Hozantei — Attraction in Minamioguni

Spent a night here with our friends and their baby during our road trip in Kyushu. It is not a big onsen hotel but this is exactly why we like it here. The room we booked are traditional Japanese style room with outdoor onsen at the backyard by the river. Amazing view and you’d be able to see some ducky on the river from time to time. Very relaxing and it really can enhance your holiday mood that you can fully enjoy yourself. They have a beautiful Japanese garden with a pond in the middle of the hotel, a good spot for photo and a slow walk around lol We had both our dinner and breakfast at their only restaurant by the garden; and the food there are so fresh so yummy and organic. The staffs there are very kind that we are well taken care of; and they love baby as I can tell! A baby-friendly hotel I would say. Staffs are very patient with baby and they even are playing with our friend’s baby from time to time. ||What impressed us the most is that at check out, they have prepared some local souvenirs for both of us; and the owner (I suppose) has walked us out to the parking area while the staff have delivered all our luggages from room to car (same for check in). We feel so warm about it. Well...usually it is the staff who would walk us out and say goodbye in some other Japanese onsen hotels but this one, it is the owner herself!!! Thanks for doing it!! ||We definitely would make a second visit shall we come back to the region for the third time (yes we stayed at a different hotel during our first visit. That one we stayed are very nice but we definitely love this one more! It feels more like home).||And only one point to add, if your afraid of cold, don’t come in winter as it is still very cold at night in May when we were there. Our room has no indoor shower; and the shower place is basically outdoor by the onsen. It’s very raw and wind comes in the shower shelter from everywhere lol So, you’d imagine how cold it’d be when you need to take a shower in the winter time. But yeah...still a very good unique experience I’d say. Hope you guys would enjoy the hotel as...

Spent a night here with our friends and their baby during our road trip in Kyushu. It is not a big onsen hotel but this is exactly why we like it here. The room we booked are traditional Japanese style room with outdoor onsen at the backyard by the river. Amazing view and you’d be able to see some ducky on the river from time to time. Very relaxing and it really can enhance your holiday mood that you can fully enjoy yourself. They have a beautiful Japanese garden with a pond in the middle of the hotel, a good spot for photo and a slow walk around lol We had both our dinner and breakfast at their only restaurant by the garden; and the food there are so fresh so yummy and organic. The staffs there are very kind that we are well taken care of; and they love baby as I can tell! A baby-friendly hotel I would say. Staffs are very patient with baby and they even are playing with our friend’s baby from time to time. ||What impressed us the most is that at check out, they have prepared some local souvenirs for both of us; and the owner (I suppose) has walked us out to the parking area while the staff have delivered all our luggages from room to car (same for check in). We feel so warm about it. Well...usually it is the staff who would walk us out and say goodbye in some other Japanese onsen hotels but this one, it is the owner herself!!! Thanks for doing it!! ||We definitely would make a second visit shall we come back to the region for the third time (yes we stayed at a different hotel during our first visit. That one we stayed are very nice but we definitely love this one more! It feels more like home).||And only one point to add, if your afraid of cold, don’t come in winter as it is still very cold at night in May when we were there. Our room has no indoor shower; and the shower place is basically outdoor by the onsen. It’s very raw and wind comes in the shower shelter from everywhere lol So, you’d imagine how cold it’d be when you need to take a shower in the winter time. But yeah...still a very good unique experience I’d say. Hope you guys would enjoy the hotel as...

Gorgeous location with traditional Japanese buildings and gardens, great food, friendly staff, and the relaxing sound of the river flowing by to ensure good sleep. Our room had an open-air iwaburo stone bath as well as a small bathhouse in the pretty little garden, and it was wonderful to lay back in the hot water looking up at the sky full of stars, as the inn is deep enough in the mountains that there's very little light pollution. ||||But the really impressive thing was how hard the staff worked to make our stay great. We had to leave early in the morning before breakfast was served, but they got up early to help us check out, made sure we had onsen tamago (eggs boiled in the hot spring), handed us some free souvenirs, and then the owner even insisted in driving us up to an overlook near the inn to see the view right after sunrise. ||||I suppose the only downside is that it's too far from the rest of Kurokawa Onsen to walk through the town, but it's an otherwise...