Ulasan Rekishi-No-Yado Kanaguya

Our first Ryokan experience that we will never forget! The staff was great and the facilities are amazing. They have a big variety of onsen bath to choose from, public and private ones. And the private ones don't require a reservation or extra charge, which makes the experience more comfortable. You don't need to think about rushing in or out of the bath, can just relax. The dinner and breakfast was also great, thanks to the good service of the staff! If we ever get back to Japan, we will come here again.

Kanaguya was the most unusual and highly unique hotel we have ever stayed at. The artistry in the construction of the hotel brings Japanses culture to life. Every floor and every hallway tells a story. The location is the best for being right in the heart of onsen area and you must go outside into the streets wearing the Yucatan and wooden shoes to klomp around with all the others visiting onsen in the night! And then, if you purchase the dinners, you will be treated to the most authentic meal service ever. So authentic, we couldn't eat everything, but the Japanese couples around d us did! It's like attending a tea ceremony, but for an entire meal. If you can afford Kanaguya, stay here and immerse yourself!

We wanted to stay in a traditional ryokan with access to hot spring baths and Kanaguya ticked all the boxes. I found this guesthouse while researching onsen close to the snow monkey park near Yudanaka Station, which we planned to visit. The fact that it is cited as inspiration for the bathhouse in Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away was another reason for us to want to stay here. A beautiful traditional wooden guesthouse with eight baths, five of them private, and also access to the nine public baths in Shibu Onsen town (although we found these far too hot to actually bathe in, we enjoyed collecting all the stamps on a special towel!). Our room was Japanese style with sliding doors, tatami mats and futons. There was a bath and WC, but no shower, but it’s expected that guests use the hot spring baths available. All amenities are provided including yukata, obi belt, jacket, bathing supplies, and each bath has washing soap, shampoo and conditioner in dispensers. Staff were very friendly, and so polite, although the majority had limited English we did use google translate at times. The multi course dinners were amazing, served in the exquisite dining room at the top of the house, which was originally a theatre, at traditional low tables and seats. Served in beautiful individual ceramic dishes, with multiple appetisers, followed by main dishes, miso soup, rice, and lastly desert. Although not everything was to our taste, the presentation was amazing and it was a wonderful experience trying so many different flavours. We stayed two nights, and the meals were different each night. The guesthouse has a limited website page in English which directs foreigners to book via a specific third party (tour operator), but when I contacted her via the provided email was told the ryokan was closed for renovations during our preferred dates! Not helpful, as presumably they only wish to sell you a tour! I then did a wider search and found the ryokan available to book on Trip.com. Clearly it was not closed! I would definitely recommend staying at Kanaguya and visiting Shibu Onsen if you wish to experience a traditional ryokan.

Lovely authentic Japanese onsen experience! Would love to return here after a ski trip!

Fantastic hotel, the building was unique, the staff was very nice, the dinner & breakfast were delicious and the experience with the various onsen amazing. I would highly recommend

A magical hot spring resort. I have been to many “older” traditional establishments and this one is definitely the most impressive. It’s really out of this world. The multiple private baths are absolutely fantastic, we did almost all of them and each had a unique feeling. The dining hall is absolutely stunning. Don’t hesitate!

It's was a pleasant small village where everything is within walking distance . Ryokan is definitely WOW factor with very interesting structure and indoor onsens.

You can soak in 17 hot springs at one time, and the service is worth it. You can also go to Jigokudani Hot Springs to watch monkeys bathing in the hot springs. It takes more than 30 minutes to climb the mountain, which is a bit demanding on your legs.

I went to Yudanaka specifically to stay at this hotel. The hotel is indeed very old. The rooms are clean and big. However, it is an old house, so it is inevitable that some small flying insects that spend the winter in the garden will appear in the house. When the lights are turned on at night, they will fly out. The hotel has several hot springs. I personally feel that the public hot springs are the most comfortable. The water is hot and clean. I took a private bath and saw soap fragments in the soup. It feels unhygienic and the water temperature is not high. In short, I personally recommend taking a public bath. The hotel has a free shuttle service. You can make an appointment when you check in. The hotel's free dinner is also quite rich. People with a small appetite can't finish it at all. The breakfast variety is generally enough to fill you up.

After staying in Yokohama, Japan for a week during the Spring Festival, I decided to go to Nagano Yudanaka to soak in hot springs and watch monkeys soak in hot springs, so I chose to stay in Kinjuya. Kinjuya is not conspicuous in Yudanaka Town during the day, but it is different at night. It is said on the Internet that it is the prototype of the hot spring house in "Spirited Away", which is quite fitting. It is said that this hotel has a history of more than 250 years, and it is a wooden structure with opening and closing transfers inside, twists and turns, and it has multiple hot springs, especially the open-air hot spring on the top floor. It is so intoxicating that the body is soaked in hot springs even when it is snowing heavily. The key card given by the hotel can be used to soak in any hot spring on the street, which makes you overwhelmed. The feeling of walking through the street scene in a bathrobe and wooden clogs seems to have traveled back to the past. Isn't this scene, this feeling, and this state of mind a fairy tale reappear? You must go to Yudanaka, stay in Kinjuya, and watch the monkeys soak in hot springs.

The service is very good. Grandma Jin's soup house is very interesting. The hotel is still a bit old, but it is still good to experience it. Two nights and one meal, I am not used to the food, so I ran out for more meals

There is only one air conditioner in the room, which is very cold in winter; the quilt is a bit short, and the 180-foot-tall bed can't cover my feet at all; check-in is only available at 3pm, and if you arrive early, you are not allowed to sit in the hotel, so you can only go to the small shops nearby

There are five private baths and three public baths in the hotel, one of which is an open-air bath. You can't choose meals when booking on Ctrip, and the vegetarian options are not good. It is recommended to go to the website pointed to by the hotel's official website to make reservations. You can choose what to eat for dinner, and Shinshu beef is available.

The most famous hot spring hotel in Shibu Onsen Street, the Saigetsu-ro where we stayed is a registered tangible cultural property of the country. Once again, we got to experience the feeling of living in a cultural relic! Each of the 9 carefully selected wooden rooms in the Zeyue Building is different and has its own characteristics. The rooms are divided into several areas and are very spacious and comfortable. The dinner was super rich, and I couldn’t finish it even though I was full... The standard dinner was chicken hotpot, and we contacted the hotel in advance to upgrade to beef hotpot. If you want to upgrade your dinner, you must contact the hotel in advance, it will be too late to change it on the day!