Yuruino Yado Keizan

Parking is available at the hotel, and in conjunction with our access to the Starry Sky Cable Car event that day, the hotel immediately provided us with dinner of the day within 15 minutes, and the staff was very polite

The facility is old, but it was clean and there were no problems. The staff were smiling and cheerful, which made me feel comfortable.

I have been to Hirugami Onsen many times, but this was my first time staying at this inn, so I was looking forward to it. As the name suggests, "Yurui" means "hearth." As the name suggests, we had dinner in a room with a hearth, where we were able to enjoy a leisurely meal of grilled trout and gohei mochi. The view from the room was also great, and we had a great view of the hot spring town, so we had a very pleasant time.

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.

April 20th, Hanamomo, staying at the morning market. Dinner was a relaxing private room, which was nice. I ate the appetizer and could tell the chef's skill, but it wasn't tasty. The soup was lukewarm, below 40 degrees, and the grilled and fried dishes were from a warming cabinet, so they didn't taste good. I doubt he's the chef. The rice was Shinshu Koshihikari and was delicious. I know that it's a hotel, so they can't make a lot of tempura at once, but there are other hotels where you can get it delicious. I had a delicious breakfast. The room was clean, but there was a Panasonic Electric Works sticker on the toilet seat, which made me nostalgic. When I got home, the mountain vegetable tempura I bought at the morning market was much more delicious than the one at the hotel.