Suminoe Ryokan

Personal service, excellent food, comfortable rooms - a highlight of our trip to Japan. Thank you

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It was lovely to stay in our first Ryokan. We were on our bikes, which they accommodated. We had a water view, The staff was very helpful & friendly.

As seems to be with many of the places we stayed in Japan, no where to hang our towels.

we loved staying in a traditional ryokan for one night. The onsen was great. The whole place was spotlessly clean. the Lady in charge was very efficient and organised and very nice. Our bedroom looked onto the water which was a lovely view. The beds on the floor were way more comfy than I expected. And then linen was absolutely lovely. We also had a very nice traditional breakfast here.

some people would call it dated, but we viewed it as part of its charm

Wonderful onsen, the breakfast was truly superb, the staff were very kind, the location was fantastic, beautiful garden. The room was spacious.

The small bathroom (toilet only) in our bedroom had a terrible smell, like funky moldy socks. I ended up only using the toilet in the hall and begging my traveling companion to keep the door to our toilet closed because even opening it for a moment would waft the funky smell into our room. The hallways are not air conditioned (like many other places in Japan) so it was sweltering just to walk to our room. The carpets were old and had stains. The garden might have once had waterfalls and little streams but it was all dry during my visit (maybe to prevent mosquitoes?).