川浦温泉山県館 — Hotel in Yamanashi

Yamagatakan is a traditional Japanese onsen and if you are looking for that experience you will certainly find fufillment. It is also very close to Nishizawa Keikoku (gorge) and the two together make for a fantastic overnight. While there are Western rooms available, most rooms appear to be traditional tatami rooms where guests sleep on futon (which are laid out for you while you eat supper). The rooms are clean and temperature controlled and each room seems to have a nice view of the surrounding mountains. We stayed on a weeknight so it was very quiet, but perhaps it is louder during autumn or winter when people come to the area.||||There are multiple baths and women get a large room for half the time and men get the smaller room, then the rooms are switched so guests can try all the baths which are open 24 hours. As I believe rooms do not have en suite baths, visitors should know the basic public bath etiquette (which is not complicated but will prevent embarrassment). The shower area has lots of soaps and shampoos to choose from and the baths themselves, especially the outdoor baths, are very clean and comfortable. I did notice that there wasn't as much privacy to the outdoor baths as other onsen and when I looked up I could see several balconies. Also the smell is not too strong, but you will know you are at an onsen when you enter the bathing area.||||Supper and breakfast are strictly Japanese meals. There are small bites of innumerable dishes and if you don't like something there are many other things to try. These meals are sometimes a large hurdle for Western guests as the textures can sometimes be slimy or more resilient than what a Westerner might be used to, but it's a fun experience and these dishes are certainly ones no one would make on their own at home. My biggest complaint is that with breakfast coffee is not on offer, only tea.||||Service was very polite, but I got the feeling the hotel is fading in popularity. Halls were dark, the gift shop seemed dusty from lack of visitors, and the large banquet hall where the meals were served spoke of busier times long past. Per person this place starts from 12,500 per night and I imagine that younger families might find this a challenge. There is little for children to do and the clientele is mostly senior citizens. Also, many younger Japanese and Westerners balk at the idea of being naked in front of strangers, so overall places like this may become an endangered species.||||An onsen is a great Japanese experience and if you are a first timer, Yamagatakan would be an easy and relatively affordable (as far as onsen go)...

We stayed for two nights and had an upgrade to a first floor room by the hot springs. Our view was nice: mountains. It snowed while we were there, which made for great pictures. We drove there, which seems necessary, although others had other modes of transportation. The hotel was very well kept. Everything smelled nice and the hot springs were open 24 hours. The one down the elevator by the river was a mixed bath (men and women), although from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. it is exclusively for women. Nice one. All toiletries were supplied. Dinner and breakfast were included. Both were fancy enough, although I would give them 7/10 for food. Dinner included a glass of red or white wine, which was nice for a buzz before hitting the hot springs after dinner. The best time to go to the hot springs down by the river is at about 9 a.m. The rooms were spacious and comfortable. The service was very, very good. I would recommend this place and would go there again. Enjoy! (PS: They spoke limited English, although enough to get by. Wifi was...

まず初めに旅館へのアクセス方法ですが、山梨方面から雁坂みちを来ると、右側に入り口があります。マップで見ると道の左側にポイントを指す上に左手にも大きな看板があるので左折で入るのかと思ってしまい、うっかりすると入り口を通過してしまう可能性があります。右折で入って下り、道路の下をくぐるようにして旅館の正面に出ます。 さて、改めてですが、過去何度かバイクで雁坂みちを山梨から秩父方面に向かって三峯神社に参拝したことがあったので、妻が予約した時「この辺に旅館あったかな？」という認識でした。現地に到着して川辺にせり出すような造りの建物を見て「あー！」となった次第でした。 家族旅行なので車で伺ったのですが、旅館の正面が駐車場になっています。たださほど広くはなく（たぶん10台＋くらいのスペース）私達が到着した時には雁坂道に繋がる坂の途中に白線が引かれた所に駐車しました。あまり余裕はないので出入りの際に切り返しに気を使います。また、バイクを置ける場所がないようなので、日帰り入浴もやってるようですがツーリングで立ち寄るのは無理そうです。（HPには駐車場は60台と記載があるので別の駐車場がありそうです。私は確認してませんが、ご利用の際は事前確認ください） 料理は他の方のレビューに写真がありますのでそちらを参考にしてもらえればと思います。味も量も特に不満はありません。さほど旅館での経験が多いわけではありませんが、このクラスでは及第点と考えます。 お風呂はぬるめです。大浴場の内風呂が体感で38〜40℃くらい、露天は更に低く36〜37℃くらいでしょうか。泉温が42℃と書いてあったので元々熱くない上に加温していなければあながち体感温度は外れでもないと思います。ぬるいのに長く入りたい方や夏期はいいかもしれませんが、熱いのが好みの方には向かないです。私は貸切湯や川辺の大浴場には行っていませんが、貸切湯に入った妻が寒かったと言っていたので他のお風呂も同じかと思います。 施設は他の方のレビューにもある通り確かに年月を感じますが館内も部屋も清潔に保たれていて不快に感じるようなことはありません。ただ昭和か平成初期の時代に留まってしまっている感はあります。（今時クラブとかで酒飲む人いるんだろうか…） それと他の方のレビューで従業員の方の対応にネガティブなことを書かれている方がいらっしゃいますが、確かに応接は必要最低限という印象を受けます。旅館業は手間をかければキリがないので旅館のコスト削減策の一環、もしくは場所柄人手不足なのかなと思いました。それが価格に見合うと考えるかどうかは利用者次第です。

この雁坂みちと秩父の間はダムやトンネル、ループ橋があってツーリングするのにとてもいいコースです。その途中にあるのでバイカー向けのサービスや近隣のハイカー向けのサービスにもフォーカスしていくと宿泊客や日帰り湯客がもう少し増えると思うんですがね。高齢者や昭和のノリの慰安旅行がターゲットというなら仕方ないです。そうするとかえって周りに何もない街道の途中で、しかも一軒宿というのはネガティブな要素でしかないよな、というのが個人的感想です。

まとめ ①場所柄バイクツーリングの途中に日帰り湯に入れたらいいが、バイクを止める場所がない（かもしれない）。 ②施設は古いが綺麗に保たれていて不快さはなし。 ②館内の雰囲気、食事内容は大人向き。小さな子連れの家族旅行には不向き。 ③お風呂はぬるめだし、川辺の大浴場は混浴時間が長いしだし、色んな意味で好みが分かれる。 ④周りは何もないので事前にコンビニ...