Sansuiso Tsuchiyu Spa Reviews

Wide selection of onsens - no dinner option around the area if you haven’t reserved dinner prior to check in

The garden in the backyard is beautiful. Dinner is also good, various wild vegetables

The staff were all very kind and polite, and it was great.

Very good, very good, onsen is very good

The gardens surrounding the hotel were stunningly beautiful, serene! The private onsen (hot spring bath) was amazing and the traditional style rooms were really cool. The customer service was excellent too. They spoke some English but had a translating device for the more complicated questions. Shower water pressure was great- complimentary soaps and bathroom amenities provided. They happily arranged taxi service for us and were always available for assistance. Only complaints are the room smelled very fishy and the sleeping mats & pillows were uncomfortable. Also, don’t eat at the restaurant unless you like fish / seafood. It was delicious but very fishy!

My husband and I stayed here for two nights as part of a two-week honeymoon trip. The area is a little difficult to reach in comparison to other onset resorts (about 35-40 mins by public bus from Fukushima station) but the remoteness is part of the charm. There is a free shuttle bus to and from the ryokan at set times and you have to pre-book hence why we had to take the public bus initially. It was relaxing to be able to try all the differnt baths, have a walk in town during the day and sample the local cuisine. They have a huge buffet for breakfast and even the most basic dinner package was a carefully curated omakase menu. There did not seem to be very many foreign guests at this ryokan or in the town of Tsuchiyu Onsen more generally but I would highly recommend it as a slice of Japan that is not currently overrun by foreign tourism.

We visited Sansuiso in December 2022 in the snowy weather. Four of us stayed in a suite room with private bath in Shisuitei, the new wing. The room was spacious, clean, and very comfortable with a bedroom section (with 2 ample sized western beds) that can be separated with sliding doors at night, as well as a very big tatami room where two more people can sleep on futons. The heating system was top notch with precise control, and I should mention the toilet was equipped with top-of-the-line TOTO washlet bidet with automated lid and flushing. I have multiple food allergies, including gluten (celiac disease), and my husband cannot eat eggs or dairy products. When I explained this to them when I made the reservation, they readily accommodated us, and I was thrilled that they didn’t simply skip some things, but carefully prepared special course menus to match our needs. Since my mother was going through chemotherapy, we had a private room for dinner and breakfast (plus we could add whatever we wanted from the breakfast buffet to the prepared meal). Both my mom and her friend said they felt like they had been treated to a fine restaurant for each meal. It was our first time to stay in Tsuchiyu Onsen; we stayed there for two nights when it was snowing heavily due to a big cold wave. When my mom wanted to go shrimp fishing or my husband wanted to paint kokeshi dolls, the kind okami-san (innkeeper) tactfully allowed us to take the shuttle bus to the venue and the bus came to pick us up on the way back to the inn. Bathing with a view of the snowy slope and waterfall was also wonderful. The shuttle bus from right in front of the Fukushima station is convenient, too. If an opportunity presented itself, we would love to visit Sansuiso again. 2022年12月に、雪の降っている中で福島駅からの送迎バスに乗って伺い利用させて頂きました。リニューアル後の新館である紫水亭6階の露天風呂付きスイートルームに4人で宿泊させて頂いたのですが、広々として清潔感がありとても気持ち良かったです。部屋は広く綺麗で、引き戸で仕切れるベッド部分と、布団で寝られる大きな和室があり、とても快適でした。暖房設備もよく整っており、お部屋のセクションごとに細かくコントロールできます。 私はグルテン（セリアック病）を含む複数の食品アレルギーがあり、主人も卵と乳製品が食べられないのですが、予約時に説明をさせて頂いたところすんなり対応して頂き、それも何かを単に抜くというのではなく、特別にコース料理の中でそれに見合うものを丁寧にご用意して頂いたので感激しました。母が病気のため夕食は個室、朝食も個室のコース（＋バイキングで好きなものを加えることも可能）で、母も彼女の友人も「高級レストランでお食事させて頂いたようだ」と大変喜んでいました。 土湯温泉は初めてで、ちょうど大寒波で雪深い時に2泊滞在したのですが、母が経験したがっていたエビ釣りや夫が興味があったこけしの絵付けなどに行く際、ご親切な女将さんが機転を効かせて送迎バスに便乗させて下さったり、帰りにはバスがお迎えに来て下さったり、心に残るホスピタリティーに満ちたお宿でした。雪景色を見ながらのお風呂も風情があり素敵でした。福島駅からの送迎バスも便利ですし、機会がありましたら、また是非伺いたいです。

There are more than three large public baths (hot springs), which is great! The food (both dinner and breakfast) was delicious and I was able to relax thoroughly.

The water is delicious because it comes from a mountain spring, so everything you eat is delicious.

It is located in the back of Tsuchiyu Onsen. There are three buildings, and this time I stayed in Shinonome, which is the cheapest. There were 5 of us, but it didn't feel cramped. You can see the entrance from the window, and you can hear the sound of the suikinkutsu all the time. There are 3 baths. There are men and women on the first floor. The water temperature seems to be the highest, and it warms well. The sauna is small, but it's automatic, so it feels good. The third floor faces the river (waterfall). It is named "Taishi no Yu" because it seems to be a place related to Prince Shotoku. In addition, there is only one, so depending on the time, men and women can enter separately. The scenery is nice. There are two floors on the 6th floor, and men and women change places in the morning. Fuchi-no-Yu is a two-story building, with the entrance on the 6th floor, the large public bath and open-air bath on the 7th floor, and the sauna, nuruyu, and Miharashiyu on the 8th floor. There is not much difference from the bath of The other Takinoyu is on one floor. We had breakfast and dinner in the open kitchen on the second floor. For dinner, Japanese beef shabu-shabu and sashimi were delicious. I had some left over, so I had the rest made into rice balls and had it as a late-night snack. It was a buffet in the morning, but it was delicious. Most of the employees, including the room attendants, the dining room, and the shop, were overwhelmingly male, but everyone was kind and polite, and I got a very good impression. It was a wonderful inn.

I was very satisfied with both the hot springs and the food.

It was a nostalgic inn. You can see a wonderful Japanese garden from the lobby and rooms. The room was a large clean room in the new building because it was upgraded. Japanese sweets, Japanese tea, coffee and tea were placed in the room. As for the bath, the Fuchi-no-Yu in front of the open-air bath waterfall was the best during the summer. There is also lukewarm water here, so I was able to relax. The waterfall bath was also a wonderful bath. There are also massage chairs in these bath areas, so I used them when there were no visitors for day trip bathing. The cold water machine was also conveniently located in the bathroom area. There is a large public bath on the first floor, but there is no open-air bath. We had dinner and breakfast in a restaurant with a live kitchen. Personally, I'm not good at restaurants with live kitchens because it smells like fried food. However, this time it was a seat near the live kitchen, and there was no problem with the smell at all. The space between each table was quite wide, and there was an acrylic board partition even within the same table, so we could not toast, but it was safe. It was nice to have freshly made tempura and main Western dishes made in the live kitchen and delivered immediately. 300cc of Japanese sake starts at around 1,000 yen. The rice was steamed and served in a tea basket, and it was delicious. Also, the plum pickled tempura was unique. The breakfast was a Japanese set meal, and there was coffee after the meal, which was good. I took a leisurely bath, and was healed by the greenery, the waterfall, the mountain stream, and the good hospitality.