Nasu onsen Sanraku — Local services in Nasu

We chose to stay in Nasu Onsen 那須温泉, a spread out hotspring on the slope of Mt. Nasu. Yumoto 湯本 is the centre of the area, with many ryokans located, including the one we booked for the evening: Sanraku 那須温泉 山楽.||||This ryokan was started in 1923, visited by Emperor Showa 天皇昭和 before he decided to build his own imperial villa in Nasu, so there is a saying that his villa was inspired by the ryokan. It has a really beautiful backdrop of Nasu’s main peak: Chausudake 茶臼岳. ||||The ryokan has prided itself with its hotspring, directly fed from the source 5.4 km away, with an abundance flow of 800 litres per minute. The ryokan made use of the gradual drop of temperature over distance to cool down the water and this hotspring is the same feeding the royal villa. ||||We have booked the Modern Japanese Room with Garden Open-Air Bath. The bedroom is spacious (10 mats), with the veranda looking out at the garden, where there is a footbath along with the nice open-air bath with flowing hotspring, direct from source without heating or filtration. ||||There are also two open and two indoor public baths, separately for male and female guests. The ryokan was not busy and so I had the whole bath for myself. I am particularly impressed by the open bath, created as a pool surrounded by the forest offering calm and tranquility. ||||The other great feature was certainly the quality of the hotspring. Simple Onsen 単純温泉 in style, the semi-clear water has no smell, slightly alkaline and giving a nice smoothing experience. I felt all my neck pain gone after the soak and no wonder it was famous for healing properties.||||The ryokan also had a nice lobby with plenty of comfortable sofas looking at the window to the beautifully trimmed garden. Offering tea, coffee as well as wine and sake free for guests, we had a relaxing moment before returning to the room and got ready for dinner.||||Dinner is served at the private dining room Yumatsuki. We chose not to dine in room to avoid the smell of the food. All the dishes were fantastic in taste and plating, a true feast of flavors, texture and enjoyment. I also had the local sake Tentaka 天鷹, one of the most...

A grand old hotel in Nasu renowned for its natural onsen. This is the second time we tried to book this place, and we’re very happy to be able to spend 2 nights at this time of year

The hotel is located on the main road of passing downtown Nasu, about 30-40 minutes north of the high-speed railway station, Nasushiobara. We came by car, about 2.5 hour drive from Haneda Airport. If you arrive by Shinkansen, there are local buses that run along the road from the station to the hotel. It takes about 40-50 minutes, though

This hotel has been around for a long time, so the room is a bit dated. The highlights that brought us here, though, are their famous onsen. There are 4 public baths, 2 outdoor ones and 2 indoors. The quality of the water here is what made it famous among onsen lovers.

The outdoor baths are fantastic, surrounded by beautiful nature, trees, rocks and boulders. There are two rooms, one for male and the other for female patrons. Each room has one indoor bath and one outdoor one.

The hotel swaps the two rooms daily, so if you stay 2 or more nights, you get to experience all 4 baths.

It is worth mentioning that this is a traditional Japanese hotel, so a stay usually comes with a breakfast and a dinner. Both meals are excellent. They are not the best ones we have had in traditional Japanese hotels, but they are definitely up among very good...

栃木県那須にある御用邸の同じ泉質の源泉掛け流しお宿。今回はお庭と足湯と露天風呂付きの欅のお部屋に泊まりました♡

玄関からお出迎え、接客もお食事もお部屋の設えもすべて大満足でした。ウェルカムサービスにはお抹茶とココア味の和菓子もいただいて。

玄関すぐのミニ庭園もとても美しくて、売店には地酒やお菓子も売っています。（道中にもお土産屋さんがたくさんあります。近くの酒屋さん良きでした）

◆お部屋◆ 庭園と足湯と露天風呂付き（洗い場もあり） なのでゆっくり過ごせました。足湯しながら、小鳥たちが近くまできてくれる様子を眺めつつ、お部屋にあったお菓子をいただいたり、サービスのドリンクをいただいたり。 夜は庭園がライトアップされます。深夜も温泉を楽しむ私たちには夜中中ライトアップしてくださってるのが嬉しかったです。柵の外には他のお部屋の露天風呂が見えてしまうため出れませんが十分満足できる景色です。 好きな時間に好きなだけはいりました。 単純泉ですが、硫酸イオンが多いので、硫黄臭がありツルツルクレンジング効果の高い柔らかな温泉です。入浴した感じはそこまで熱くないのですが、なかなかパワーのある温泉でじわじわ汗が出てきます。 泉質は単純温泉。 床暖もあり足元あったか。ベッドも広くて、松平健さんの枕でした。 アメニティも充実していて巾着は気に入ればお持ち帰りくださいとのことでした。

◆お食事◆ 夕食朝食ともにお庭を眺めながらお部屋食です。 見た目から美しくてどれも味が良く、桜をあしらっていたり季節折々の工夫をされているお食事でした。豆の刷り流しが特に絶品で、おかわりしたいと思うくらい…！！ 前菜からスイーツまで大満足です。 お酒も注文できます。近くに地酒やさんなどもあるので、私は珍しい日本酒をゲットしちゃいました。 朝食も品数が多くて、お粥があったかくて身体に染み入りました。

◆大浴場◆ 広々とした洗い場、内湯、大露天風呂があります。 木々に囲まれた草木の甘い香りに包まれて、マイナスイオンたっぷり癒されます。日中も夜もまた良し。夜中3じに男女入れ替えです。向かって右側の方が大露天風呂が広くて壮観でした。 タオル完備ですから部屋から持ち出さなくて良くて楽ちんです。浴場前に無料マッサージ機があるのも嬉しいです。

◆サービス◆ 16-18時はロビーでワインや地酒、ジュースのサービスもありました。とても美味でした。 それ以外の時間も珈琲や紅茶をお庭を眺めながらいただけます。 接客も丁寧で清楚もきちんとされていました。

近くに観光スポットもたくさんありますし （今回は鹿の湯と殺生石、チーズガーデン、地酒やさんに伺いましたのでまた食べログにて別投稿します...