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Many thanks for your comment. This inn opens through year though attitude is much higher than other inns which open in winter. I heard that many foregin guest come to there in winter season to enjoy the white winter with onsen and if you have chance, highly recommend to visit there in winter!

Hi, I use Artlist for all my youtube videos, and this music is "Deep Breath" by Noam Zaguri.

"Ryounkaku" is the inn which is above the moutain clouds. You can see spectacular views from there with high attitude. This time unfortunately rainy and cloudy, I believe you can see mounntain range from there and it must be so special.

@@Documentrip2 I would like to go to Takamine onsen. It is also an inn above the clouds. It has a telescope too.

Many thanks for your comment. I often go to hot spring inn in mountain area and most of the cases its not easy to see clear blue sky there, but the time with cloud and rain is also beautiful. This inn is closer to my parent house and I have some chance to be back to there in winter. Hope I have chance to share the video in winter season so that you can see beautiful hot spring with huge snows. I hope to visit Switzland in near future and try "Solbad" as you shared :-)

Many thanks! Hokkaido is my home and love there. I am thinking to be back to there after retirement and have dream to enjoy onsen every week. This inn is something like mountain inn and not typical one of Japanese style. But quality of onsen is really special and I am glad if you have chance to be there! This inn accept only phone or Japanese website for booking but I heard that many foreign guest come to there to send email with google translate. I am so surprised and glad to hear that many foreign people have interst to visit such hidden place.

Many thanks for your comment. As you may know, Hokkaido is the place people can enjoy great nature in Japan, this area is one of the most famous unexplored place there and even for me I didint visit there in my life before (I was born in Hokkaido though). There are many attractive place in Japan and this inn must not be on your list but I am glad that you can enjoy watching it FYI, when I was there, 3 Canadian women stayed. According to the staff, they sent e-mail with google translte (becase there are no booking system in English) and made booking and reached there by themselves. I was so surprised that such motivation of enjoying our hidden place. Very glad to see foreign tourists in very local areas.

Autumn foliage season in Hokkaido and this area is September, the earliest in Japan. Normally most of the place in Japan you can enjoy late October - end November but it totally depends. This inn has already been closed in 2025 (amazing!!)

Many thanks!!!!

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Many thanks. I believe here is one of Japan's top hidden hot springs with a spectacular view and really breathtaking. Even if you don't drive car, you can access to there via station and inn shuttle. Hope you have chance to be there.

Many thanks for your comment and question...Its good but difficult question :-) The rating of each ryokans are totally depends on favorites of individuals and also budget. In Japan there are many modern ryokans but I feel its bit costly. Considering that point of view, I believe I am much more satisfied with most of hidden ryokans/onsen because its economical and you can enjoy extraordinary experiences. Also if you know very keen on the quality of onsen, thats better. If you have any plan to come to Japan for future, I can let you know my favorites if you pick up specific areas.

@Documentrip2 awesome reply, thank you, my partner is Japanese so if you had any recommendations for Northern kanto/tohoku or Hokkaido it would be appreciated. The modern ryokan like the iwate one was super interesting too! We travel back yearly but always felt intimidated to choose a ryokan until watching your channel

Hi, sorry for late reply on this. Still bit difflcult :-) I believe you point out ryokan of Iwate (Seiryukan?) and you like modern style? As I don't travel to modern ryokan so many times but I have "wish list" in that region. Please let me know for my recommendation! (great to know that your partner is Japanese and hope you can have special time in Japan!)

Many thanks. Thats really breathtaking!!!

Thank you for this great video. This inn looks really special and everything looks so good there. Please keep up the great work and dont give up. It make take time and patience, but I am sure that one day, you will be very sucessful with your wonderful channel.

Today its 30 degrees in India. its called as 2nd summer here :-) I still have 10 stocks of ryokans video and also planning to visit 15 ryokans in new year holidays. For my Japanese ryokan channel, today just reached 1000 subscribers and I am really motivated. Hope I can reach 10,000 subscribers as next milestone very soon!

@@Documentrip2 Its great that you have reached 1000 subscribers on your Japanese channel. Hopefully you will also get more subscribers on your Englisch channel.

Many thanks and hope my English channel will follow!

Many thanks. I live in India now and have some chance to earn mileage...Thanks to my business/job and will travel to various area in Japan from now on too :-)

Wow....you have been to there many times? I was born in Hokkaido and its my home. But when I was young and there, information of ryokan/onsen was quite limited and I missed many chance to go to wonderful places. Now I restarted to learn a lot and try to find best ryokans and this ryokan is one of the best in Hokkaido. Its bit difficult to have reservation but promise you to enjoy best seasfood there. Hope you have chance to be there.

This ryokan is one of the most extraordinary mood guest can enjoy in Japan... Its really quiet and calmness in the night and people has nothing to do (only onsen). Then people start to have chat with others (most of topic is on ryokan/onsen :-)) Recently I got to know that now most of guests here are foreign tourists. Its really surprising that many foreign tourists can reach that ryokans (becasue its difficult to make booking). As Japanese, I'm really glad to see they wear Yukata (Japanese inn's clothes) and enjoy onsen.

Many thanks for your comment! Wow... you visited Japan 55 years ago and really glad to hear you are planning to be beack!! And surprising you will visit Hoshi onsen! Honestly, this ryokan is my top favorites and this is 2nd video of Hoshi onsen. Hope you will have special time and enjoy Onsen a lot. I used to live in Detroit for 4 years (13 years ago), after that no chance to visit USA. Hope to be back soon! (I really enjoyed to visit many National Park. My best memory/trip is to drive from Seatlle to Los Angels by car visiting many NP...)

Many thanks for your comment and really glad to see. Honestly I dont like youtube videos which moving so fast and my style is something like moving photos to show peaceful and calm atomosphere (because I like that style). I will keep posting many videos and that would be great if you keep watching it!

@@Documentrip2 The result of this filming is excellent, and I like it very much. You have a talent for telling stories via video.

Thanks a lot and will try the best to make much better one!

I agree and its really gourgerous to enjoy such famous onsen alone in the night. I feel most of the guests at hidden onsen/traditonal onsen are elder people and they sleep earlier. Most of the case you can dominate onsen alone. Its quiet and not need to care about others. Your style must be perfect but sometime it makes me sleeping on next day :-) My preference to choose ryokan is the one which room is less than 20. Hoshi Onsen has around 30 rooms and bit bigger, but onsen is available 24 hours and no issues at all.

Thanks for your comment. Hoshi onsen is one of the top hidden onsen ryokan in Japan and it's one of the best for me as well (as you may aware, this is first ryokan which I made video for 2 times). The only thing is the ryokan is located alone and there are nothing to be surrounded. You may feel bit alone but you can focus on the stay there. Hoshi no Yu is sometimes featured on top of travelling magazine and very famous, highly recommend you to be there.

Arigato gozaimasu!!! Very glad to see your comment and hope my video helps for your planning on next visit! If you have any question, please feel free to ask me!

Hi. I use Artlist for the selection of music. Music : Waves - Artist : the wildcardz. You can check it out at their website!

Thank you so much

Many thanks!!!

Very glad to see your comment and it encourage me to make better videos. Even for Japanese, there are numerous place to visit and I have ryokan list which I want to go for future, its 500 ryokans... Hope you can find next destination through my video and it helps!!!☺

Many thanks!!!

Many thanks. Hope you have chace to be there for future!

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Its really breathtaking area, many thanks from Japan!!

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Thanks a lot!!!

Many thanks. I believe this ryokan is one of the top ryokan in Shikoku island and cable car is real attraction and you can see great landscape on every trip of cable car to the valley. Although this ryokan is located in very local place, we could see some foreign tourists who stayed there. Recently, Iya Valley is getting popular worldwide and Its really beautiful. Honestly there are limited option of any other ryokan around there. but I can promise you that you can have great time there, I am happy if you can consider to be there for future!

@@Documentrip2 Thank you for your answer. We will be in Tohoku next March, but for our "over next" trip to Japan, I think it will be Shikoku (so maybe also including this beautiful ryokan). The only places we have visited so far there are Takamatsu and Naoshima. P.S. We are very lucky in Switzerland, to have 4-6 weeks paid holiday per year (5 in my case) and I can also take and afford some 3-5 unpaid extra weeks per year. Which gives me the opportunity to travel a lot. As Japan is so far away, I would never go there for less than 3 weeks (4 are better). That means, that I have such a long list of places I would like to visit in Japan 🙂and not enough time for them.

Wow, glad to see you will plan and consider visit to Shikoku. In Shikoku, there are famoust onsen place called Dogo Onsen and there are also many great ryokans there. I will post other video of Dogo onsen and hope if helps. Naoshima must be great place. That was my options before I go there, but only thing is no onsen. This is art place and hotel is desgined by Tadao Ando which is same architect designed for Setouchi Retreat which I posted previously. Currently I live in India, but its easier to take long holiday (3 weeks for 2 times in a year) becasue workign environment is bit tough. But once I am back to Japan, its really difficult to take it. Normally 1 week for summer and winter. I am asking my company to stay here longer to keep posting videos :-) Once you finalize the plan to visit Tohoku, please let me know!

@@Documentrip2 Only 2 weeks vacation in Japan per year :-(. I understand that you prefer to continue working in India. You are right, no onsen on Naoshima. But unlike you, I dont travel "only" for onsen. The Tohoku trip is booked, already about 6 months ago. In terms of ryokan with onsen, we will have 3 nights on Sado, 2 nights at ryukon in Niigata prefecture (you also visited there and I enjoyed the video), and 2 nights in Matsushima Bay. The other places, we will stay in normal hotels, but moth of them also have a bath.

Yes indeed, its Sakura Niku - sashimi of deer. Its tasty and nice, highly recommended for you to try!

@@Documentrip2 Was taken to a sakura-niku restaurant in Tokyo on my very first trip in 1985! First and only time I had it. Same with fugu (I'm obviously STILL alive!).

Awesome. Even for Japanese, Sakura Niku and Fugu is not common (people want to try though) to be enjoyed and you could have special experience in Japan. Hope you have chance to be back!

Many thanks for your comment. This type of hotel/ryokan is totally different with any other ryokan where I mainly introduce. Normally its costly and similar to western style, so its not better option for foreign tourists who want traditional style of Japanese inn. But I can say there are many type of hotel/ryokan in Japan and I believe it must be good reference for you. Yes, its bit expensive, but my information of price is 120,000-200,000/2 persons, not per person. The pool is splendid but I believe it is available only in summer season and other season is out of service. If you have any chance to come in summer, please try!

Thanks for your comment! I believe this ryokan is bit tough for most of foreign tourists. Even for Japanese, its tough but there are many onsen geek to love that kind of ryokan because its really special. This is quite rare ryokan which maintain the mood of 100 years ago and honestly its not comfortable to stay, but I can promise you that you can have special experience in your life. Even for me, this place becomes special and I am defenitely back to there in near future. I totally agree, the only issue there is no food served. Before covid time, they served it but due to lack of workers they seem to be difficutl to manage. Not only here, I know many ryokans are struggling to secure workers because most of them are located in rural area and its bit difficult to commute and they are one of them (Young generation hesitate to work there, they want to come big city like Tokyo). Therefore recently there are many foreign workers in onsen village recently. Tengu is kind of monster and even for me its bit scary. But it makes mysterious mood and this is the reason why this ryokan is regareded as one of top ryokans for hidden onsen lovers. You can enjoy day spa and if you have chance to come to Nasu area, highly recommend you to try!

@@Documentrip2 Thank you very much for your very nice and interesting reply. I always enjoy learning more about Japan, and as you, I love ryokans and onsen. For me, this is always a major highlight of a trip to Japan.

@@Documentrip2 Thank you very much for your detailed answer. I always like to learn more about Japan.

Their icon is special open air bath of river. I never see this time of large open air bath and they are serving bathwear for mixed bath. its really good because even for Japanese, mixed bath is bit challenging and most of ryokans never allow people with bathwear, only large towels. I spent much more time and enjoyed a lot with my wife. Private bath in the room is not big size, but I believe its no issues for westerners to enjoy alone (for 2 people, difficult). They also have large private bath and that is really big (honestly too big for 2 people) and you can enjoy there 24 hours. I highly recommend this ryokan for foreign tourists and hope it helps for your next planning :-)

I think that if you take the time to look at "ordinary" and "normal" things and landscapes, they can become very beautiful, special and unique. Especially when you take care, look for right angles, play with shadows, add music etc. I love the productions of this channel and really wish that it will get more supporters soon.

ありがとうございます。もともと写真が趣味で日常を切り取るのが楽しかったことを思い出します。それをいかして動画を撮り映像を作るのは楽しいですね。 特別なものは日常に潜んでいると思います。ただこの旅館は平凡ではなく、その存在自体が特別なもののように感じました。むしろ非日常の極みと言えるかもしれません。こんな旅館は国内に5軒もないと思います。 日本語の旅館チャンネルもありますので、是非ご覧いただけると嬉しいです！ www.youtube.com/@documentrip1

Many thanks!! Totally agreed and I love to make video by many supporters like you ☺☺☺

Many thanks! Your comment encourage me to edit videos! Caption/commnet is bit difficult to express my feeling but glad to see your comment too!

抱歉，只有英文字幕。希望能傳達出氣氛。如果您有時間時能再次看到它，我會很高興。

Many thanks, I believe my selection of music suits the video and you focused on the caption. Please watch my video over and over!

Hi, thanks for your comment. I use Artlist to look for music and its Joy Ride by Aves. Hope it helps!

I agreed, but its bit difficult to enjoy peak of autumn color leaves since its almost 2 weeks and the timing changes every year subject to weather conditions. Hope I can see the peak of it in near future and hope you can do it as well!

@@Documentrip2 Autumn is the middle of October? Does it change annually?

The timing totally depends on the temperture, latitude and altitude. If cold weather comes first, the timing move up. Normally peak of Autumn leaves in Tohoku is mid of October. Nearby Tokyo area, late October-early Novemeber.

Thanks for your comment and you booked Yama no Yado! This is more quiet than that of Tsuruno yu and all hot springs is private. I highly recommend you to go to Tsuru no Yu before dinner and enjoy it. If you have car to be there, thats good option to go there after dinner or midnight to dominate open-air bath (I didnt take video because normally there are many people). Enjoy!

@@Documentrip2 Thank you! How far is Tsuruno yu from Yama no Yado? Is it ok to walk? Is the open air bath ok for me and my wife or it is separate gender

Thanks for your comment! There is shuttle between Yamanoyado and Tsuruno Yu, you can check timing at inn. The distance is almost 2km, you can walk but there must be no lighting so you must be careful in the night. The open air bath at Tsuru no Yu is mixed bath, you can enjoy with your wife altogether. Hot spring water is not transparent and its good for beginner of mixed bath (I was there with my wife as well). Also there are private bath at both Tsuru no Yu and Yamano yado. If its tough, you can choose it as well.

@@Documentrip2 thank you so much. I will try and visit both onsen as i only have one night to stay there

I highly recommend to check in as early as possible (15:00 preferred). If you can be there at 15:00, you have plenty of time to enjoy everything!