Seikansou — Hotel in Hakone

Wonderful service and accommodations. 9 private rooms in this 3 story building. Stayed in the Moegi room on the third floor and it had a dining area on tatami mats and a double bed area and a private wooden onsen on the back deck with outdoor shower. The room faces the tree lined mountains and has a peek-a-boo cutout to the side on the deck since it's a corner spot. Toilet is in a small room with a small sink and the bigger sink and toiletries are across of the bed. There's not a lot of space for luggage and unpacking since you don't want to unpack in the dining room since that's where your meals are served. ||Great personalized service and attention. Makes you feel so welcome and at home. Yuuriko-san was so attentive and friendly throughout our stay. ||They provide nice yukata for dinner and a casual yukata for after the bath and for sleeping. ||Air conditioned. ||Provides hot water and cold water in the room with a stocked mini fridge (alcohol etc for purchase like a mini bar). ||Dinner and breakfast are served in your room! You can eat at 6 or 6:15pm for dinner and 8:45 or 9am for breakfast. I only wish they served the rice earlier in the dinner, but if that's the only issue then yes it was a great stay. ||Toiletries all provided. ||There were some mosquitos but they also have a little machine to help keep the bugs away. ||There is no contact info for the hotel other than direct international phone number but they do speak some English and accommodated my requests perfectly (including dietary requests for the half board - kaiseki dinner and breakfast).||About a 10 min ride on the B Course Ryokan shuttle bus (100 yen per person each way) from Hakone Yumoto station. Bus departs across of the train station on the 15 and 45 past the hour. The bus is tiny so get there early if you can and just squeeze on and know it will be a short ride. Remember to tell the driver you are going to seikansou. It was the third stop for us but it might depend on how many other places people are getting off of. ||There are public onsen on the bottom floor - one for men and one for women. ||There isn't much to do at the hotel itself but you don't come to Seikansou for that. Just relax and once you put your yukata on, you don't have to worry. Oh you take your shoes off at the front entrance and you don't see it again until...

We wanted to stay at a ryokan and experience a private onsen and this place was perfect for us. My friend had recommended us this place and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this to other friends! My friend had stayed in one of the rooms that didn't have an attached private onsen but she loved her time there. We decided to stay in the Moegi room on the top floor with a completely open air onsen (and shower) facing the mountains.||It's amazing to experience a hot bath with such a serene view and just as nice to wake up to a beautiful view. ||The kaiseki dinner was fabulous and I wish I had a larger stomach because I started feeling full only half way through! The breakfast was also exquisite. The staff was very friendly and warm.||We took a short stroll around the immediate area, which didn't feature much. Didn't walk to town, but when we took the shuttle to/from the ryokan, we were the first drop-off and the last pick-up so we couldn't be that far away (maybe 1 km).||||It was a bit difficult to navigate their website since we don't speak/read Japanese and we can't translate Flash, but we did eventually find a page that could be translated. Good thing it was the page with the room listings and prices. We initially had issue booking the room online and had to have our friend in Japan call in to reserve it for us and put a credit card down. Hopefully, they can improve their website for non-Japanese/foreign visitors (if that's what...

We wanted to stay at a ryokan and experience a private onsen and this place was perfect for us. My friend had recommended us this place and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this to other friends! My friend had stayed in one of the rooms that didn't have an attached private onsen but she loved her time there. We decided to stay in the Moegi room on the top floor with a completely open air onsen (and shower) facing the mountains.||It's amazing to experience a hot bath with such a serene view and just as nice to wake up to a beautiful view. ||The kaiseki dinner was fabulous and I wish I had a larger stomach because I started feeling full only half way through! The breakfast was also exquisite. The staff was very friendly and warm.||We took a short stroll around the immediate area, which didn't feature much. Didn't walk to town, but when we took the shuttle to/from the ryokan, we were the first drop-off and the last pick-up so we couldn't be that far away (maybe 1 km).||||It was a bit difficult to navigate their website since we don't speak/read Japanese and we can't translate Flash, but we did eventually find a page that could be translated. Good thing it was the page with the room listings and prices. We initially had issue booking the room online and had to have our friend in Japan call in to reserve it for us and put a credit card down. Hopefully, they can improve their website for non-Japanese/foreign visitors (if that's what...