Kurokawa Onsen Ryokan Wakaba

staffs are very helpful, big room, good facilities, Nice Onsen. perfect place!!

Dinner is a bit lower quality than expectation but still considered not bad.

We enjoyed staying in this excellent Ryokan in the centre of Kurokawa. We stayed in a Japanese style room with a private bath. There are four of these rooms available, with two directly overlooking the river. The Onsen itself is lovely and also next to the river, unlike the position shown on the tourist map. The staff were very attentive and even posted a pair of forgotten shoes to our next hotel! We also couldn’t fault the food and enjoyed all of the Japanese courses on offer.

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Super friendly staffs and big room

Onsen size is abit small.

Our room was beautifully set up, with a private toilet and sink, big eating/sleeping area, and nook by the window for reading. The English-speaking staff was very helpful and polite in changing the room from the daytime to nighttime setup. The traditional breakfasts and dinners were delicious – many local fish, meat, and tofu dishes. The hot springs themselves were wonderful; the male and female sides each have a changing room, shower area, indoor bath and an outdoor bath looking out onto the bamboo forest on the hillside. It was incredibly peaceful and they were never too crowded. We also reserved each of the two private baths for use as a couple. We didn’t feel the need to buy the pass to visit the rest of the ryokan in the area, but it was close to the main village so it would have been easy to get around. We visited on our honeymoon and couldn’t have had a nicer stay!

Nothing disappointed us! We found a couple of mosquitoes in our room, but the air conditioning worked well and the temperature was generally pleasant.