Hotel Ohruri — Hotel in Nasushiobara

The title says it all, and two stars is being kind. The place should be shut down, unfortunately. Too little maintenance done and too much needed. On a one month road trip, this place was our only disappointment. Yes, the use of the private bath and the Cyress bath were nice...and yes, dinner was adequate inthe sense that they, the staff, tried to do what they could, but, yuck. Too old, like a pro athlete in their last year, it is time to retire. Shiobara has a lot of nice hot springs. The second night there we stayed at Kashiwaya Ryokan , a family run, older hot spring inn that had many private baths, excellent friendly service, and peaceful location. It wasn't fancy and some might call it "rough", but the place had an awesome ambiance and I will surely go again. I should have stayed there for both...

The title says it all, and two stars is being kind. The place should be shut down, unfortunately. Too little maintenance done and too much needed. On a one month road trip, this place was our only disappointment. Yes, the use of the private bath and the Cyress bath were nice...and yes, dinner was adequate inthe sense that they, the staff, tried to do what they could, but, yuck. Too old, like a pro athlete in their last year, it is time to retire. Shiobara has a lot of nice hot springs. The second night there we stayed at Kashiwaya Ryokan , a family run, older hot spring inn that had many private baths, excellent friendly service, and peaceful location. It wasn't fancy and some might call it "rough", but the place had an awesome ambiance and I will surely go again. I should have stayed there for both...

Location is quite far from local access so by car is more convenient. Room is very spacious but a bit old style a little renovation is needed. AC is quite far from the beds so not all convenient during summer time, atleast a fan need to be provided or need to move the beds towards AC. Free onsen ♨️ Free parking 🅿️ Free night suite (Japanese style) Private and public onsen ♨️ Awesome mountain/ hills view 🏞️ Staff was good and polite/ helpful. No body soap or shampoo kit by default unless you request it. Free Wifi 🛜

The price was a...