Yamanouchi Hostels

So heißen Tag, die vierte Etage ist ohne Kälte. Es fühlt sich uns diskriminierend an, dass die Zimmer, die durch Trip.com gebucht wurden, behandelt werden. Am nächsten Tag wechseln wir durch Verhandlungen auf sechste Etage.

If you plan to ski in Shiga Kogen and you’re wondering where to stay, you have to answer a first basic question: do you stay in a contemporary hotel up on the slopes, or down in the valley in a traditional Japanese ryokan with an onsen fed by natural hot springs? This review is a recommendation to go for the ryokan experience, and specifically for the Shibu Hotel in the village of Yudanaka. To understand the Shibu’s charms I’m prefacing my comments with what I think is important context and useful info. Shiga Kogen is a vast ski area of 18 interlinked resorts. The resorts are located on the slopes of the mountains at about 1400 meters (4600 ft). Many appear to have been built in the 1990s for the Nagano olympics. Many of them are ski in/out. We did not visit any of them, but as best we could tell there are few if any restaurants, bars or convenience stores that aren’t located inside a hotel. These are resorts. The resort experience is probably great. There are so many lifts and gondolas that we literally did not have to wait in line once. There are so many trails that we never felt crowded. There were even times we had an entire piste to ourselves from the summit at 2000 meters to the gondola station below. In five days skiing we managed to explore a fraction of the Shiga area. It’s fabulous. If all you want to do is shred, ski out at 8:30 and ski back in at 4:30, this is the place to do it. You can ski till you drop. But if you also want a bit of the Japanese cultural experience, you should stay in Yudanaka, an ancient little village built around the Shibu Onsen hot baths whose history goes back more than a thousand years to when it was the place for a bath and a rest for pilgrims on their way to the Zenkoji Temple. Yudanaka is the last stop on the Nagano Dentetsu electric rail line. The main village lane is a charming narrow street cobbled with small pavers and lined by traditional wooden ryokan and small stores (one converted to a free public table tennis hall), interspersed by skinny alleys that lead up the hillside to who knows where. There are also little restaurants -typically seating no more than a dozen people- next to shrines, old carved-stone, spring-fed foot baths and, of course, the onsen. There are nine onsen in Yudanaka. Each taps a different hot spring in the mountains above - each is said to deliver water with slightly different mineral properties, to treat different types of ailments. Some people buy a commemorative junyoku on which to collect a stamp from each onsen. All guests staying in the member-ryokans are welcome to use the onsen for free (non guests pay a small fee). So foreigners and Japanese both walk the village lane, wearing their yukata and geta, more about which later. These nine public onsen are maintained by a group of village ryokan owners. We stayed in one of these inns called the Shibu Hotel. It was one of the most charming travel experiences of our lives. Management of a ryokan

Klein und schöner Ort zu sein. Sobald Sie zum Bahnhof oder Bushaltepunkt gelangen, geben Sie ihnen einen Anruf und sie kommen Sie aufholen. Sie können gehen, wenn Sie wollen, aber es geht ein bisschen hoch, wenn Sie mit Ihrer Tasche haben. Personal ist wirklich nett und unterkünftig. Wir hatten einen unserer Freunde, die auf der Reise schwanger waren, nachdem wir die Reise reserviert hatten und sie konnte nicht viele der Nahrung essen. Sie waren wirklich nett und mit dem, was sie essen konnte und sogar gab ihr ein wenig Omamori (wie ein Charme) für ihre gesunde und sichere Schwangerschaft und Geburt. Ich würde anderen empfehlen. Die Einzel-Ecken in jedem Zimmer sind wunderbar und wenn Sie mehr Menschen zusammenkommen wollen, erhalten Sie die größeren Zimmer. Mt. Fuji ist sichtbar, aber verstehen Sie, dass es von der Zeit des Tages und der Saison abhängt. Aufgrund des kleineren Raums gibt es nur einen Bereich, um unten zu sammeln, das ist auch, wo Sie sich anmelden. Nicht viel für uns, aber für diejenigen, die wie ein ganzes Gebiet im Hotel zu gehen wollen, dann vielleicht wollen sie sich diese größeren Hotels ansehen.

From the moment you enter Kokuya Ryokan, be prepared to leave the real world behind and fully immerse yourself in the experience. You swap your shoes for slippers at the door and don’t see them again until you leave. You will receive a warm welcome from polite and gentle-mannered staff, get taken up to your beautiful room, and once you’ve changed into your traditional yukata, it’s time to let the relaxation begin. The multi-course dinner will probably be one of the best meals you’ve had in your life, with many unusual textures and flavors to try. The futons are comfortable, and your room is kept toasty warm. There are even skincare products to keep you pampered and moisturized between soaks in the onsen. Honestly, you won’t even need to open your suitcase while you’re there. The staff will take you through all the logistics when you arrive, but there are some things that might be useful to know in advance. - The ryokan sends a shuttle to Yudanaka station at about 15:00 to collect new arrivals, so time your journey to take advantage of this benefit. - The ryokan also offers guests the opportunity to catch a shuttle to the Snow Monkey Park immediately after breakfast the next morning. - After you leave the ryokan, they will take your luggage down to the coffee shop opposite the station, so you don’t need to worry about those logistics. - Trains from Yudanaka back to Nagano leave at 12:30 and 15:30. - The ryokan itself has several private onsens that you can reserve for a 45-minute slot. Because the onsens are on the property, you can go in with your partner or travel companions regardless of gender. It’s a boutique hotel, so you don’t have to worry about not getting access to all the onsens you want. - The ryokan is on the main road of the Shibu Onsen town. The hotel will give you a key so you can wonder down the main road, visiting any of the public onsens you wish - however, with so many gorgeous and more private onsens in the hotel itself, you probably won’t have time or the desire for this. - Also, there is a coffee machine in the room! (I was worried about having to survive without coffee, and this turned out to be an unfounded concern). We had an incredible and totally indulgent time at Kokuya. Experiencing a traditional ryokan is a privilege that you should try at least once if you can. And adding the Snow Monkeys in give the trip a double purpose, making it that much more memorable. The only thing that would have made the trip better is if we had been allowed to linger longer over every course of our dinner.

Nah am Yudanaka Bahnhof, kostenloser Transfer zum Snowmoneypark, traditioneller Ryokan mit schönen großen Zimmern, Zimmer mit eigenem Bad und Toilette verfügbar, Hotelonsen nach Geschlechtern getrennt sehr sauber und schön und kostenlos verwendbar, wir durfen sogar als Paar kostenlos zusammen in das Hotelonsen, weil kaum Gäste in der Unterkunft waren in dieser Nacht im Oktober 23. Gastgeber sehr bemüht - fast etwas aufdringlich. Frühstück für 700 Yen pro Person westlich ausreichend. Auf jeden Fall eine Empfehlung.

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Das Hotel hat ein Fahrzeug in der Tanko-Station geplant. Obwohl die Gebäude alt sind, sind die Servicepersonal sehr freundlich. Die USA sind nicht genug warmes Wasser im Volkszwembad, zu schwach und so schwach, dass es nicht fertig ist. Es gibt auch ein Hotel, das uns nach der Einfahrt zum Höllendalen Wilde Bus führt, aber die Rückfahrt braucht einen eigenen Bus zum Standort in der Nähe des Hotels. Die Umgebung des Tages beginnt zu schwimmen und schnee zu brechen. Ich muss wirklich ins Hotel zurück.

Schönes Hotel, freundliches Personal, das sich anhält, sehr empfohlen