish the rice even though it was so yummy (cooked from scratch in front of us with a flamed mini-stove). All in all, a very satisfactory experience. I can recommend anyone who comes to Kyoto/Osaka and wants an excursion and experiences the traditional Japanese onsen.

旅行会社のPKGプランに掲載されており、大津で一番安かったので宿泊しました。良かった点や気になった点を記載いたします。なお、ホームページなどに掲載されている写真は実際よりもかなり盛れています（笑） ●良かった点 ・湖や駅に近いこと。駅までは徒歩1分と記載ありましたが、実際そのくらいの距離です。びわこ浜大津駅は湖からすぐです。 ・シャワーの出が良かったこと。朝も夜もシャワーを出してすぐに熱いお湯が出て来ました。水量や水圧も問題ありません。 ・オートロックではないこと。最近のホテルでは珍しくオートロックではありません。カギ（カードキーではありません）を外から回して開錠と施錠をします。締め出される可能性が無いので、個人的にはこちらの方が好きでした。 ・喫煙ルームがあったこと。喫煙者なので、喫煙ルームがあるのはかなり助かりました。トリップアドバイザーでは「全室禁煙」と書かれていますが、きちんと喫煙ルームはあります。喫煙者の人たちも安心して宿泊できます。 ●気になった点 ・アメニティが乏しかったこと。シャンプーやコンディショナーは混合のものが1回分だけ用意されていました。翌朝の分が無いので、フロントに連絡したら、フロントまで取りにくれば渡すと言われました。1回分の使い捨てが置かれているホテルは初めてでした。またボディソープは固形石鹸だけです。前の宿泊者との使い回しで、かなり小さくなっていました。 ・ドライヤーが乾かないこと。ドライヤーはよくあるバスルームに備え付けのタイプですが、風圧が弱いのか、なかなか乾きませんでした。 ・エレベータが1機しかなかったこと。エレベータが1機なので、朝のチェックアウト時はなかなかエレベータが来なくて、フロントがある1階まで行くのに時間が掛かりました。 ・近隣にコンビニが1軒もないこと。ホテルの近くにコンビニが無いのはかなり不便でした。 簡単に纏めると以上になります。アメニティ関係は一番びっくりしました。なお、延長コードが必要な方は22番のフロントまでと書かれていたので連絡しました。てっきり部屋まで届けてくれるのかと期待したら、フロントまで取りに来るように言われました（笑） 単に寝るだけと考えている人はアリだと思います。値段も比較的リーズナブルでした。

When visiting Kyoto, we wanted to enjoy some time in an onsen resort so we decided to spend two nights in Ogoto Onsen. After checking the details in their website, we booked a ”Biwa no kaze”room with private onsen and view of Lake Biwako. And we were not disappointed. The room looks newly renovated, and is very spacious with two beds and sitting area plus a tatami room. They offer different dinner packages, and we have chosen crab with steak as the main dishes for the first night, and lobster with shabu-shabu the second night. The foods were of very high quality, tasted and looked very nice. The breakfast buffet was very good with a wide selection of different items. The ryokan is excellent in nearly all aspects. We would stay here again when we next visit Kyoto.

Clerks are all very nice, and they have shuttle buses to the JR station. However, foreign tourists with tattoos should note that they cannot use public bathroom, but they will still be charged the service fee of it.