Daimaru Besso — Restaurant in Chikushino

We stayed for 2 nights for our first Ryokan and onsen experience.

All of the staff were polite, friendly and very helpful. Big shout-out to Kido-san who was extremely friendly and helpful during our stay.

We had a Japanese room with a bath. It was spacious, clean and traditional. Simple decor and furnishings but a nice layout and design throughout. The futon was comfortable and the AC was good.

The public onsen allows small tattoos, the size of a fist or smaller. The grounds have a nice Japanese garden to stroll in.

There is a smoking room, games room for ping pong and ring toss, a coffee and tea lounge that provides free green tea or coffee, as well as some paid snacks and drinks as well as a small gift shop.

The site is quite old first opening in 1865 I believe but is well maintained and beautifully decorated on the inside.

It is fairly quiet but not completely soundproofed, keeping in mind the mostly wooden construction.

We got the bus from Hakata station and arrived at chikushino bus stop on the highway. It was a short walk to the hotel via a few flights of stairs and an underpass.

Some of the staff that serve breakfast and dinner are not completely fluent in English, but that's our problem for not understanding Japanese, not the hotel's issue. We got by mostly with Google translate when discussing the menu/food.

Speaking of the food, it was served in the rooms and at a time specified by us. There were a variety of courses and dishes, each of which was well presented and tasted great.

At checkout, there was a minor issue that we probably would have never raised with the staff. They proactively brought this up and provided a solution for us which was not expected. 5* for the...

The location on Google maps is wrong, instead use the location from their Facebook page. You must walk along the main road and the entrance to the guest house car park can be found directly to the side. Walk through the car park to reach the check-in. The people working here are very friendly, the rooms are idyllic and the food is really good. I especially enjoyed the beef which was far better than the Kobe beef I had in Kobe. The assortment of new things to try, like Fugu, was also really wonderful. The young staff who showed us to our room spoke English well and explained the facilities well. The people who served us breakfast and dinner spoke more limited English but were kind, patient and helpful. We had no trouble communicating with them with our extremely basic Japanese grammar and limited vocabulary. The sake with the meal, and drinks in our room, were a very reasonable price. At 10.30pm-11.30pm the male and female baths were empty. It was lovely to open the shutters, feel the cool breeze and smell the flowers while taking my bath. The baths were so beautiful, I felt like I was in the anime series Love Hina. I would love to come back. I strongly disagree with all negative reviews left about this...

Absolutely love the experience at this inn. It is very traditional Japanese style accommodation. For the room that I booked, I have private bathroom with wood bath tub. Pretty much all you need have been provided in the room, fridge with freezer, TV, amenties, large bottled water, bath towel, Yukata etc.

I think the best point of this place is the level of cleaniess that they endeavour to maintain for you EVERYDAY. I think they vaccumed and mopped the whole place everyday to make sure it is free from dust. You could walk in bare feet and feel it. They also cleaned up the bathroom and refill everything in the room, making it feel like you have just checked in. I never found anything missing.

The bedding is very nice and clean also, I slept very well for the three nights. You can ask to have your bed made everyday at checkin.

They also offer breakfast and dinner which require booking in advance and payment at checkout. I tried the breakfast and it was quite delicous traditional Japanese breakfast. Would definitely revisit the place if possible. And 100% recommend it...