This is a superb place to stay as a base for adventures around Norikura Kogen. It is warm, inviting, and comfortable. The proprietor is friendly and helpful, the rooms are clean and well-equipped, and the private onsen experience is spectacular. We rented a car to get there and there was plenty of parking for us. We were on tatami, but there are spare pillows available for extra padding.

Not much to complain about. Sometimes other guests were loud early in the morning, or messy in the common areas, but there's not much to be done about it. Just a note and not a complaint - there really are sparse food options up near the guesthouse so bring some food. There is a shared fridge in the common area to store items.

Comfortable and cozy place. The service was good.

There is only one restaurant near the place.

the owner is very nice and friendly. Private onsen is provided. The onsen is 100% natural hot spring.

What a wonderful guest house! We booked it very last minute for part two of our Christmas getaway, and we truly enjoyed it. Everything was really clean and cozy, with quirky decorations all throughout. The owner was very friendly and we chatted for awhile in the evening by the cozy stove. The onsen was fantastic, we even ended up buying some onsen powder to take home. This guesthouse is really close to a fantastic ski area, and I am looking forward to coming back and staying there again!

We had a little bit of an issue with the heater that kept beeping with a strange warning and were not sure if it was safe. Also, the bathroom is shared, even though on the Booking.com listing it says that it is private.

What I love the most is guest can use the shared bathroom with hot spring water privately. Depending on the timing you might need to wait for others to finish but we were lucky not many guests use them during the night.

Person at check in was very nice and helpful. The 2 onsen room with white water are amazing ! The function room is quite nice, and can guests can use fridge/freezer

Room cleaning on check out day need to be done by the guests, first time experience for us !

Onsen

Nice lodge, very Japanese style. The person at the front desk was very nice and extremely helpful. The onsen is very authentic.

You need a car, it is kind of the middle of nowhere and there are not many restaurant choices around.