Shirakawa-go's Onjuku Yunosho Illumination Festival is the number one hotel you can't miss
The Lantern Festival is coming soon. The best way not to miss the most beautiful scenery of the year is to stay in the Shirakawa Country Village. You can not only delve into local life, but also enjoy the time in the snowy countryside❄. You can also enjoy the hot springs of Shirakawa-go Hirase Onsen Onjuku. inside
📍Today I would like to introduce to you the best hot spring hotel [Onjuku Yunosou] which is only 5 minutes’ drive from Ogi-machi Gassho Village🚗
Shirakawa-go Onjuku Yunoshuo
【Rustic style】
🪜The lobby presents a local style. The wooden structure of the roof was dismantled and reinstalled from the century-old Gassho building. The paintings on the wall of the reception desk show the scene of Gassho construction.
👞The entire interior is paved with tatami mats, retaining the tradition of taking off shoes when entering. The floor heating allows people to comfortably step on the straw mats with bare feet.
🍵During the Lighting Festival, you can check in as early as 14:00~ You can freely enjoy various drinks such as sake, rice wine, and baked tea while waiting for check-in
🪵The lounge on the second floor allows people to experience the gassho-zukuri triangular roof up close in fun games, and you can also rent your favorite yukata
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【Warm Room】
🛏The 66 rooms are divided into 4 room types. The Japanese aesthetics of wooden furniture, tatami floors and Japanese paper sliding doors and windows are perfectly integrated with the Western layout of sofas, mattresses and ultra-thin TVs.
👘From the yukatas, kimonos, and hot spring baskets in the closet to the Shirakawa tea, Hida chestnuts and other snacks beside the TV cabinet
🚿The bathroom is separated from wet and dry, but as a hot spring hotel, it is a bit regrettable that there is no guest hot spring.
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【Natural hot spring】
💦The natural hot spring consists of 1 large bath and 2 private baths. The sodium chloride water quality is good for relieving insomnia and joint pain.
🧖Large public bath Katsuki no Yu: including indoor public baths, open-air baths to experience the four seasons, and men's and women's saunas
♨Private bath: You can choose the classic cypress bathtub "Tenun no Yu" or the elegant blue ceramic bathtub "Nebula no Yu". No reservation is required, so it is first come, first served~
🍦After soaking in the hot soup, you can enjoy free ice cream and cold milk. It’s so comfortable~
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【Authentic dining】
🍣Just like a traditional hot spring hotel, it provides one bed and two meals, and the restaurant partition ensures dining privacy
🍱Breakfast provides "Hakuye Miso" local cuisine that can only be tasted in Takayama areas
🥩The dinner special kaiseki cuisine uses local delicacies such as Hida beef and wild vegetable hotpot. What’s interesting is that the menu on the dinner plate looks like a gassho-shaped dish.
🍜Free soy sauce ramen late night snack is available from 22:30~23:30, don’t miss it
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【Travel Transportation】
🚌The hotel provides guests with a free shuttle bus to Ogimachi Gassho Village. There are 6 buses from the hotel to Shirakawago Bus Terminal every morning and 4 buses returning in the afternoon.
🔆Limited Lighting: Go to the observation deck to watch the lighting ceremony that only takes place 6 days a year
🐛Wada House: Built in the Edo period, apart from the public area where historical items and silkworm-raising equipment are displayed, there are still residents living there.
🍶Kanda Family: After splitting from the Wada Family, they started the brewing industry and it took 10 years to build.
Tell us about your stay:
I am really satisfied with this hotel after checking in.
It’s the first day of the Japanese New Year again
So I think the price is worth it
We drove there by ourselves
Get off the Shirakawago Expressway and drive towards the village
The first traffic light you encounter is opposite this hotel.
There are so many people today that almost all the rooms are full
The time for dinner is arranged in advance. When the time comes, we wait for the room number to be called.
The meal in the evening is richer
The long-awaited Hida beef is not as delicious as expected
The side dishes are all exquisite
The hotel gives every guest a free bowl of soba noodles
But I had quite a full meal at night and I didn’t go get it.
For hot spring bathing, you can choose a large bathhouse or a separate bathhouse.
Get free bathrobes next to the lobby and choose from many colors.
There are also flower jackets in the room
I have stayed in so many hotels in Japan
The experience of this restaurant can be ranked among the top three