Sanyo-so — Attraction in Izunokuni

Overall it is was a great place to stay and after two nights we left feeling like a million bucks. ||We had our 3-year-old daughter and she was treated great at all times. ||The place is very big and really nice. Our room was huge, super quiet, clean and very relaxing. We had a private bath and a private garden. Great that our room and the hotel did not smell like cigarette smoke as so many Japanese hotels do. Thumbs up for non-smoking.||The property is very big with sprawling facilities in traditional Japanese style. This is a wonderful place to walk around and enjoy, especially the main traditional Japanese garden. The main garden is really big and beautiful with a nice history.||Service was really friendly for the most part and the dinner/breakfast was really nice. One thing that they did not do was explain the different courses. I would not rate the food highly but certainly it was good. The dining facilities should be renovated so guests can enjoy views of the grounds and gardens while they eat.||The "public" bath was disappointing. It was clean and nice however for such a huge place this bath was way too simple and small. There is an indoor and outdoor bath but no saunas or steam rooms, no cold pools, no jet-baths, no benches, etc... Considering the potential for this place I was surprised how small, simple and uninteresting this onsen was but since my room had a nice tub I just didn't bother going back.||Convenient mini-bus service to and from the station.||I can recommend this as a fine place to stay. I feel the potential of this amazing property is not being used. Management would do very well to improve the public baths and...

Love the heritage architecture and beautiful private gardens that is featured in the middle of the property with standalone individual houses that make you feel like you are an absolute world away and a step back in time.

The scenery and atmosphere is well maintained, highly manicured to give a truly unwinding and relaxing experience if you are fortunate enough to be staying in one of the individual houses that also feature its own private onsen.

Meals are meticulously prepared, thoroughly enjoyed both dinner and breakfast with the freshest local ingredients and excellent culinary prepared with excellence.

This Ryokan is part of the Prince Hotel group, offers complimentary onsite parking.

Couple of points I did not rate it with full marks is the individual houses do need to have a little bit more focus on maintenance and improvements to ensure longevity and preserving it for the future.

While the meals were great, there could have been more effort in explanation of the dishes, how they should be best enjoyed.

Finally, the futon mattress could do with more thickness and also offering more than 1 pillow would be a worthy comfort addition for a good...

We travelled as part of a group on a gastronomic tour in Japan and occupied several rooms with single sex occupation.||||Initial greeting was very friendly and your shoes are taken away on entry - you get a "luggage tag" for them which you need to keep safe!||||Our rooms were for three people each with plenty of space, many tatami mats with room for futons laid down at dinner by the staff.||||There are separate loos, washing area and a small private onsen which I found extremely hot.||||The main onsen is traditionally single sex but there is only one pool in each area so not possible to experience a range of temperatures.||||Food is a traditional Kaiseki meal, not the best but not the worst we have had and the staff work hard to please. Breakfast is also traditional Japanese so no catering for Western tastes.||||Most guests are from Japan so generally arrive by car, we had a small fleet of texis from Izu Nagaoka station.||||The onsen experience is a personal taste (not really to mine) but the property itself is large, beautifully laid out and...