柚富の郷 彩岳館 — Hotel in Yufu

We stayed here for two nights and had a fantastic experience. Although it’s a bit far from the bus/train station, they provide a free shuttle bus to take you to and from town. Being up the mountain a little ways, the view of the mountain and valley were beautiful. ||Another thing my wife liked was that they served both lunch and dinner. There were a two or three hour time frame where you could choose when to have your meals. The meals themselves were Japanese style with many different dishes throughout the courses. By the end of the meals, we were all full. ||The rooms were clean and had all types of amenities: TV, wifi, toothbrush, razors, hair dryer, air conditioning/heater, toilet and sink, hot water dispenser, table and floor chairs, balcony with small table, safe box and wardrobe. The only thing missing from the room was a shower. This was fine with us because we spent a lot of time in the hot springs. There were no western style beds in the room. Instead, each night during dinner the housekeeping staff would come make up a floor bed, which was very comfortable for us. ||The hot springs were calm and relaxing. They have two private/family hot spring rooms and separate public ones for men and women. Both types have indoor and outdoor baths with views of the mountains. The private baths are on a first come first serve basis, but the room tv shows you if the private baths are available. If not you can wait in the lounge area outside the private baths until they become available. Each of the areas has showering areas with soap, shampoo, lotion...||The staff was extremely helpful and polite throughout our stay. They were courteous and always asked if we needed anything to make our stay better. Also, they were very accommodating if we wanted to change times for meals or shuttle services.||If you ever get a chance to stay in Yufuin, I would suggest choosing Saigakukan. We will definitely be...

We stayed here for two nights and had a fantastic experience. Although it’s a bit far from the bus/train station, they provide a free shuttle bus to take you to and from town. Being up the mountain a little ways, the view of the mountain and valley were beautiful. ||Another thing my wife liked was that they served both lunch and dinner. There were a two or three hour time frame where you could choose when to have your meals. The meals themselves were Japanese style with many different dishes throughout the courses. By the end of the meals, we were all full. ||The rooms were clean and had all types of amenities: TV, wifi, toothbrush, razors, hair dryer, air conditioning/heater, toilet and sink, hot water dispenser, table and floor chairs, balcony with small table, safe box and wardrobe. The only thing missing from the room was a shower. This was fine with us because we spent a lot of time in the hot springs. There were no western style beds in the room. Instead, each night during dinner the housekeeping staff would come make up a floor bed, which was very comfortable for us. ||The hot springs were calm and relaxing. They have two private/family hot spring rooms and separate public ones for men and women. Both types have indoor and outdoor baths with views of the mountains. The private baths are on a first come first serve basis, but the room tv shows you if the private baths are available. If not you can wait in the lounge area outside the private baths until they become available. Each of the areas has showering areas with soap, shampoo, lotion...||The staff was extremely helpful and polite throughout our stay. They were courteous and always asked if we needed anything to make our stay better. Also, they were very accommodating if we wanted to change times for meals or shuttle services.||If you ever get a chance to stay in Yufuin, I would suggest choosing Saigakukan. We will definitely be...

Amazing first experience of Japanese Ryokan. They are available to pick you up from the Beppu railway station, as the ryokan is on the hills and with luggage you will have a very hard time walking there. Our driver picked us up fast and efficiently, with a very friendly attitude and a smile.

Their kaiseki dinner was very well organized and choreographed. The meal selections will vary by season I imagine, what we had included every variety of local Japanese dishes available, and was simply amazing. It will fill you up by the time you get to the dessert. Everything was delicious! Note that if you have grilled beef on the menu, you will have to grill it (Oita beef melts in your mouth) and the smell of the meat will be left on what you are wearing, so just wear your Yukata at the dinner.

The onsen. You have two choices: either use public bath, which is segregated by gender (no unisex onsen), or there are two private onsens available, first come first serve basis. The TVs in your room have indicator screen that tells you when these private onsens are open, but I suggest you wait around at the resting area right next to them until they are open to use. They fill up fast, resting area itself is very soothing and beautiful to spend time at, so grab a tea and enjoy the scenery through the windows outside while waiting.

The onsens themselves were fantastic, they have all the basic amenities you need (don’t bring your towels from the room), and enjoy. If you are using public baths, be prepared to go fully naked. It’s part of the experience, very liberating.

The ryokan itself was also very quiet and we truly had a resting stay. The futon was very clean and comfortable, you can adjust your temperature inside.

Our only regret is that we should’ve stayed one more night here instead of others, because it was such a good...