3-Star Hotels in Achi

The hardware is not necessarily the best, but the software is top-notch. There is a girl who speaks English at the front desk, and there are waiters who can speak Chinese in the restaurant. Communication is no problem. Before check-in, I sent an email in English to inquire about check-in and food requirements, and then there is one in the lounge. Unlimited craft beer/coffee/charcoal-grilled dumplings, and any drinks for dinner, including alcohol, very luxurious! In addition to public hot springs, there are also free private hot springs, free stargazing activities at night, and floor mats/coats to lend to you, which is very considerate! This is a hotel that I am very satisfied with and highly recommend!

Breakfast and dinner are good hot springs. There are many choices. You can book the tickets for Starry Sky Land at the counter with pick-up and drop-off. It is a 5-minute walk from the bus station. If the hotel has free pick-up and drop-off, the hotel will send it to the bus stop on the return trip. The counter and the driver are very friendly. Good to help us determine the location of the stop sign again and again. Although the hotel staff had poor English and communication difficulties, but they were very enthusiastic, because there were not many shuttle buses in the countryside and the routes were complicated. The transfer station outside, directly sent us to the expressway transfer station 5km away. It is so considerate. Although the hotel is an old brand, the environmental sanitation is well maintained. It is the hotel where the Emperor visited Hiujin Hot Spring and stayed in. You can imagine the past glory.

I was told that Hirugami Onsen is the best place to stay in Achi Village, where you can see the best starry sky in Japan. Since I was traveling alone, I searched for a single-use accommodation on the internet and found that it was reasonably priced and also included a tour to enjoy the starry sky, so I applied. The inn was larger than I expected and had a spectacular garden surrounded by hallways and entrances. Everything from the receptionist to the employees I passed by made me feel very comfortable. You can see that they are well-educated. Meals are served in semi-private rooms, so you can enjoy local ingredients at your leisure.

The location is accessible from the Kanto region to the central road Iida Yamamoto IC and from the Nagoya area to the sonohara IC in １０ minutes. It was late １１, so I thought of safety and installed a snow tire and visited. The hotel lends mat and cold clothes for starry sky observation for a fee. There are many inn and each accommodation plan in this hot spring village. There was also a plan with a starry sky tour in this hotel. I applied for a starry sky tour from the inn. The number of tours is limited because you use the gondola to the place to observe. Unfortunately, I entered the hot spring that canceled the tour of the cloudy sky. I decided to look forward to the next starry sky because it was a thick cloud that gradually saw the moon from the open-air bath. The room and hot springs were clean. The next morning, the windshield was frost, so I parked the car in the direction of Asahi. The hotel's accommodation plan allows you to book a mountain hut-like light use, a luxurious meal plan and additional dishes in advance.

２０２０ 年 １月, I stayed on a daytime hot spring trip with my workplace companion. From the moment I stepped into the inn, the warm and full Japanese space of the tree that forgets daily life. We used a ４ room with an open-air bath, but we enjoyed the room between each room and the antique furniture and interior in each room. The open-air bath in the room is surrounded by a wooden raft and you can enter with peace of mind. It was the best luxury time to enter the open air of the hot spring in Toroto many times and lie in the bed ... skin was also smooth. Dinner is a very delicious course dish. And fire steak in front of you! I enjoyed it even in my eyes. I think the amount is large. Breakfast is salad buffet. Especially, the baked vegetable warmed the stomach of the cold winter, and it was more appetite than usual from the morning. Above all, the inn 々 hospitality is more wonderful than I imagined, and it is not a cheap inn, but it was a stay more than the price. The companion also said that the cospa is high to the mouth 々! I want to stay next time in spring cherry blossoms and flower peaches.

Far from train station. Difficult to get to by public transport but that is the beauty of it. We got a transfer with the hotel (additional charges). Had to get a friend to translate emails into japanese to send to the hotel. All the staff we encountered in Nov 2018 were polite and welcoming but do not speak english at all. The Google translation app is very useful to get around the language barrier. Small, quiet and beautiful place! Quite literately surrounded by mountains.

My husband and I are enjoying staying at a hot spring inn. This time, we stayed at Esan-san, a 5-star inn. The first thing I noticed was that all the staff were young. Recently, hot spring inns are often staffed by older people and foreign trainees, but it's rare to see an inn with so many people working so hard to serve customers, so I hope they will try harder. The old inn itself seems to be in the process of being renovated. The hot spring and the room were clean and nice. For meals, we had food cooked by the hearth in a private room, but it was a bit unsettling because we had to grill it ourselves, and it was a bit disappointing that there was no rice. Rice is better than oyaki. If I visit again next time, I would like to have a kaiseki meal. For breakfast, I had a second helping of rice and it was delicious. I thought it was good for the price. There was no welcoming or seeing off, which felt a bit lonely, but it might be okay since you don't have to worry about anything.

Very good accommodation, breakfast and dinner set food tastes particularly good, and there are many styles. The hot spring is a sulfur hot spring, there are not many people, and the soup is very comfortable. In the evening, you can also help buy stargazing tickets, etc., and the service is also very good. Overall a very cost-effective accommodation. Very worth living

First time staying here for one night. I will list the good points and the points I noticed. ■Good points (1) Excellent hospitality On the day of our stay, we had a group of students on a school excursion. The school excursion was postponed, and it coincided with our stay. I received a phone call in advance and had a proper explanation. Also, the bathing hours and breakfast and dinner venues were separate from those of the students on the school trip, so there were no particular problems during our stay. After the C/O, three people from the lodging facility kindly saw us off until the car departed. We had breakfast and dinner in a separate room, and we had the same waitress, but she was very friendly. I could feel the hospitality. (2) Spacious bath There are two indoor baths, including a bubble bath, and an open-air bath and a cave bath outside. Only the indoor bath is available at night, but you can enter even at night. As expected, it is not as large as a certain facility in Takaragawa Onsen (Gunma Prefecture), but it is large enough to accommodate a sufficient number of people. I don't like hot water, but the temperature of the open-air bath was just right. It was good hot water. (3) Feeling clean The room smelled of rush and was very clean. I didn't mind dust at all. There was only one small caterpillar, but it can't be helped because it's a place full of nature. It was just the right size and comfortable for two people to use. (4) Smoking rooms Recently, there are many non-smoking rooms at hot spring inns, but I was very grateful that there were smoking rooms. It is no exaggeration to say that this is the number one requirement when choosing an accommodation facility. The accommodation is also smoker friendly. ■ Points I noticed (1) Response of foreign staff Just before the date of stay, I received a confirmation call from the accommodation facility. I called back around 19:00, but a man who seemed to be a foreigner answered the phone with a little broken words. I don't know, so I was told to call again after 8 o'clock tomorrow, and there was no further word (listen to my name and contact information, tell me that there was a call, I will contact you again tomorrow, etc.). bottom. At this time, I contacted him again the next day and the conversation ended. Then, the morning of the next day of our stay. I had a question about the morning market and stopped by the front desk, but unfortunately the staff was not there. After waiting for a while, a blunt man with no smile came from the store. From the tone of his voice, I knew immediately that he was the same person who answered the phone call. It's not at an unpleasant level, but the telephone and front desk are the face of the hotel, so I felt that the impression would be better if they responded with a little more smile. Overall, it was a very satisfying stay. It is one of the accommodation facilities that I would definitely like to repeat again. In addition, compared to other accommodation facilities in the same hot spring, it is a little farther to the morning market, but I think it is just right for a walk. I was wearing clogs, so it took about 15 minutes one way. You can also go in your yukata.

From Iida, we headed south on National Route 153, and the road on the Nagano Prefecture side was much easier to drive than I expected. I stayed on November 23rd, and the autumn leaves were in full bloom. I chose the accommodation based on the hot water with a pH of 9.9, but having dinner at the hearth table was more satisfying than I expected! I feel like I've never eaten wild wild fish with such fluffy flesh in my life, and even though the wild boar hotpot had a not too strong miso flavor, it didn't have any odor or strong taste at all, and it was a truly honest game game. Horse sashimi was also cool. I was able to enjoy almost the entire overnight dried sweetfish that was served for breakfast in another room. I went to the bath from the third floor, and the feel of the hot water was close to what I expected. The men's open-air bath is accessed from the cold spring bath, which is one flight of stairs from Fudo Myoo, and then down another flight of stairs, so be careful of your step and the cold. Fudo Falls could be viewed from the top. The room was an ordinary one as it was a ``choice plan'', but I think the air conditioner was in the comfortable category. The screen on the TV, which doesn't show BS, was a little small, so it was a little hard to see the ``Doha Delights'' that I watched while snuggled under the covers. I will never forget the beauty of the starry sky when I woke up early!