A good value for your money. It is a simple ryokan with dinner and breakfast provided. It has both indoor and outdoor onsens. The food and onsens are decently good. No complaints 😊

Stayed in August 2025

shared toilet

Good value of money. All elder workers are in good manner.

Stayed in July 2025

No air con in room which was tough for July (but perhaps this is normal for East Hokkaido??). No basin or running water in room.

Lovely tatami room, clean, centrally located traditional Japanese hotel.

Stayed in July 2025

My room is a bit far from toilet

Room is spacious and clean. Onsen is good. A lot of parking space

Stayed in May 2025

It was a little annoying not having a toilet in the room, for those who need to go during the night. But a good reminder of how spoilt we are the rest of the time!

This hotel is great value. The staff were kind and helpful. The breakfast was excellent. There are washing machines to use (cold water only). I recommend visiting the outdoor bath (rotemburo) after dark, because you feel like you are in a magical spot in a wood. However, during the day you can see that is not quite the case... My little girls appreciated that they could go in the onsen with their dad (usually they are segregated), because the outdoor one is mixed and there was no one else there. This hotel feels a little like a cross between staying in a hotel and staying in someone's house (in a good way). The location is brilliant - the geyers of Mount Io are a few minutes' drive away. This was a fantastic experience for our daughter who is studying volcanoes at school. I recommend doing the walk around the Wakoto peninsula a short drive away (lake Kussharo). It is a beautiful walk through woods, and we saw a woodpecker, foxes, frogs, and other animals. The foot bath at Ikeno-yu is also a fun thing to do. Be sure to eat at Teshikaga Ramen. Absolutely amazing ramen!

Stayed in April 2025

Shared toilet

Parking, get ready the bed, breakfast and dinner.

Stayed in February 2025

Nothing

Quiet town, awesome ryokan, awesome food

Stayed in December 2024

Pillows can be a bit softer for westerners who are not used to rice mixed with cotton pillows.

The hotel is right behind the famous Mt Io where you can view the sulfur oozing out of the mountain. There's a nice nature trail (1km) that takes you there from the side of the hotel. The meals there were amazing, beyond good value for money. Every night was like a banquet. We enjoyed it very much. Just make sure you book your dinner earlier in the day so they can prepare for it. The host went out of her way to take us to the lake (we couldn't rent a bicycle) and asked us to call her when we wanted to be picked up. We ended up walking home (about 4 -5km walk). As we were approaching the hotel we could see she was looking out the windows worrying about us as it was getting dark. Beautiful people!

Stayed in September 2024

Tatami Japanese futon beds.

Location is near train station. Breakfast and dinner exceeding great. Onsen is great. At night can see sky full with stars. If lucky can even see the Milky Way. Great location to get to lake mashu and kussharo. Lots of deers and foxes sighting.

Stayed in October 2024

facilities quite old, the shared public bath smells a bit when you first came in, quit a few bugs around the hotel as it is surrounded by trees

The hotel got everything you need, the hot spring is opened overnight. Nice dinner and breakfast provided, great for prices Great location, very close to the attractions

Stayed in October 2024

No Complaints

Dinner was excellent ...tempura delicious

Stayed in September 2024

The onsen are a bit dark and some hair conditioner would be nice. The sound insulation is not very good, we could hear the corridor.

The location is perfect for visiting the lakes (if you don’t have a car, a bus goes straight from the Kawayu station). The dinner and breakfast were delicious and very cheap for the great quality. The room was spacious, clean and beautiful. It has its own toilets as well. Yukata are provided.

Stayed in August 2024

The older staff could not speak English well so communication is difficult. But somehow we managed.

Traditional rooms with lovely onsen. Our rooms came without meals but you can arrange to have traditional Japanese dinner and breakfast when you check in. Good base to visit the various Akan Mashu national park sights.

Stayed in June 2024

A little inconvenience for family with young children.

Well prepared breakfast and dinner. Good onsen.

Stayed in June 2024

Check in by an elderly lady, not too friendly by Japan standard. Tatami floor in the room feels sticky and room is dusty. Hotel Wifi is gets cut off every 15-20 min while in use.

Room is spacious which makes it easy to open our luggages. Dinner and breakfast is decent for the price paid. They even have rooibos tea! 😊

Stayed in May 2024

Dinner and Breakfast were more than expectations.

Stayed in April 2024

Room capacity a bit small.

Amazing hot spring.

Stayed in February 2024

As a non Japanese person a couple of chairs in the room would be much appreciated!

Traditional rooms, lovely onsen and with traditional Japanese dinner and breakie.

Stayed in February 2024

Noise travels easily through thin walls and whilst some members of staff were great, some were a bit apathetic.

Lovely old-style room, wide and very tidy. The outdoor onsen was superb! It exceeded my expectations. Though the bathrooms were shared, they were very clean and not busy at all.

Stayed in October 2023

A table and 2 chairs

The food,the onsen,the attitude,the silence

Stayed in August 2023

The pillow was too small for sleeping.

Stayed in October 2023

good location good price however some annoying machine noise during mid-night/ maybe i am sensitive, or there is another quest inside the room :)

Stayed in October 2023

The tatami-mat room comes with an ensuite toilet & wash-basin only with no hot water supply. Felt the futon could be thicker. No in-room kettle to boil water nor any crockery. There is a shared washroom facility on the same floor but again just cubicled-toilets and wash basins. No showering facility! To shower, my daughters and I had to head downstairs to the small onsen gender-segregated facility and shower in our birthday suit. Quite an awkward experience. Wasn't expecting that.

Good enough place for an overnight stay if you aren't too fussy. Comes with a simple Japanese breakfast so you don't need to drive all the way to town. A microwave oven, coin-laundry facility and drink vending machines are available on the ground floor.

Stayed in October 2023

Shared toilets a bit basic and far from the bedroom but clean enough

Nice building, quiet setting, good onsen choices

Stayed in August 2023