La Vista Akangawa

This was my first time staying at La Vista, and I initially thought it would just be a Dormy Inn with a private onsen, but I was so pleasantly surprised! The room was quite spacious and had a private bath where you could pre-fill the water, and it would automatically stop when full. There's also a public outdoor bath with even better views, but you can't use shampoo or shower gel there as the water flows directly into the stream. Since it wasn't convenient to go out, I booked the dinner and breakfast package. The kaiseki meal was exquisitely presented and photogenic, and the taste was good, though the ingredients were just average. The most delightful moment was sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the evening, watching a family of deer come to drink water and graze!