Name: Kirari Ryujin
Address: 189 Ryujin, Ryujin-mura, Tanabe-shi, Wakayama, Tanabe, Tanabe, Tanabe, 645-0525, Japan
Rating: 8

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Very enjoyable stay at Kirari Ryujin. The pinewood theme, featuring local art work is inviting. 

The Onsen is the feature. With indoor and outdoor bath area facing the beautiful landscape, it is total relaxation. The change rooms are very clean and well kept. The massage chairs at the entrance is a good wrap to the onsen.

The food buffet is pretty good, although, lacked on selection. 

This hotel caters mostly for local tourists and see few foreign tourist coming into the area. The staff aren't fully conversant in English but takes all attempt to understand and aim to please the guests. They were friendly, respectful and helpful.

This hotel have definitely changed our onsen experience and would love to make a return trip one day. 

Great Onsen Experience

Quite a large Hotel like accomodation if you can look beyond the shared bath facilities. The dining room for breakfast and dinner is superb with added treats like ice cream, cakes and coffee. Very hospitable with all staff respectful of their guests.

Traditional Japanese accomodation in a Hotel Look

Stellar onsen experience. The asthetic of the river below makes this a superb ryoken.
Food was excellent. The private open pool you've seen in all the photos is what you've come for!!

The only thing less than 5 star is it not set in the absolute woods. It's fairly isolated, but there are some other onsens nearby, including a large, out-of-business and empty one across the river. Nontheless, I would go back in a heart-beat.

Nothing else compares....

We didn't stay in the rooms but only in the onsen which is very pleasant. charming home and beautiful setting, view of the cherry blossoms. reasonable price for quality 700y per person. very cozy, but a little isolated aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

It's very nice.

This hotel is very well appointed with some interesting features - local furniture, a small display of local artists.  It has a very good dining room and excellent bath - inside and outside.  We were there with the cherry blossom - spectacular!  The staff were great.  Some interesting morning walks along the river. wifi in lobby not in rooms

Lovely place to stay

I went for a business year-end party with my wife.  It was great as a business party venue as well as a couple's retreat.  The interior is very spacious, a nice departure from the 'quaint' little places that are so common in Japan.  I was reminded the entire time of a ski lodge, and so would recommend the place for winter travel.  My only complaint was the HVAC system, which was always on and was very dry.

Spacious, comfortable, beautiful!

This ryokan is in an beautiful setting in a valley along a river in Wakayama prefecture.   We stayed there in late October and the trees were already a variety of colours, making some beautiful pictures.   The hotel has a nice buffet restaurant, a small store with gifts, candies, beer, and café with, snack food, beverages, ice cream, etc.  The hotel is nicely decorated and features some fantastic chainsaw art.  Hotel staff were generally friendly and helpful.  The stay  was a good value, and costed about Y11,000 per person, which included full use of the onsen hot spring during our stay, the room, and two meals (dinner and breakfast), and our discounted karaoke bar bill.

The rooms are clean and slept well. If you are comfortable with futons, you will not have a problem.  The rooms do get a little chilly at night.  As long as you're prepared for this you will not mind.  It is quite common to bundle up (or snuggle up) at ryokans.  There was a Japanese style table, a small TV, and very nice views of the valley and river.

The buffets in the restaurant were good quality.  All the dishes were fresh and they had a good variety of primarily Japanese dishes.  They had a good selection of sushi at dinner.  I was pleased to some western breakfast items as I can grow tired of Japanese breakfasts.  

The true gem of this place are the hot spring baths.  The outdoor bath is very nicely set...it is set in beautiful stone and is surrounded by a bamboo fence.  The indoor bath is just a nicely finished in stone and accented by wood panels.  The water is apparently good for your skin.  It is a very nice and relaxing setting.  The temperature was quite hot...I'd say at least 42...but I can't confirm.  The changing rooms were clean and had nice amenties like lockers, combs, and hair dryers available.  Overall the hot springs were A+!  

The only drawbacks of this place are its location and the lackluster rooms.  It is quite the hike from Osaka (2+/- hour drive) and I haven't the slightest clue how long by train or bus.   And the rooms were comfortable, but I think they could do more if they tried (nicer TV, more art)

And stay clear of the karaoke bar...it's over priced and the hostess (mama) is a little disingenuous.  Although the price per song is fair (about Y200), there are no prices listed for drinks and they ended up costing over Y1000 each, one of which was non-alcoholic.  We discussed the matter with hotel staff the next day who agreed to discount our bill.  (arigatou!)  Aside from the hostess, the staff was good.

Great escape, a fine example of relaxation...Japanese style.

Located on the scenic route of the Kii, isolated, a river flows at the foot of the hotel, the kii are always in the fog with a fine rain the hotel has a rotemburo (happiness with rain) and an onsen, the rooms are spacious sober with a view of the forest, all comfort, safe haven guaranteed excellent buffet, very varied with sushi 13 800y half boarding

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