Iwaso

“Good Experience in Great location”

Stayed here two nights for an authentic experience. Staff excellent, location very good and close to cable car. Accommodation was comfortable, but a little let down by the dated bathroom. Food in traditional style was "interesting", tried everything only a couple of things left. Was a bit con… lisää

Stayed here two nights for an authentic experience. Staff excellent, location very good and close to cable car. Accommodation was comfortable, but a little let down by the dated bathroom. Food in traditional style was "interesting", tried everything only a couple of things left. Was a bit concerned that the second dinner was going to be the same as the first as menu said "October" rather than the day itself but that proved not to be the case. With hindsight one night would have been enough. As a westerner having coffee in the room would have been nice, only tea was supplied.

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“Stunning authenticity”

This is an awesome experience, and I can’t imagine that anyone visiting Japan would be able to find many better ryokans than this for the money. It feels so authentic. The attention to detail is outstanding, and all of the staff as polite as you would expect staff within a Japanese hotel to be. We … lisää

This is an awesome experience, and I can’t imagine that anyone visiting Japan would be able to find many better ryokans than this for the money. It feels so authentic. The attention to detail is outstanding, and all of the staff as polite as you would expect staff within a Japanese hotel to be. We stayed in one of the authentic rooms, but I think there are more traditional hotel rooms available at this facility (please check). Food is immaculately presented, though being Japanese, not necessarily all of it will be to western tastes. I thoroughly enjoyed the onsen, and it was peaceful and not busy on the couple of occasions that I used it. Please note that the only washing facilities are the onsens if you stay in a traditional room. Other touches like the free shuttle bus from the port, and excellent access to a beautiful shrine before too many tourists arrive in the morning, are further pluses for this wonderful place.

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“Incredible food, Friendly staff, but rooms outdated”

We were very happy with our visit to Iwaso. We had a double room, so we had plenty of space. We thoroughly enjoyed breakfast and dinner (only Japanese options are available), and Nono was particularly fabulous helping us at dinner our last night. There is a woman at the front desk who speaks exc… lisää

We were very happy with our visit to Iwaso. We had a double room, so we had plenty of space. We thoroughly enjoyed breakfast and dinner (only Japanese options are available), and Nono was particularly fabulous helping us at dinner our last night. There is a woman at the front desk who speaks excellent English and she went out of her way to be helpful.

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“Mixed feelings”

Old traditional ryokan at a UNESCO Heritage site, so you expect you pay the price for it. What I did not expect it is overrun by Western tourists. Both times I visited the onsen there were young boys running around and jumping in and out of the onsens. Not really the serene onsen experience I was l… lisää

Old traditional ryokan at a UNESCO Heritage site, so you expect you pay the price for it. What I did not expect it is overrun by Western tourists. Both times I visited the onsen there were young boys running around and jumping in and out of the onsens. Not really the serene onsen experience I was looking forward to. I enjoyed the food at the dinner, but the experience was somewhat offset by a large loud Italian family complaining they cannot possible eat this or that. The positive aspects were the service, which was always impeccable, and the location at the start of the hiking trails up the mountain.

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