Hotel Sunshine Kinugawa

Such a neat hotel nestled besides a picturesque river. The hotel feels nostalgic but very well maintained. The entire surrounding community is a throwback Show era town. Helpful staff at the reception desk and restaurant. Breakfast and lunch rotated between 2 menus but options were plentiful. This is my second visit to this hotel and it is in such a convenient location. Be sure to explore the Kinugawaonsen station and surrounding reservoirs and rural communities.

The hotel looks dated but it was well maintained. I had a great stay

Nikkou is great but the resort areas close earlyish. Like 6.

This hotel was truly wonderful. The rooms were clean, and the staff was both amazing and incredibly helpful. I also thoroughly enjoyed exploring the hiking trails that bordered the river.

Awesome ryokan located in a super cool spot in Kinugawa. Our room was large and had a great view of the suspension bridge going over the river. The room smelled like hay but I think that was from the new tatami mats in our room, which for that reason I don’t mind. Hotel is old but extremely clean and well-maintained. Onsen is great and there are also private baths available for rental. This is my second time staying here and I would 100% stay again in the future.

My whole family and friends enjoyed our stay. Toilet needs a little improvement and needs more cleaning.

The room was good, tatami a bit smelly, we had other tatami/rooms on our roadtrip but they were ok, restaurant a bit underquality in relation to the advertise

Had our own onsen in our suite. Kaiseki breakfast and dinner was excellent along with friendly staff. Location right next to suspension bridge, excellent coffee across the street at Luna. We rented a car, hotel had free parking across the street.

I loved the private onsen and the ryokan stay. The buffet was also excellent. The hotel provides yukata robes to wear while you’re walking around the hotel. We also had a great view of the suspension bridge from my room.

Great staff. Great views from the hotel room. Really good food

Room little dated but extremely spacious, and very clean. Only comment is lack of USB port. Buffet was adequate but missing the ‘wow’ factor. Property was little far from train station, I think it would be much convenient if the shuttle will bring guess back to hotel instead of just one way to the train station.

I want to start this review off by saying, I WILL be back. My stay at this hotel was almost dreamlike. It's something that I don't want to forget. The room was prepared perfectly, and the service was a 10/10. The breakfasts dinners that were prepared were unique and delicious all around. The staff was kind. I think this hotel and the surrounding town were the perfect getaway from the fast city life. It really gave me time to relax

The room is spotless. There are very wide variety of foods in buffet breakfast. High hospitality.

Stayed 6 nights in a traditional Japanese room with tatami mats in early to mid-November. Location and views were good. Very limited dining options in area. Onsen was good. Cons: room did not have any heat, it was cold in the room and supposedly a heater was available but to be honest that seemed like a fire hazard. The floor futon and blankets provided were warm. Hotel did not provide in room coffee so we bought our own along with coffee mugs. Very old room, bathroom floors creaked and the small chairs and table provided showed their age. Oddly, we received room service the first night but never again—fresh towels, tea packets and snacks were left on a table outside the room for 5 nights which meant our room was not vacuumed or cleaned. We vacated the room each day from 8 am-3 pm. We let the front desk know it was okay to enter the room but to no avail. Room pictures deceptive, maybe it was just the floor or particular room we were given. Nice front desk staff.

Room is nice and spacious, everywhere is clean, very comfortable Osen area is a bit small, peak hour maybe crowded. Buffet breakfast and dinner are delicious

Great public bath. Awesome location.

Everything was excellent. Only one suggestion, maybe add a coffee machine in the lobby.

This place was amazing! The half board dinner was incredible, the location was stunning. The mineral hot spring was just what I needed after days of traveling. Would absolutely recommend this spot to anyone and can’t wait to come back!

Clean

The spa was efficiently run. It was a good family hotel which catered for children with acivities for them to do. It had been built in the 1970s and is in need of an upgrade. They over relied on disposable plastic items.