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Uotoshi Ryokan

2.5 star property

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Public bath
Archery
Front of property
Deluxe Twin Room
Restaurant

Reviews

8.8 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Pet-friendly
    Pet-friendly
  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi
  • Parking included
    Parking included

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Map
2563 Sano, Yamanouchi, Shimotakai, Yamanouchi, Nagano, 381-0402
  • Nishimiya Shrine
    9 min walk
  • Shiga Kogen Ski Area
    10 min walk
  • Yudanaka Hot Spring
    11 min walk

Room options

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Twin Room

Twin Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 3 Twin Futons

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Deluxe Twin Room

Deluxe Twin Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Twin Futons

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includes taxes & fees
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About this property

Uotoshi Ryokan

Ryokan with free parking, near Shiga Kogen Ski Area
This smoke-free ryokan features a refrigerator in a common area, laundry facilities, and a front-desk safe. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Bathrooms are shared and housekeeping is not available.
Uotoshi Ryokan offers 8 accommodations with slippers and blackout drapes/curtains. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms. This Yamanouchi ryokan provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests have access to shared bathrooms. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Public bath/onsen services include an indoor mineral hot springs (Japanese-style onsen). The ryokan bathing area is open 24 hours.
During your stay at Uotoshi Ryokan, you're just a quick walk from Takayakushi Wakoan. Enjoy features like free WiFi in public areas and free self parking, plus laundry facilities.
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self parking
  • Amenities include a front-desk safe, laundry facilities, and a shared refrigerator
  • Onsite recreation includes archery
  • Within a 15-minute walk of Shiga Kogen Ski Area and Yudanaka Hot Spring
  • Pets welcome for free
Uotoshi Ryokan offers its guests laundry facilities, a front-desk safe, and a refrigerator in a common area. WiFi is free in public spaces. Self parking is free.

This Yamanouchi ryokan is smoke free.

Languages

English, Japanese

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • On-site parking available only on request
  • Free uncovered self-parking on site

Things to do

  • Archery

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • No housekeeping

Spa

  • 24-hour public bath access
  • Indoor mineral hot springs (onsen)

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Shared fridge
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Hairdryer (on request)
  • Shared bathroom
  • Towels
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

More

  • Guidebooks/recommendations
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Local maps
  • Restaurant dining guide
  • Slippers
  • Tatami (woven mat floors)
  • Tokonoma (alcove)
  • Window screens

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 11:30 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7 AM - 11:30 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Guests booked in Half Board rates must check-in by 6 PM to receive dinner.

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • Pets are welcome and stay free

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Kids stay free! Children 4 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Guests must contact this property in advance to reserve onsite parking and access to the hot springs
This property accepts credit cards
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
The front desk at this property is open daily from 7 AM - 11:30 PM.
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation.
Japanese futons are provided based on the number of adults in the reservation.

We should mention

  • Children 4 years old and younger stay free in the same room as the parent or guardian when using existing bedding.
  • As required by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, all international visitors must submit their passport number and nationality when registering at any lodging facility (inns, hotels, motels, etc. ). Also, it's required that lodging proprietors photocopy the passports of all registering guests and keep the photocopy on file.
  • Please note that some properties do not permit guests with tattoos to use the onsite public bathing facilities.

Property is also known as

Uotoshi Ryokan Yamanouchi
Uotoshi Yamanouchi
Uotoshi
Uotoshi Ryokan Ryokan
Uotoshi Ryokan Yamanouchi
Uotoshi Ryokan Ryokan Yamanouchi

Uotoshi Ryokan Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 21 out of 36 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 36 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 36 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 36 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 36 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Bricin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jacob

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Uotoshi Ryokan was amazing! The host was super nice, the meals were fantastic, the room was great. The area is perfect, it's a great place to get away from the city for a bit. It's a bit in the past, but in a really nice way! Our room didn't have a washroom in the room, we didn't mind.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Korey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There are no private showers at this property. This may not be an issue for most people, but I read a misleading review which made me book this property thinking there were private showers and that is NOT the case. The shower is a combined 4 person shower and tub you can soak in afterwards. The breakfast was amazing and I highly recommend it if you have the option. Host was knowledgeable about the area and snow monkey park and the property was very close to the train station which was convenient. Futon on the floor was very uncomfortable and felt like you were sleeping directly on the floor. I ended up checking out a day early because I couldn’t hack lol, but overall is probably worth the price.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Such a wonderful place to stay and explore the surrounding areas. The host Miyasaka-san is exceptional and made us very welcome and comfortable. Daily rituals of traditional breakfast and bathing in the onsen, and the opportunity to watch a local archers traditional competition here in the dojo made for a truly magical stay. Highly recommended.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jacob

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Truly an amazing experience. It is a traditional ryokan run by lovely people — the owner made us breakfast, offered to drive us to the Snow Monkey Park, and gave us apples and candy for our train ride home. It was the highlight of our trip. It is definitely not for those who need luxury and comfort, but it is cozy, cool, and memorable
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ace

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful affordable spot centrally located for mountain adventures.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Shannon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service
Could not get in touch with the Ryokan
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kelsey

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I would recommend Uotoshi Ryokan to anyone visiting Yudanaka. It is a lovely traditional Japanese inn with comfortable rooms and a relaxing hot spring bath. It is very conveniently located near Snow Monkey park, many restaurants, and the Yudanaka train station. The owners are kind and helpful, and even offer to drive you to Snow Monkey Park! We will stay here again if we come back to Yudanaka.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Linda

Travelled with family
If you are on a budget, this was a good place to stay with shared bathrooms and sink areas. Shared bathroom has 2 stalls, very small and sink areas have 2 with upstairs and downstairs. I think this place's capacity is 8 parties total. We stayed for 3 nights and chose breakfast. Breakfast was delicious and owners were hospitable. We felt bad that they had to work on New Year's. Most of the surrounding area was closed from New Year's Eve through 01/04/23, but surprisingly Snow Monkey Park was open on New Year's. If you're wanting 3 star hotel amenities, this is not the place for you, but for the price we paid we felt it was reasonable and truly did experience the traditional ryokan experience and the onsen onsite was a plus.

8/10 Good

Ho Tuck Wai

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quiet and friendly ryokan on the other side of the river from the station.

10/10 Excellent

GLEN BOISAN

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Authentic Japanese Experience
The Owner was so accommodating he even offered for a free ride to the monkey park but we decided to be driven back to our hotel in Yamanouchi. Our one night experience for a Japanese culture was genuine and fantastic. The Japanese dinner and breakfast was so good.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Kylie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
If you want a great rural experience, stay here
A really unique and affordable place, with a genuinely wonderful host. I found this by chance and we were all so amazed by our stay. The place is older and homely, but the rooms and facilities are all fine. We started our stay by taking up the owner, Miyasaka San, offer of dinner, and it was a very generous and wide ranging meal (sashimi, tempura etc), of around 9 dishes set out for each of us. Then Miyasaka San gave us a history lesson on Kyudo (Japanese archery). A few days later we were lucky enough to have a lesson with him, and he also performed the Kyudo ceremony which was an amazing experience. He also kindly drove us up to the entrance of the monkey park walk. We were here in May, late spring and still saw some blossoms of the vast apple tree farms around. The area is a quiet charming chain of smaller ‘towns’ and the real treat here are the 9 public onsens you can visit. Read up on them. This would be a great place to visit in winter for skiing, to get away from the real overrun popular places. You get to Yamanochi-Machi by taking a train to Nagano, and then switch to a local train to Yudanaka which is at the end of the line. This is genuinely a rural place, and staying at this ryokan will only add to the experience. We hope to return one day.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Traditional ryokan with wonderful host
A very traditional ryokan with a wonderful host! Walking distance to station. Get tips from the host on your traveling plans
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Sinisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Raymond

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best Hotel in Yudanaka
This is the best Hotel in Yudanaka - the hotel Manager (Mr Kazuhisa Miyasaka) made my stay there a fantastic experience .. he drove me to the Snow Monkey Park each day, plus provided invaluable information on the local area. The traditional bedroom was clean and spacious and warm too... and the Onsen was amazing.. I had a bath everyday and it was great. He also recommended some great local places to eat. I even managed to have a practice at Japanese Archery... there is no better place in YUDANAKA! I thoroughly recommend it.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Cera, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The nicest host I’ve ever experienced
I wish we could have stayed longer. The hospitality was amazing, the Onsen was relaxing, Yamanouchi is filled with constantly flowing water so the sound was amazingly serene at all times. There’s archery in the back, and the ryokan is situated in walking distance to so many beautiful streets and the kannon statue. Definitely stay here and interact with your host as much as possible, he is SO lovely!
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Akiyoshi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
食事処はそんなにたくさんあるわけではないようです。 素泊りならば市街地で惣菜の調達をすると良いかも？
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

JINGYI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
外国人に勧めの旅館です。
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Johannes

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ein sehr sehr schöner Aufenthalt in einem alten und Authentischen Ryokan. Das Onsen Bad ist wirklich unglaublich erholsam und generell wirkt die gesamte Unterkunft wirklich sehr sehr Authentisch. Der Betreiber der Unterkunft fuhr mich sogar mit seinem PKW zum Nahegelegenen Affenpark und anschließend gab es mir Einblicke in die Kunst des Japanischen Bogenschiessens. Bisher mein schönster Aufenthalt in Japan
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Anders

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Autentisk Ryokan med egetvarn kildevann-bad.
Svært autentisk Ryokan, med fabelaktig vert. Litt "slitne" fasiliteter , men dette bidro til intrykket av autentisitet. Hadde eget lite "Onsen"-bad med naturlig varmt kildevann. God mat, god service. Verten tok oss med på et fascinerende besøk på banen for klassisk japansk busekyting (som ligger vegg i vegg med Ryokan'en. Fikk se trening mens vi var plassert ved tradisjonelt lavt bord (med tepper og ovn under.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

だいち

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

ノブアキ

Liked: Staff & service
閑静な昔からの温泉地。広大な温泉地の一角で、人通りは少なく、昔ながらの温泉地とは違う。温泉のお湯は完全な掛け流しで、一晩中、夜間の利用が可能。寂れた温泉の素朴な風呂、近代的な宿を狙うには不向きかも知れないが、安価で夕食のおかずの量は十分で、宿の主人は善良である。弓道などの合宿に利用され、弓道好きに良い。ペットとの同伴も受けているようである。素朴な感じを受ける宿と感じた。古き良き友との素朴で気取らない旅に良い。
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

リョウ

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023