I was not fully sure what to expect and I was so happy I chose this lovely place. Magic place within the city that once you go in, you find a wonderful special place. The big wooden door are opened and you enter into the past. all is wood, Japanese style, very well decor and design. staff are amazing! they will do all they can to help, serve and welcome you. The room we had was in the main building, Japanese style, tatami area that was ready for teatime, heated, just perfect. There are public onsens and 2 privet ones. all seems very nice to enjoy them. we did not eat in house this time. We only had one night, and I would Easly be happy to stay more. we loved this wonderful place.

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This was a great ryokan at a good price! We really enjoyed our stay here, and the staff was very helpful. We even got welcome beans at check in. We had a big room with tatami mats and futons, and a low table with chairs. The room also had a toilet and washing room, but you had to use the public or private onsen to shower. That was more than fine for us, as we really enjoyed the private onsen. There is no booking system, you can just use it when it is available.

Lovely interiors and gardens and nice range of private / shared onsen. Very warm and comfortable room with views of the mountains around. Friendly and helpful staff, very nice breakfast. Convenient for walking into the town centre for izakayas etc.

Not a problem for us, but less a rural location and more edge of a small town, depending on what you are looking for.

We can only recommend this beautiful, authentic, traditional place to stay. I stayed here with my daughter on a road trip. You are so lovingly looked after here and the house gives off a relaxed and healthy atmosphere. You should have some curiosity for Japanese lifestyle and be able to communicate flexibly with Google Translator.

The Japanese-style room was spacious, clean and comfortable. The property has public hot springs for men and women as well as two private hot springs. Everything you need to enjoy them is provided. The staff is amazingly patient and hospitable. I was greeted warmly upon arrival and provided with a welcome drink and snack. The staff carried my luggage up the stairs to my room. I wish I had spent more than one night here and very much look forward to returning in the future.

"We had an exceptional stay. Gratitude to the entire staff for their generous and kind assistance. The outdoor onsen is fantastic, and the breakfast/dinner is truly delightful. While they primarily speak Japanese, Google Translate proved helpful.

You might have to use taxis to get there or you can take a bus. It’s worth!

Everything. Breakfast was great. Made me wish we had ordered dinner!

Staff asked us to put away our tatami mats and bedding in the closets before checkout. Seemed strange since the closet also contained all the unused bedding since the room is rated for 4 guests

very sizable traditional Japanese room with beautiful gardening and outdoors/indoors hot springs. The staff service are good but the hotel has rules with less flexibility.

The location is not close to Aso station but can be accessed by local bus. The meals are nice but quite pricey compared with outside restaurants.

The onsens at the adjacent building were really nice and usually empty so it feels like we had our own private onsens all the time. The kaiseiki dinner is a selection of dishes prepared with local ingredients and is highly recommended.

Very personalised with Chinese speaking assistant assigned to us. Love the facilities as we have our private onsen and a public one. The extensive of courses during dinner and breakfast are amazing good 😊

Wish we can have more time for dinner 😁