Horieya Ryokan — Hotel in Honshu

This is family owned, cozy and friendly inn.||The hot spring has got the temperature of 47 degrees which is unbelievably hot, but the locals here do not add any water into the bath. No idea how they can manage that.... So we added water into the bath, which is ok to do so.||The wife speaks English, so no worries about the communication.||||As we stayed with the breakfast plan. We tried the local specialty of Izaka, Enban Gyoza, which means "Disk shaped pan fried dumplings". You can find ordinary Gyoza everywhere in Japan, but not this one. It is crispy outside, but very juicy inside which is nothing compares to. The restaurant we visited "Hitachi" serves this Enban Gyoza together with Yakiniku (beef and pork BBQ) which is a...

This hot spring inn was built about 140 years ago. Therefore building itself is old. But, food and quality of hot spring water is really good. They don’t have shower facilities but not so inconvenient because hot spring water is coming out of the souse around clock and you can use it for washing your body and hair. At dinner time, the young master of this inn plays the shamisen in front of you, if he is not so busy. The price for one night stay is 8,150 yen per person from spring to fall, including two meals. In...

It's a really nice place to stay at. If you want some warm home stay feeling, you should come here instead of a hotel. The owner if friendly and gave us some private shamisen show, letting us to touch that precious instrument. The onsen is the bathroom itself and you can use it alone, so if you don't really like the naked bathring together, here you can enjoy the hot water alone as well. The meal had various dishes served beautifully. Also it's in the middle of the town so you can take a walk to several...