Overall Ratings & Reviews Kotohira Onsen Onyado Shikishimakan

Staff are very attentive and lots of compliments beverage and food service throughout the day. Very much enjoyed the stay.

Nice and cozy place, felt like being in Spirited Away! Somethings looked a bit ‘used’, but had clearly had a light refresh recently. Everything was very clean and the staff were very welcoming, polite and helpful.

Its a really good. Good room. Perfect service. Perfect breakfast and dinner. Its very good experince when i stay this hotel.

Overall a great stay. Staff was nice, room was clean and large, bed was comfortable. Public baths were lovely. Dinner was delicious but so much food. I'd stay again. Loved the town, hike up to the shrine, and sake museum next door.

Magnificent ryokan experience! Friendly staff, clean private baths, and delicious breakfast. Be aware that no one can wear shoes in the building - they are stored in lockers near the door. It keeps the hotel and tatami mats spotlessly clean. I loved this hotel so much!

Terrible for sleeping because there is a very bright motion detector light outside the ensuite bathroom that you cannot deactivate. I asked at the front desk about this and they confirmed. It is possible I misunderstood. Otherwise the staff and the facility is spectacular. You must be prepared to enjoy an authentic Japanese experience.

excellent service

My first ryokan/onsen & kaiseki meal experiences and staff were all great in helping make me and all guests as comfortable as possible. Top notch service and excellent location.

Great ryokan. Delicious kaiseki dinner with great presentation.

Absolutely incredible experience especially for the price. Just make sure to reserve both dinner and breakfast during your booking if you want to eat more than ramen for dinner (still very tasty though). The staff was extremely kind as well

浴場はお風呂も脱衣室も申し分なしですが、外の足湯は癒されます。朝の空気を感じたくて、玄関先で主人とコーヒーを飲んでいたところ、男性スタッフの方が足湯の準備をされていました。些細なことですが静かでゆったりとした雰囲気が、とても落ち着きます。

Close to the town, onsen available at the mid night

They got the public onsen or 4 different style private onsen at the 1/F is free of charge, 24 hours drinks are provide, Yakult is provide in the morning, ice bar is available in the afternoon until late night, supper time they provide ramen at the restaurant, it’s valuable to stay in town like a resort. Unfortunately, the food for breakfast and dinner is not that exciting, alcohol drink is not included for dinner.

good

This must be one of the best onsen hotels in the country! The complete design in harmony

This is a really lovely hotel and the service is impeccable. The rooms are clean and very welcoming. The services of the hotel are quite nice and we had a nice stay. The only negative was dinner was offered either early 5PM or late 8PM. This is not the hotels fault, the full dinner does take time and also they go to the trouble to thoroughly clean after guests have left. So we were very appreciative for their effort to clean. Unfortunately we were unaware of the time options so ended up with the later dinner. The hotel does contact you by email in advance so I would recommend confirming the dinner time in advance. It was a delightful dinner and breakfast the next morning equally quite extravagant. We would highly recommend staying here. .

This ryokan inn looks historical from outside but it is totally rebuilt inside so everything inside is new and clean. Hot spring communal bath is very nice equipped with sauna. It also has 3 private bathes for those with tattoos or couples. The best part is its food. Dinner was one of the best I have ever had. The chef must have had great training somewhere in the industry. The worst part is its room. At ryokan inn, I have never seen such small room. Its size is that of Japanese city business hotel. The price is set accordingly so I should not complain much. If you don’t mind small room, this inn offers 5 star quality hot spring ryokan experience.

Really lovely place, great location right at the bottom of the steps up to the shrine. Good food and good accommodation. Lots of little well thought through treats - sweets for children, coffee and biscuits for adults…

This Ryokan is very peaceful and relaxing, the staff is the best, very helpful. I really enjoyed my stay and would definitely visit again! Everything was perfect.

Amazing included/free onsens (private and public), wonderful staff, extremely clean, and comfortable. They paid a lot of attention to details, such as a “library” of different types of pillows to choose from, alcoholic vending machine, umbrellas to borrow, and ice cream after using the onsen. It felt like we were in a luxury spa, but it was still very reasonably priced. I can not recommend enough! Absolutely loved it! We are both tattooed so the private onsens were wonderful to be able to use. Free parking, free shoe locker, pajamas, and toiletries. Would absolutely stay there again!