Meal options. Use of butter in cooking the beef.

Activities and the reading room. The overnight private onsen.

Stayed in April 2024

Customer service was excellent, and the meals provided were delicious.

Stayed in April 2024

The ryokan provides kaiseki dinner and breakfast, which lean heavily towards seafood, as this area is known for its seafood produce. Despite the multiple courses, the meal is very efficient, so you won’t be bored. The meal is already set at your table when you get there and they have a couple of little ‘stoves’ that heat your food up for you. I would have liked our dinner from the first to the second night to be more different, but the breakfasts were different.

The suite we had was luxuriously spacious and had an onsen bath in our bathroom. The room overlooks the beautiful river and gorge. Because we are a family of 4, they set up 2 futons in the tatami mat area, which can be enclosed by shoji screens or left open. The hot water was the most instant I’ve ever experienced in my life. The ryokan provides lots of amenities and if we wanted more, there was a cart in the lobby where we could have helped ourselves. The ryokan has a private outdoor onsen too, which you can book, but we were happy with our in-room one, so did not use it. The ryokan has danjo, senbei and matcha tea making stations open in the afternoon, as well as a snack cart that is popular with the kids. I read reviews where guests complained of stink bugs. The weather was cold, so we kept our room windows shut and there was only one stink bug that appeared in our room on Day 2. I called the front desk and a staff member arrived in under a minute to whisk the insect away.

Stayed in April 2024

Very friendly staff and amazing view from the room. They have a private onsen for free. The food was delicious.

Stayed in March 2024

Food could have been better. It was not at the level of the rest of the experience

Stayed in March 2024

Slightly fast from Main Street.

Surprising free activities such as free sake tasting, BBQ the sticky rice ball and 1 time free private onsen room usage.

Stayed in February 2024

We were disappointed with the private outdoor baths which were small, not fully outdoors and with no view of the river.

The evening meal was spectacular and the serving staff were lovely.

Stayed in November 2023

lack of English in information material about the facilities.

location and private onsen facilities

Stayed in November 2022

The guest floor and room smelled old and not pleasant. Wish I could get drink service at the night.

The renovated lobby floor and bath were good. The river view from our room was stunning! All the staffs were friendly. Love their welcome drinks and sweets.

Stayed in September 2022

they may need some more maintenance in the room walls.

the speciality of this Japanese style hotel is good nature views with sounds of river, able to reserve free private outdoor hot tabs. Foods are very good, services are good too.

Stayed in May 2022

None

Excellent hotel with nice staff and very comfortable room size and beds. Great dinner and breakfast. Really enjoyed our stay there.

Stayed in April 2024

Practically non-existent service. Almost everything was DIY. We had to collect your yukatas, towels, toothbrushes, socks and even tea bags from the lobby to bring to our room each day. They don't even clean the room and reset the room to its daytime layout unless you request for it before 11 am each day. The tissue holder in the toilet had a thick layer of dust. It is the first Japanese room we stayed in where the tokonoma was bare. Food was below average. If like us, you stay for 3 nights, they serve you almost identical dinners and breakfasts every day. Dessert was served in a paper cup and the same every day. The food we were served (see our photos) was nowhere as nicely presented as those shown in the booking website. Plates were not cleared and you end the meal with lots of empty plates, bowls, shells and fish bones all over the table. There were no varied tea snacks in the room each day as you had to go to the lobby to grill your own dangos and senbeis. Good at most for a one night's stay as the service level was very poor.

It was nice to be able to book private baths for free each day. The room had a lovely view of the river. There is a free shuttle bus service to and from the Kago Onsen JR train station. It is a short walk to the town centre through a picturesque pathway near the river. It is also close to the start of one end of the river gorge walk which was the best part of Kago Onsen in our trip.

Stayed in May 2024

i don't like tatami and the food is just normal

Stayed in November 2023

We loved the simple luxury of Ohanami Kyubei — our room was elegant and comfortable and we enjoyed sleeping on the futons and sitting out on the balcony. We also appreciated the multiple onsen options, especially the private outdoor baths with views of the gorge and of the sky. All of the staff were exceptionally gracious and helpful and we felt very welcome. The breakfasts and dinners included were delicious and extravagant and varied with each meal. We also liked how easy it was to visit other places in the area through Canbus and through the hotel’s free shuttle to Kagaonsen station. We would love to return, and would highly recommend staying at Ohanami Kyubei for a restorative and romantic vacation.

Stayed in November 2023

Would like to have been able to be picked up by shuttle bus earlier in the day (say 10 am) as we were travelling from Kanazawa- only 30 minutes away. We would have liked to leave our luggage and walk the gorge and the town before checking in at 3pm (say).

Loved the private bath, large room, the dinner and breakfast. Beautiful walk along the gorge. Had a wonderful break here.

Stayed in October 2023

Yamanaka onsen had been in down turn a while so they couldn't spend enough month to maintain the hotel in the excellent condition especially outside of the building. Once a stream of guests comes back after the pandemic I hope they would clean up outside of "roten-buros" cutting down weeds and low bush.

Since not so many guests during weekdays I could enjoy a "roten-buro" (outdoor bath-tub) out of three for 40 min alone. Also it's located upstream of the river almost at the end of the row of onsen ryokans, which is quieter and surrounded by nature.

Stayed in September 2022

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Stayed in August 2021