Yunoyama Onsen Green Hotel

I visited again because I had a good impression when I stayed two years ago. It’s an older building, but it feels clean. The Room was spacious, and I was able to relax. It’s a bit of a walk to the large public bath and the dining venue. The large public bath is down the corridor. It is marked as Onsen No. 3 and Onsen No. 4. Onsen No. 3 is hotter than the other baths, but both were great. The open-air baths are outside—one right after you step out, and another down a slope. The cherry blossoms were beautiful here as well. The dining venue is spacious, so you don’t have to worry about others around you (it may also have helped that it was a weekday). Although it’s in the mountains, the seafood was delicious too. What left the biggest impression was the light shabu-shabu hot pot with Japanese Black Wagyu shoulder loin. I came in a great season, but I’d like to visit again at a different time of year too.

As this is a long-established Hotel, the building itself is old, but we were satisfied with both the Onsen and the meals. However, since they also offer day-use Onsen, and we visited right in the middle of Golden Week, there were a great many guests; when we arrived at around 15:00, the parking lot was naturally almost full. In the end, we could only park quite far from the building. If possible, it would have been better if there had been a parking area close to the building reserved for overnight guests. On departure day, it was tough to walk up the slope to where our car was parked while carrying our luggage.