This hotel was very authentic. We stayed in a Japanese style room with an ensuite/open air hot spring bath. Dinner and breakfast were served in our room. The food was very authentic, we even ate raw lobster!!! We didn't like all of the food, but we were very glad we tried it all. We slept on futons on the tatami... More

We stayed in this hotel for 1 night to experience a traditional Japanese ryoken experience. It was definately the traditional experience but very basic and the hotel really is a bit shabby, could definately use with updating. The walls are scuffed, the tables have scratches...it is too bad as I'm sure many years ago it was quite nice. The baths... More

Very fine upscale hotel in Hakone. This is a Japanese style accomodation 100%. We and our 12 year old grand daughter eat everything Japanese. The evening meal is not to be missed. Endless courses and delights. Breakfast was classic. Japanese lanuage skills while not a requirement are very helpful. Westerners are rare guests in this facility. Hot spring was outstanding.... More

I purposely booked this hotel and chose the Western-Japanese combination room because I thought we'd be tired of the whole sleeping on the floor thing after traveling through Japan for 30 days. I also wanted the private onsen that comes with this type of room. I think there is only one of these room types with the river view, but... More

For almost 33,750 Yen per person per night (US$332 / HK$2520), this was the most expensive hotel we have ever stayed in. Was it worth it, you asked? Well... -- This was the second most expensive room available in the hotel. The other was sort of like the penthouse of a 5-star hotel, which costs 57,000 Yen per person per... More