Very authentic Japanese so not in anyway targeted at foreign tourists. This had it's charms but made the initial communication difficult, though the Nepalese staff who turned up later could speak English. The dinner and breakfast are pure Japanese and are excellent! The Japanese style tatami room with view of mount Fuji was also good.

It's a bit frayed round the edges, especially the hot spring bathing facilities, but this added to the sense of being somewhere from a bygone age, which I personally find quite appealing.

The view from the room. Mount Fuji!!! Japanese style Tatami floor.

My partner called in advance of arrival time at the train station, so we don't have to wait for the bus to arrive, But she was told to call again once we arrived the station. So we waited for 10-15 minutes out in cold for the bus to arrive.

We liked the large room with a sitting area overlooking the city.

Very far from restaurants. Hotel did not have room for us at their restaurant. Hotel looked run-down. Needs to be updated or upkeep better.

The public baths

Everything wasn't that clean, the beds were fine but there was a lot unclean things so it made it slightly uncomfortable

the food is delicious

hot spring is dirty

Maybe the price due to the weakness of yen. However, if/when yen gets stronger, this point becomes questionable.

1) Neither private toilet nor shower/bath in the room. 2) Needed to prearrange for breakfast and dinner. (No restaurants near the hotel.) 3) It's out of nowhere. You had to call a cab/taxi to reach a train station.

The pleasant manager did pick us up at the train station.

A few years ago it was probably a decent popular onsen. Unfortunately, the facilities are aging, and the well meaning SE Asian staff is fairly clueless about proper service (eg. several of the small baths are for 1 couple at a time, but you have to go check if anybody is in, as there's no reservation possible. When I suggested making a waitlist, the 3 attendants that walked us to the - already occupied - bath had no clue what I was talking about...)