Hounkan

“Good View & Service”

I selected the open-air bath room & stay for one night, the room is Japanese style & tidy, the view of our room is excellent, you can see the whole Yoshinoyama valley view. The food is traditional Japanese style & you don't have to choose the food, the meals are prepared by the hotel, the taste is… lisää

I selected the open-air bath room & stay for one night, the room is Japanese style & tidy, the view of our room is excellent, you can see the whole Yoshinoyama valley view. The food is traditional Japanese style & you don't have to choose the food, the meals are prepared by the hotel, the taste is okay (I'm not a fans of "very" traditional Japanese food), but not great. The staffs was great, they're not all know English, but they're willing to help & polite. If you going to the hotel, don't try the cable car this time, because the cable car station is far from the hotel & its uphill walking, you may try the bus instead & get off at Katte Shrine (勝手神社) bus stop, if you really want to try the cable car, lets try when you leave, the walking is more easier. ;)

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“Spectacular view”

The ryokan is located quite far from the ropeway. Carrying your luggage and walking uphill to reach the ryokan is not that pleasant experience. Finding a taxi during the cherry blossoms season is also not easy. However, their rooms truly offer a spectacular view!

“Very comfortable bedding, superb serene views from everywhere of the whole mountain side of blooming sakuras.”

Positives: Close to chikurin temple in naka senbon part of Mt Yoshino. Spectacular unobstructed view of the whole Naka Senbon (middle 1000 trees) part of Mt Yoshino... sakuras were just starting / in partial bloom when we were there last week of March. Staff were friendly and ver polite although… lisää

Positives: Close to chikurin temple in naka senbon part of Mt Yoshino. Spectacular unobstructed view of the whole Naka Senbon (middle 1000 trees) part of Mt Yoshino... sakuras were just starting / in partial bloom when we were there last week of March. Staff were friendly and ver polite although they didn’t speak much English. The most beautiful part was their open air ’rotenburo’ onsen baths: they had a good shower area and indoor onsen tub, but also a few natural rock pools outdoors, which switches each day so you can try out both if you stay at least 1 night. The extra special treat was a few cherry blossom trees in full bloom literally overhung the rotenburo, with petals falling into the pool as I relaxed in the mild spring weather. Simply magical!! Also a super delicious Japanese breakfast was included in the room rate which I got on special on booking.com for ¥20,000 for 2 people - had grilled fish, tsukemono- pickled veggies, other side dishes etc. welcome tea and sweets served upon check in was a nice touch too. Negatives: - Walk up a steep slope/ flight of stairs from the last public shuttle bus stop (¥360 one way) that takes you from the Yoshino Station as no free shuttle service offered by hotel. Would’ve otherwise taken ~40 mins walk from/to Yoshino Station to hotel. - no wifi in room, only very slow wifi in common areas - not much options to eat dinner as most places close by 5pm but hotel at least told us to go to “Shizuka-tei” down the slope 5 mins away for affordable teishyoku (udon, rice etc), which was pretty good, instead it would’ve been ¥6,000 pp for dinner offered by this ryokan which we thought was a bit steep.

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“Beautiful View - Uncomfortable Stay”

The view is amazing! Loved the onsen in our room. It was very relaxing and beautiful. Great location. Good food. The staff made us feel like a burden so in that sense, the stay was a little uncomfortable.