Yokikan — Hotel in Nagato

Upon arrival, a lady with good English greeted us and showed us around the hotel, and inform us about the dinner and onsen arrangement. Besides her, none of the staff can speak English and all the signs are in Japanese only. Therefore, it is good to have her to explain everything.||The room is spacious, and the rocking chair near the TV is a plus. No wifi in the room, only available in lobby area. ||There are two public baths, one facing west and one facing north. The view from the bath facing west during sunset is great.||Booked the private onsen, they offered discount for overnight guest, only 2100 yen per 45 mins. Good if you are travelling as a couple or family.||Dinner and breakfast are served in the private dining room. However, the taste is just ok. They have a restaurant that served lunch and dinner if your stay plan does not include meals.||Motonosumiinari Shrine, voted by CNN as "Japan’s 31 most beautiful places" is about 20 mins by car, and the hotel offers free shuttle to there at 4pm. ||After checking out, we drove to Motonosumiinari Shrine but got on a wrong road and the rental car was struck. Luckily we were only a few minutes drive from the hotel. We called the hotel for help, the lady and one more staff drove to pick us up and bring us back to hotel. She helped us to call the rental car company and a tow truck came an hour later and saved the day. Good that we were waiting in the hotel, had lunch while waiting to tow truck to arrive, and not standing in the middle of nowhere. A big thanks to the lady...

Stayed for two nights.

I fell sick during after the first night, with diarrhea, muscle pain and fever, and was bed ridden for the whole second day. The hotel knew about the sickness but they didn't do anything to accommodate, and I was given the same food which made me felt even worst.

I'm not claiming that their food or onsen made me fell sick, otherwise I would have given an one star. But providing the same food to a sick person, with loads of dairy and tofu that make your stomach bloated is just not considerate. I had to skip the dinner and breakfast of the second day.

Also the hot water with coffee taste provided during breakfast cost us 660 yen. There's absolutely no issue if it was communicated to us before, but they never mentioned about it and never presented the bill. If you have ordered drinks during the dinner, they would ask you to sign off to confirm, but for the hot coffee (water), they just sneak in the charge.

The rooms were recently renovated but note that only part of the room were renovated - the sleeping area were updated and toilet installed with washlet, but you can tell the age of the rest of the room and hotel were left untouched. Some touch up would...

Youkikan Yuya Bay Hot Springs Hotel Youkikan

An inn with open-air hot springs in the rooms where you can enjoy local sake and spectacular views of Yuya Bay.

In July 2024, 28 guest rooms will be renovated and 4 new rooms with hot spring baths will be added. The family bath was also renovated and reopened in September of the same year. The water (heated) in the open-air bath with a spectacular view of Yuya Bay is as thick as a beauty serum and has a reputation as a "beauty bath." There is also a sauna in the indoor bath.

Above: Open-air hot spring (heated) in the guest room using natural minerals. Enjoy a luxurious bath while admiring the magnificent view of Yuya Bay from the terrace. Below: Sake bar "Umi to Tsuki" where you can enjoy 26 kinds of famous sake from...