Yururi — Hotel in Yufu

Had the best time at this Ryokan. We booked a room for 2 people at a very reasonable rate

1. there are private onsen rooms (at first come first serve basis) as well as public ones
2. the room was spacious with comfortable futon beds, separated shower and toilet and a nice small lounge area w a great view of the garden, residential area and mountain in the background
3. service was rly good, the receptionist helped us to call and make a reservation at a restaurant and recommended us dishes to try
4. location of the Ryokan is within about 10 mins walk from the station which was manageable for us even with suitcases Only thing is that w all wooden houses, noises from people walking about esp the room above us can be quite loud but thankfully it didn't happen so frequently...

This Ryokan/onsen may not be the fanciest one in town, but it is a pleasant place to stay. A stream flows on its side and there is very little foot traffic. The views are amazing from all directions and a train passes by every now and then.

The staff are locals that walk to work, and try their best to make their customers feel at home.

Usually ryokans have strict reservation rules and can be quite rigid with customers with tattoos. There are three private onsens, which don't require any reservations and are super quaint and clean.

Tips: Please clean after using any type of shared facility and especially bath related areas. Pick up your hair, drain the bath and wash away any excess bathing products. You'll make the next customers happy and make the staff's job...

We checked the hotel photo's and reviews before booking and where pleasantly surprised on arrivel. The hotel looks really nice and the private baths are brilliant. The hotel does not have many rooms so you never have to wait for the baths. Rooms are clean, spacious and "minimalistic". Overall good atmosphere.

We did not check the shared baths (men and women separately) so can't judge that.

The breakfast is alright but nothing special. Something for improvement: maybe add a simple foldable drying rack. There was no good place to dry wet towels and we had to improvise something with rope.

And I almost forget: best beds and pillows we had in japan so far (compared with 4 other places)! Even better than the 6 times more expensive ryokan we experienced!

Overall: great...