Loved the location and waking up by the river. We used this accommodation during our Kumano kodo hike and found it easy to get to using public transport, although not as convenient to the actual route. We didn’t find this too much of a concern with the bus services. Having breakfast and dinner included in the neighbouring hotel was also nice and easy. The afternoon onsen beside the river was the highlight.

Very old and dated, could have been a little bit cleaner.

The service was excellent. We had a problem due to travelling and the staff was extremely helpful and flexible. The onsen was so relaxing and had stunning views, right next to a beautiful cold river. The foodbuffet was delicious. I have celiac so I have to eat glutenfree, and the staff went to great lengths to make sure I could eat delicious glutenfree Japanese food. They showed me carefully which dishes were glutenfree, they even made a special plate for me. The Japanese style room was very nice and quiet. Location is great if you want to go on hikes. The free shuttle bus service is excellent and they even pick you up if you can't make it back to the hotel yourself after your hike. Very good value for money. Much recommended!

Feels more like a hostel than a hotel but staff were lovely, spoke & communicated in excellent English, and meals at the sister hotel nearby were great! Not too busy so the staff were able to move us to a non-smoking room without any difficulty (the booking . com website only offered a smoking room). There is only one floor for smokers, and the remaining three floors are non smoking. The indoor onsen was well set up with plenty of towels, yukata available, as well as access to the sister hotel's indoor & outdoor onsens. A quieter area than central Hongu at this time of year.

The location was magic! Beautiful river to look out at and swim in. Using the free riverside onsen ten minutes walk away or the free hotel onsen two minutes walk away were both wonderful experiences. We felt the overall shabbiness was quire charming and we were very happy about the low price! We loved having a balcony, there are stools on the reception floor. We recommend the restaurant upstairs on the "main street" five minutes walk away past the bridge to the free onsen. Good value, friendly and delicious! If you find everything is shut there are snacks at the gift shop in the "sister hotel" down the road, also an icecream machine on the street.

The room was small- almost no room for our luggage. But this was reflected in the price.

Great spot with views onto the river. The staff had given us a smoking room which smelled horrible but then were nice enough to change us to another one which was better. The provide yukatas and everything for the onsen but you have to walk outside to their other hotel (same for breakfast). The breakfast was great

The building is super old and needs a fix up. It's a really cool building and has a lot of potential but the facilities were old and quite dirty. Despite this for a night in the kumano kodo trail it wasn't bad at all ;)

Onsen bath onsite. Yukata at the corridor. Lift available. Near to the bus stop. Staff was kind enough to help me pack my breakfast as I needed to catch an early bus to Shingu.

The packed breakfast was only breads and a bottle of tea drink. All the restaurants were closed on the day of my visit so I needed to buy groceries at a hotel's souvenir shop nearby. If u prefer a good onsen experience and more shops then it's better to stay at Yunomine onsen.

You can use outdoor Onsen at the hotel nearby. The room had a toilet and sink in it and then you used the onsen at the property for showers. There was a free shuttle from Hongu Taisha. I had to have the service center at the Hongu Taisha-Mae bus stop call the hotel between 15:00-17:00 and they sent a shuttle 10 minutes later.

There is a dinner and breakfast offered at the hotel nearby but the dinner was fully booked when we tried to reserve one day before. The staff at the reception were unwelcoming.

The view of the river and the forest is amazing, the place is surrounded by nature. The onsens are great! The breakfast is totally worth it. The room is not too bad, I think you get what you pay for.

The futon is very thin and hard. The whole property smells bad but we opened the windows in the room and eventually it smelled okay.

Annex of main hotel, use of all onsen facilities at main hotel which has mixed outdoor onsen pool, indoor traditional onsen. All just a few doors away, Can book shuttle bus to Hongu and return for guests. All rooms face river (watch kite fish in river). Also ability to dig your own river onsen.

Room was a little muskie , maybe window was left open in rain? Not a major problem though. No convenience store in town, stock up before arrival. Some things at main hotel and Meals.

Good value onsen hotel. Meals and onsen are nice, served a 100 m walk away at the bigger Midoriya (buffet style). There's an outdoor mixed-gender common bath (usable with a special yukata on), which can be good for couples wanting to have the onsen experience together.

There were some small insects in the curtains. The hotel probably was built in the Showa era and has not been renovated since.