Keiunkaku — Hotel in Nasushiobara

To get here you need to take the hour long JR bus from Nasushiobara Stn to Shiobara Onsen, and then be picked up by the ryokan bus for another 15mins ride to the ryokan.||There’s only one room with western beds. Room is large, clean and comfortable.||The food was great and the dinner menu changed for the 2 nights we stayed here.||There are 2 rotenburos and they are for your private use with no reservation needed or restrictions. The are 2 gender separated indoor baths. The water is hot and the ph is 2+.||Staff were very hospitable and friendly. Although they discouraged us to take a walk to Motoyu Onsen due to elevation changes, we went ahead. It was an hour long downhill walk with hairpin turns to negotiate getting there. But it was worth the effort as the rotenburo at Gensenkan was pretty in autumn colours and the water was hot.||Will certainly...

To get here you need to take the hour long JR bus from Nasushiobara Stn to Shiobara Onsen, and then be picked up by the ryokan bus for another 15mins ride to the ryokan.||There’s only one room with western beds. Room is large, clean and comfortable.||The food was great and the dinner menu changed for the 2 nights we stayed here.||There are 2 rotenburos and they are for your private use with no reservation needed or restrictions. The are 2 gender separated indoor baths. The water is hot and the ph is 2+.||Staff were very hospitable and friendly. Although they discouraged us to take a walk to Motoyu Onsen due to elevation changes, we went ahead. It was an hour long downhill walk with hairpin turns to negotiate getting there. But it was worth the effort as the rotenburo at Gensenkan was pretty in autumn colours and the water was hot.||Will certainly...

We went here at the recommendation of onsenguide.org's website, as I wanted to try the にごり sulfur water.

The water quality is very good, and the staff were polite and helpful. One small issue, however, is that for higaeri (day use) visitors, only the indoor bath is offered. This rule is clearly listed on the Keiunkaku website, but I don't see it anywhere on google maps, or on its page on Onsen Guide's website.

We really wanted to go in the outdoor bath, as the photos were beautiful. But day-use visitors are only allowed use of the indoor bath. It's a really good indoor bath, but we were a little disappointed. My fault for not researching further, but I'm sharing the information here.

Maybe in future the staff could consider allowing day-use visitors to use the...