Ōmaru Onsen Ryokan — Hotel in Nasu

"A Hot Spring Inn Filled with Chaos and Inequality" "A Hot Spring Inn Losing Traditional Culture"

After check-in, an English-speaking female staff briefly explains the inn's layout and escorts guests to the elevator to hand over the room key. Traditional hot spring hotel services hospitality, where staff guide guests through the inn, invite them into their rooms, and serve tea, is no longer practiced here.

Location: Located near Nasu Plateau. Public parking is available at the Daimaru Prefectural Parking Lot, which is suitable for private vehicles. The round-trip distance from the inn is approximately 200 meters.

Rooms: For a hot spring inn, it has a relatively large number of rooms. The main building has been renovated and expanded, and the rooms are located on different floors, with some requiring a complex route from the front desk. The rooms are elegantly decorated and feature Western-style beds. There is also a dressing area. Rooms on lower floors face a low wall, limiting the outside view.

Hot Springs: There is a mixed-gender open-air onsen pool, where wearing a hotel-provided swimsuit is required. There are three mixed-gender open-air hot spring pools, as well as two separate women's open-air hot spring pools. In addition to the traditional large hot spring pool, the hot spring area features a variety of topographical variations, with smaller hot spring pools featuring waterfalls and flowing water, creating a variety of different experiences.

Meals: The dinner is exquisite and delicious, featuring hot pot, seasonal ingredients with Japanese characteristics, and freshly cooked beef. Breakfast is equally exquisite, with a grill available to heat grilled fish, which is especially tasty.

Special thanks to: Though the restaurant staff's English was not fluent and she served multiple tables simultaneously, her detailed explanations of the dining options were heartwarming and satisfying. Such friendly and considerate service is the true meaning of traditional hot spring hotels.

The pleasant dining time slightly reduced the unpleasantness of being forced to change rooms earlier.

Guests who had already checked in were asked to change rooms with unclear and strange excuses.

At checkout, the front desk staff enthusiastically interacted with Japanese guests but ignored foreigners who did not speak Japanese. No apology or explanation was given regarding the mistaken room change the previous day.

Among all the hot spring hotels I have stayed in, this one was the only place where I felt discriminated against despite the high...

I strongly think you will never regret to go to Omaru Onsen Ryokan in Nasu. Nasu has a lot of sightseeing places and Ryokan which you can enjoy fully though, there are several reasons why I recommend you to Omaru Onsen Ryokan. First of all, Omaru Onsen Ryokan's facilities have gorgeous and relaxed atmosphere. Although the building may be looked antique, inside is clean and elegant. When you reached the ryokan, many staffs greet you with a welcoming smile, and you can wait and rest in the wide lobby calmly. The ryokan has 20 guests rooms which are mixed with Japanese-style and Western bed room or only each ones. Especially in the mixed room, you can feel wonderful harmony of Japanese and Western. |||| Second, you can eat very delicious meal with calm atmosphere. All meal are decorated elegantly and has good amount, so you can enjoy seeing the looks and you will not be uncomfortable because of overeat. And also, because this ryokan has the special each single place for having dinner calmly, you can enjoy talking with your friends or family without paying any attention to others. |||| Finally, Omaru Onsen Ryokan has onsen which makes you feel so good. For example, outside one, which you can take a bath while looking nature and hearing sounds of the river near the place. Definitely, you can take a bath slowly and elegantly for each onsen. Furthermore, all of the onsen are great for your health. |||| If you go to the ryokan, you had better go through Spring to Fall. Omaru Onsen Ryokan is in near mountain and far from Nasu Siobara station, so it will be dangerous to go there in winter because the place will be colder and easy to slip for your car. However, there are free shuttle buses from the station to the ryokan. Therefore if you want to go, you can ride it and just reach there within one hour.|||||| You have to pay around 20,000 yen to stay the ryokan, so someone might be saying price is expensive. However, you can be given excellent services, eat appetizing meal, see graceful views, and also we can feel gorgeousness and quite different from dairy life thanks to price. You will be satisfied with the ryokan's services. That’s why I highly recommend you to go Omaru...

I strongly think you will never regret to go to Omaru Onsen Ryokan in Nasu. Nasu has a lot of sightseeing places and Ryokan which you can enjoy fully though, there are several reasons why I recommend you to Omaru Onsen Ryokan. First of all, Omaru Onsen Ryokan's facilities have gorgeous and relaxed atmosphere. Although the building may be looked antique, inside is clean and elegant. When you reached the ryokan, many staffs greet you with a welcoming smile, and you can wait and rest in the wide lobby calmly. The ryokan has 20 guests rooms which are mixed with Japanese-style and Western bed room or only each ones. Especially in the mixed room, you can feel wonderful harmony of Japanese and Western. |||| Second, you can eat very delicious meal with calm atmosphere. All meal are decorated elegantly and has good amount, so you can enjoy seeing the looks and you will not be uncomfortable because of overeat. And also, because this ryokan has the special each single place for having dinner calmly, you can enjoy talking with your friends or family without paying any attention to others. |||| Finally, Omaru Onsen Ryokan has onsen which makes you feel so good. For example, outside one, which you can take a bath while looking nature and hearing sounds of the river near the place. Definitely, you can take a bath slowly and elegantly for each onsen. Furthermore, all of the onsen are great for your health. |||| If you go to the ryokan, you had better go through Spring to Fall. Omaru Onsen Ryokan is in near mountain and far from Nasu Siobara station, so it will be dangerous to go there in winter because the place will be colder and easy to slip for your car. However, there are free shuttle buses from the station to the ryokan. Therefore if you want to go, you can ride it and just reach there within one hour.|||||| You have to pay around 20,000 yen to stay the ryokan, so someone might be saying price is expensive. However, you can be given excellent services, eat appetizing meal, see graceful views, and also we can feel gorgeousness and quite different from dairy life thanks to price. You will be satisfied with the ryokan's services. That’s why I highly recommend you to go Omaru...