Name: Shibu Onsen Ichinoyu Katei
Address: 2219 Ooazahirao, Yamanouchi, Yamanouchi, Yamanouchi, 381-0401, Japan
Rating: 9

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Authentic Japanese hotel in a gorgeous village. Serves breakfast & dinner which are both Japanese and delicious. Helpful transport to and from the nearby station. Access to many local onsens provided, as well as those in the hotel itself. No showers - bathing is done in the onsens.

True Japanese Experience

I had one extra day at the end of a business trip, so I took the train to see the snow monkeys.  I'm glad I stayed overnight at this ryokan.  Excellent hospitality and friendly helpful staff.  Gave me ride from local train station to ryokan, and from ryokan to Snow Monkey Park (even better, suggested I leave my luggage at the Roman museum since they noticed that the Snow Monkey Park gift shop had not opened promptly at 9:00 AM the previous day, drove me to the Roman museum, helped me drop off my luggage (no help needed, but they insisted...), and then drove me to the Snow Monkey Park).  Large room and excellent food.  Fun to wander the streets and try all of the onsen.  Highly recommend!

Great place to stay!

Hospitality and helpfulness 5+ had to leave my sick husband behind as all was booked and paid for besides he insisted. This place is so relaxing with hot spas and breakfast provided. A long freckles 4kms to the Snow Monkeys which was the main purpose of my visit. Thoroughly recommended if you’d like the true Japanese experience. 

Living Japanese

Staying here remains one of the best memories from our 11-days trip. Hospitality and service are truly exceptional even by Japanese standards. We found out that this place is visited even by locals when they want to experience the old-style traditional Japan. 

You will have to call them for free shuttle once you arrive at Yudanaka station. If you don't have a local SIM card you can ask a station attendant to make the call on your behalf (that's what we did). 

The rooms are comfortable and warm and cozy. There is no private shower in the rooms but this place has it's own onsen onsite, and there are public onsens just a few steps away.

wish there would be more hotels like this

We visited here in January 2019. The town is lovely and quaint with its narrow streets. The staff are very friendly and helpful, considering that English is not so commonly heard here. We loved the experience of sleeping on the floormats and the duvets are very soft. We tried the onsite baths and they are much more bearable than the ones in Shibu-Onsen street, which I found to be scaldingly hot. Still, getting on the robes and the gaitas was an interesting experience as we visited the bath houses in the town.

There are a number of interesting bars and small restaurants in the town, which are worth exploring. The town itself could be considered to be expensive, but it is a unique experience compared to most places.
We caught the bus to the Snow Monkey park. But walked back to town for the return leg. I highly recommend it as there are a couple of temples and shrines on the way back, as well as the foot washing spa.

family style hospitality

We really enjoyed our stay at this traditional ryokan.

The entire establishment is decked out in tatami - even the elevator! The onsen on the top level was great and the room came with free access to the public onsens around the town. The food was also absolutely top-notch and the proprietress was very friendly and helpful. Would love to stay there again.

外国人の主人に喜んでもらえるかと思い、こちらの旅館に決めました。畳に掘りごたつなどはもちろん、食事に行っている間に用意していただけるお布団にとても感動したようです。
連休前でたまたま女性客が私だけだったということで、特別に女性用のお風呂を私たち夫婦で貸し切りとしていただけました。素敵な女将さんのおもてなしで本当にくつろぐことができ、期待以上の滞在となりました。
次は別の時期に戻ってきたいと思います。おすすめです。


Lovely Traditional Style Inn

True Japanese hospitality can be found here. The staff speak very decent English and are always eager to please. 
If you want to experience a ryokan and sleep on a tatami mat, this place is for you. 
They serve dinner but you'll need to book it 3 days in advance. We tried the kaiseki dinner on our first night. The second night we wandered around the village and found a sushi place. There were a couple of soba places and izakayas. Not a huge choice but enough.
If you need a transfer from Yudanaka Train Station, email or call them in advance and they have a free shuttle van to take you the 7 minute ride. The van is not clearly marked. I approached one van driver parked and he kindly found me the right man in the right van.
The onsen in the ryokan has both an indoor and an outdoor bit. Nothing is more zen than soaking in the hot pool with snow flakes falling on you. It's clean and traditional (read "old") and the water is amazingly hot. The pre-soak bath routine uses very nice-smelling Pola face/hair/body products. 

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