Name: Kyukamura Minami-Aso
Address: 3219, Takamori, Aso-gun, 高森 高森町 阿蘇郡 熊本県 869-1602, Japan, Minamioguni, Minamioguni, Minamioguni, 869-1602, Japan
Rating: 8

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My daughter, granddaughter and I recently stayed 6 nights at this lovely Hotel. We had a large room on the 3rd floor with a good size tatami room and a separate sitting area and small bathroom. The view from our room was beautiful as we could see Mt ASO smoking although our car was covered in ash on 2 mornings. We only ate one meal in the Restaurant as it was a bit too Japanese for our 3year old. The play area on the ground floor was much appreciated. The location was a bit isolated especially for evening meals.

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April was a nice day to visit because there were Cherryblossoms in the park and by the highway. It was a nice adventure to drive in unending zigzag roads with some tunnels then mountains and hillside as if you’re going to an enchanted place where you can relax and refresh,

Trip to Minami Aso Park and Restaurant

First, Taste good and various dishes you eat. As well you can order extra unique dishes, for exeample Tetsupanyaki or hot pot. Breakfast is also buffe style. You enjoy taking hot spring with nice view of Mt. Aso.There is one things to note. You need check road conditoion by recovering earthquake damage.

Buffe style Japanese dishes and hot spring are reasonable for us.

Tripadvisor has miss allocated it to a B&B at this location whilst the location doesn't correctly show up on the Tripadvisor map, best to use Google Maps. It's actually a Japanese "National Park Resort Villages" hotel which go under the name of Kyukamura with the web name "qkamura". They are set in or close to Japanese national parks which means staying at one of the hotels means you are staying out of big cities, close to nature and through your support you are funding the parks and nature, keeping developments out except that of the resort itself. This one is an onsen hotel.

A previous post in English mentioned the elderly cross section of the guests, well it's going to appeal to those who want to commune with nature although I do suspect that government or retired national park workers do get a discount or special rates looking at some of the less sprite guests in this hotel and another one but that is no bad thing. The chain does not generally have many western rooms in their hotels whilst many of the room do not have showers or baths, with just a toilet provided and a wash basin plus futons to sleep on. Japanese people take to the onsen for their bathing which might not appeal. They also get many people into the rooms with a liberal supply of pillows and futons converting the day space into a large packed sleeping area for the family. That is how some Japanese people use room space in a traditional sense.

Fortunate the hotels in the chain do have a few western rooms with bathroom, toilet and shower, but these do not get marketed by the booking agencies to get access to these you need to email the central reservations office. Now all may not be lost if you don't want to sleep on a futon if they don't have a western room, there are Japanese rooms with "beds" which are basically like a bed with the base of the bed missing the wheels. Good for protecting the tatami mats from moving wheels. That is an in between room of being fully Japanese with futon and low furniture to being fully western, there may still be futons in the cupboard for those extra guests !. These rooms have a couple of western chairs as well as the sit on the floor Japanese type. We had one of these in another one of their hotels when we couldn't get a western room.

In this hotel we had a front facing western room to the mountains it was excellent. Internet wifi is provided only in the reception / lounge area but was of a high speed at this location. 

The food was excellent we stayed full board with buffet breakfast and diner. For long stay guests you get treats as well with eggs delivered at the table in the morning and Japanese cook it yourself at the table for dinner but still full access to the buffet.

Aso is noted for it's beef which is very expensive. You can have as much steak that you like fried up on the grill each evening. I had two helping every night. The food is served up with panache with the arrival of each fresh dish from the kitchen being announced as it arrives at the buffet table. It was good and tasty. You had your normal raw fish if that takes your fancy for breakfast and dinner but enough western food which the Japanese have taken to themselves. 

The knife and forks to eat the steak did provide a challenge to some Japanese guests but I did resist the urge to say that if you turned the knife over it may cut better. There are enough vegetarian options on the buffet table. Tea and coffee is available. 

The coffee was of a good quality from beans which went through the grinder to the serve yourself coffee. No low quality syrup coffee here for breakfast and dinner. 

English is spoken at reception. They do have Japanese games in the evening for children and anybody feeling like it in the lounge / reception area. Daily pre breakfast nature walks are run since the hotel is in a reserve and you can also walk the paths yourself. 

At the entrance to the grounds is a very good park visitors exhibition centre which should be visited. Two well informed members of the park staff with some English enthuse of what the park and Japan has to offer. I suspect one is an educationalist for school visitors and the other is a biologist. A repore was got up between her and the partner who is a trained zoologist with a number of animal guide books coming out and we got an inspection of the wild bore / badger damage to the grass around the visitors centre. So checking out the visitors centre, just at the entrance right, is also a must do thing if you are interested in nature. 

Some of the Japanese comments on this site one suspects are by members of tour groups who don't stay too long and don't get to enjoy it, seeing the park hotel as somewhere to eat and sleep. Other people were clearly friends travelling together and some introduced themselves trying out their English. A group of artists took of residence outside the hotel one day putting up their easels to paint the mountains opposite. 

The staff were all very helpful and friendly. We had a very enjoyable 5 night stay where we visited the Aso area and the adjoining areas. Mapcode reference for car navigation is 256318690*22. Payment can be at the hotel via western credit or debit cards. No upfront charge if booking via the central office.

Probably one of the best kept secrets

We booked a room for 4 people.  The room was small for 4 of us . We need to move the table and luggages in order to lay our futons.  The onsen was not bad with both indoor and outdoor . Breakfast and dinner were buffet style. Although with quite a variety, nothing tasted fantastic , just normal food . There were japanese and western style. The restaurant were filled with many older folks , mainly japanese. We only saw a family with children . We felt like we were in a retirement resort .  There are some walking trails around the resort. There is a PC near the reception where you can access the internet. There is a children play area too near the reception .

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