Hakone Pax Yoshino

Lovely room on the River

Clean and spacious room, the breakfast and kaiseki dinner was excellent, traditional japanese cooking and Michelin-star like presentation. Very pleasant staff, Ari and all the others, too. Respectuous, friendly and ready to help. The onsen was a great experience. We had a great time and highly recommend this hotel.

Staff very helpful, were able to fulfill request promptly. Loved having outdoor bath, very relaxing!

Very nice onsen and dining

The rooms were great - clean and spacious. The dinner service was exceptional. The spa amenities were exceptional. However there was a bar smell on the hotel corridor.

Wonderful traditional ryokan. Very friendly staff and the food is excellent.

We had a good time and felt we got value for your money. It was about a 20 min walk from the train station with some uphill. We only had small backpacks so it was manageable. If you have luggage, it might be better to take taxi. The hotel was a little dated but the onsen made up for that. Breakfast buffet was great and offered a good variety.

Quaint, beautiful with riverside rooms. Beware the mosquitoes! Make sure the screens close completely!

Excellent 🙂, wonderful place, great breakfast and the rooms are so specious, loved it!

Beautiful place. Fun Onsen. Amazing food.

The exterior looks old but the interior seems to have been renovated and it is in excellent condition including the room we were in. The private onsens are in outstanding condition, the public onsens are great although not as good. The breakfast was excellent with several Japanese and western dishes. The place is close enough to the train station to walk but far enough so that the noise of the town does not bother.

Amazing stay! Staff was kind and helpful. Room was beautiful and very comfortable. Great location off the main thouroughfare in Hakone so it was extremely peaceful. I wish we could have stayed longer!!

Loved the hotel! Be aware public Japanese baths mean sharing the hot springs experience with no clothing. It is separated by gender. We picked the private baths. When we wanted 3 different baths per member of the family, they suggested we only book 1 private bath and we could wear our bathing suits. It was great. There is a room with different types of massage chairs- one for whole body, another for feet, and another for feet and legs. We picked the half board meals. The first night was element with a guy who spoke English and explained each elegant course to us. It made the meal extra-special. The second night, we had a different waiter who didn’t speak English at all and only provided us a few minutes to finish each course apologizing before shoving each course on our crowded table. It didn’t feel special at all. I’m not sure what the hotel requires of their staff, so perhaps the first night we were just lucky. After eating dinner, our futon beds were taken out of the closet and were made with linens and pillows (we wondered what we would sleep on when we walked in). The town was a 10 minute walk and was so cute with tons of specialty shops and local restaurants. We took a short train trip to Lake Ashi and took a boat tour where you could hop off/on the boat at little towns. We stopped at a small town with a museum. Inside was a panoramic view of Mt Fuji which you could also see on the boat. I highly recommend this hotel and Hakone.

We liked that it was walkable (we only had duffle bags for luggage) from the station. Dinner and breakfast were awesome!

Walkable from hakone yumoto station! Hotel breakfast was good. Dinner would be great if we are able to choose the type of food that was served, as some of us not able to take beef and raw food. Surrounding was quiet. A good place to go to!

The Hakone Pax Yoshino is classed as a 3-star hotel. However despite its ageing facilities and room furnishings, this property still delivered a 4-star ryokan-style hotel accommodation for an affordable price. We stayed in a riverview room with twin beds, low-bed configuration. Then, we transferred to a standard room for our second night. The spacious rooms were neatly designed with minimalist Japanese furnishings and furnitures and laid with soft tatami mats. The standard room was a bit more antiquated in design than the riverview room. Our well-appointed third-floor room for our first night was close to the lift and had a picturesque view of the river. The rustling and murmuring sounds of the river cascades could be heard from our room and was conducive for mindfulness and relaxation. Our room for the second night was on the fourth level which had a distinct smell of antiquity. The amenities were adequate and included traditional “yukata” robes for use in the onsen and dining. Free hots drinks and popsicles (icy poles) were available all day in the hotel lobby. The open-air hot spring and indoor hot bath were equipped with toiletries appropriate for men, with onsens exclusive for women also readily available next to the designated male baths. Our riverview accommodation came with a gut-filling buffet breakfast. Our standard room came with a half board including a gastronomic kaiseki dinner and full buffet breakfast. Overall, staying here is good value for money!

The Hakone Pax Yoshino is classed as a 3-star hotel. However despite its ageing facilities and room furnishings, this property still delivered a 4-star ryokan-style hotel accommodation for an affordable price. We stayed in a riverview room with twin beds, low-bed configuration. Then, we transferred to a standard room for our second night. The spacious rooms were neatly designed with minimalist Japanese furnishings and furnitures and laid with soft tatami mats. The standard room was a bit more antiquated in design than the riverview room. Our well-appointed third-floor room for our first night was close to the lift and had a picturesque view of the river. The rustling and murmuring sounds of the river cascades could be heard from our room and was conducive for mindfulness and relaxation. Our room for the second night was on the fourth level which had a distinct smell of antiquity. The amenities were adequate and included traditional “yukata” robes for use in the onsen and dining. Free hots drinks and popsicles (icy poles) were available all day in the hotel lobby. The open-air hot spring and indoor hot bath were equipped with toiletries appropriate for men, with onsens exclusive for women also readily available next to the designated male baths. Our riverview accommodation came with a gut-filling buffet breakfast. Our standard room came with a half board including a gastronomic kaiseki dinner and full buffet breakfast. Overall, staying in this ryokan-hotel for two nights was w

Beautiful place to stay, next to river. Loved hearing the water stream from my room. The room was spacious and very clean. Breakfast was Japanese style, not my type but had variety and very clean.

Cons: The hotel is very old and dated. Carpets need changing. Room smelled a bit musty. Pros: The room itself was very large and spacious which we loved. The open air hot tub was nice. My wife and I also enjoyed the private onsen. By far the best part of the hotel were the amazing dinner and breakfast buffet!

We were worried about what the in-room half open bath would be like, but it exceeded our expectations. Even though it rained when we arrived, it certainly gave a different vibe. We really enjoyed our stay and the staff we dealt with were very friendly! If we get a chance to go again, we definitely want to stay for 2 nights to try the different kaiseki dinner options and check out the other private onsen options.