Name: Genryu no Yado Hozantei
Address: 6346 Manganji, Minamioguni-machi, Aso, Minamioguni, Minamioguni, Minamioguni, 869-2402, Japan
Rating: 9

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The Hozantei ryokan is a collection of traditional Japanese rooms, situated around a small koi carp pond and garden area. Rooms are Japanese style, some having their own outdoor hot spring bath overlooking the nearby river.
The location is lovely, the rooms are perhaps a little dated but the service from all staff was excellent throughout our stay.
Food in the restaurant, both for breakfast and dinner was plentiful and excellent.

A delightful traditional Ryokan

Spent a night here with our friends and their baby during our road trip in Kyushu. It is not a big onsen hotel but this is exactly why we like it here. The room we booked are traditional Japanese style room with outdoor onsen at the backyard by the river. Amazing view and you’d be able to see some ducky on the river from time to time. Very relaxing and it really can enhance your holiday mood that you can fully enjoy yourself. They have a beautiful Japanese garden with a pond in the middle of the hotel, a good spot for photo and a slow walk around lol~ We had both our dinner and breakfast at their only restaurant by the garden; and the food there are so fresh so yummy and organic. The staffs there are very kind that we are well taken care of; and they love baby as I can tell! A baby-friendly hotel I would say. Staffs are very patient with baby and they even are playing with our friend’s baby from time to time. 

What impressed us the most is that at check out, they have prepared some local souvenirs for both of us; and the owner (I suppose) has walked us out to the parking area while the staff have delivered all our luggages from room to car (same for check in). We feel so warm about it. Well...usually it is the staff who would walk us out and say goodbye in some other Japanese onsen hotels but this one, it is the owner herself!!! Thanks for doing it!! 

We definitely would make a second visit shall we come back to the region for the third time (yes we stayed at a different hotel during our first visit. That one we stayed are very nice but we definitely love this one more! It feels more like home).

And only one point to add, if your afraid of cold, don’t come in winter as it is still very cold at night in May when we were there. Our room has no indoor shower; and the shower place is basically outdoor by the onsen. It’s very raw and wind comes in the shower shelter from everywhere lol~ So, you’d imagine how cold it’d be when you need to take a shower in the winter time. But yeah...still a very good unique experience I’d say. Hope you guys would enjoy the hotel as much as we do. 

Small Boutique Onsen Hotel with Nice Friendly Staffs 

This hotel is very private. Check in feels very welcome but it quite hard to communicate in English. Room was spacious and clean. Inroom onsen was superb. There are indoor and out door Onsen which has the best view we ever stayed (waterfall view). The hotel also has public onsen (7.00-21.00). Kaiseki set for dinner was amazing and delicious. Alll staffs were very attentive and helpful although some of them cannot understand English but we feel very welcome here. Breakfast set was nice. If u need to stay in a ryokan with inroom-onsen, Hozantai is one of the best place to stay. Please note: This hotel required CASH only.

Superb hotel with the best Onsen

We stayed at this hotel for 1 night. Excellent view of the private open bath which facing a river. Very good outdoor environment. However, the water is not hot enough at the hot spring and cannot adjust. The dinner and breakfast are excellent. It is a very relaxing hotel and very good for a couple.
One more thing, the public bath is not good enough compare with the private bath.

Relaxation hotel

Their service and food quality were remarkable and so we decided to visit again which we are happy to see that the standard could be kept.

The staff and owner are very friendly. A staff picked us up at the tourist centre while the ryokan is not located in the centre of Kurokawa onsen.

The private onsen was so great and we even did not try the public bath.

The staff would make sure if you really want to have raw horse meat as a dish in the dinner.  They could offer alternatives.

The environment and atmosphere were relaxing and you may also take a walk nearby before dinner. There are guiding maps provided.

No Wifi network but I don't think you should spend too much time looking at your phone there under such wonderful surroundings.

Must be one of the best ryokans in Kurokawa onsen area.

My 2nd visit to Hozantei, still brilliant

Gorgeous location with traditional Japanese buildings and gardens, great food, friendly staff, and the relaxing sound of the river flowing by to ensure good sleep. Our room had an open-air iwaburo stone bath as well as a small bathhouse in the pretty little garden, and it was wonderful to lay back in the hot water looking up at the sky full of stars, as the inn is deep enough in the mountains that there's very little light pollution. 

But the really impressive thing was how hard the staff worked to make our stay great. We had to leave early in the morning before breakfast was served, but they got up early to help us check out, made sure we had onsen tamago (eggs boiled in the hot spring), handed us some free souvenirs, and then the owner even insisted in driving us up to an overlook near the inn to see the view right after sunrise. 

I suppose the only downside is that it's too far from the rest of Kurokawa Onsen to walk through the town, but it's an otherwise ideal location.

Gardens, bath, and food all wonderful, and the staff really went out of their way to make the experience pleasant.

The staff was wonderful, we arrived a little early, so we were not able to check in. The staff showed us a map of all of the other towns Onsen's, and even gave us a toiletry bag to take with us before check in. The ryokan Hozantei was wonderful! The staff was kind, the room was amazing, and the Hot Spring was beautiful. The dinner and breakfast was delicious, with many different traditional Japanese foods to try. If you ever wanted a true Japanese ryokan experience, look no further!

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