Inagoyu Hot Spring — Hotel in Koumi

I stayed here for a couple of nights in early April 2018. It’s still early in the season so there was no one else staying here but me. I think they hooked me up on the price I paid about $50 USD a night and had the whole place to myself. The water was fantastic. Hot water tub but with a self-adjusting cold tap so you can get it just perfect to how you like it. Only 640 yen for dinner, the first night was just some mushroom soba but the second night it was soup veggies chicken and rice. And you get tea. So good. The owners are very nice and gracious but be prepared to get your phone out to translate. Owner even dropped me off at the train station! That’s service! Small bottle of sake they charge 730 yen. Be careful if hiking up to Honzawa hot springs I went wearing sandals and had to turn back just a mile short of the springs cause the snow was just way too high and the earth kept giving out on the trail and I would fall two feet into muddy holes every ten steps. A terrible trail to hike if too early in the season. Also very cold up there so be prepared if you are camping with warm clothes. The owner told me it was snowy but I just didn’t listen. Now I have to come back to Japan one day to soak at Inagoyu and finally make it up to Honzawa!

editing a few months later: the only thing I would be worried about here is if there is enough room in the tub when they are packed! I was literally the only person the two nights I stayed there so I was able to kick back with sake in the tub and soak for hours. To my knowledge there was only one tub for soaking at the inn. The tub is fairly small it really couldn't fit more than 2-3 people tops. Even then it would be cramped, anyways,...

Went in for a quick dip in the hot spring after a day of hiking. Old, slightly funky smelling hotel. The hot spring itself was very nice - reddish water that smelled of iron and was clearly full of minerals. However, it was scalding hot! Would have been nice to know that the water temperature was...

電話予約を入れた時から親切そうなご主人の声。松原湖駅まで送迎もして下さいました。館内の雰囲気はレトロモダンな山宿。夕食には岩魚の竜田揚げが出て、それがすっごく美味しい！岩魚の竜田揚げというのは初めてだったのですが、その美味しさには感激でした。他のお料理も美味しく、やはり泊まるとなると料理のウエイトは大きいですよね。温泉の良さは当然としても、食事が良い宿というのは楽しみが大きいです。さて温泉ですが、鉱泉で効能は有りますが冷泉ですので加温循環されてます。茶色の濃厚なお湯は44℃以上あるようで熱くて浸かれない・・という訳で冷泉バルブをひねるとドバドバと投入されて来る源泉！ぬる過ぎてしまわない様に注意しながら好きなだけ投入。何んという贅沢。これが稲子湯の楽しみ方です。||こんなにガンガン加温して頂かなくとも・・と思う位の勿体無さですが、御主人は「調整ができなくて」と言って下さってました。御蔭様で源泉ドバドバ投入、有難うございまーす。硫黄と炭酸泉のミックスという珍しい泉質で、源泉が溜められている岩の周りは硫黄で真っ白になっていました。カランも成分で真っ黒。源泉は飲泉もできるようでコップが置かれてますが、凄い味で飲めませんでした。ソープ類も用意されています。山小屋風旅館ですのでアメニティも揃っており、これで1人宿泊8000～9000円という嬉しい宿泊価格。ただただ1つだけ難を言えば、浄化槽のタンクが敷地内にあるのかその匂いが、食堂前の廊下や、風呂場の換気扇から更衣室に充満しているのが、とても気になりました。トイレは差ほど気にならなかったのですが・・。何か改善策があれば是非お願いしたいところです。他は全てとても気に入ったので、特に御主人のあったかさかなあ。また是非、北八ヶ岳の本沢温泉登山とセット...