Shiotsubo Onsen Hotel

I stayed at this hotel with my wife and two children during a two-night trip to Karuizawa in early February Location: The hotel was off a road with other larger hot spring resorts around 15-minutes drive from Karuizawa station. It was not difficult to find, but you must navigate a narrow, sloped road to the hotel. The road was icy at this time of the year, so you must drive carefully. There is a large 7-eleven close by along with some local restaurants with good ratings. Cleaniness: The hotel was quite old and worn. I think it was clean enough but many fittings were damaged or broken. Service: I only saw two members of staff on the first day I was there: the receptionist and a lady who served dinner both who were quite elderly. The receptionist did not speak English but with Google Translate it was not a problem. He was polite and answered all our queries. Dinner and breakfast was included in our booking so we were served a nice Japanese meal. The waitress was able to communicate with us in Mandarin. Again she was very helpful. Facilities: As previously stated, this hotel is very old and tired. The rooms were large but quite basic. All the furniture and fittings in the room were clean but very worn. I find the bedding on the Tatami floor quite uncomfortable but maybe it is because I am not used to it. As an Onsen hotel, there were hot springs in the basement. Apart from the usual male and female baths, there was also a family bath. The baths were very old. The tiles were and many of them had come off. In the male an female baths, you could bathe outdoors. Overall: This hotel is very old. However, it is cheaper than other Onsen style hotels in the region. The staff are nice and you do get a real feel of what a traditional Japanese Onsen experience. I personally probably wouldn't stay there again but my family quite enjoyed the experience.

有點昭和時代的歷史感，很傳統的日式旅館，服務態席好，即使不懂英語也很耐心Google翻譯。旅館位置稍遠，但適合自駕，停車位充足，非常寧靜，附近也方便步行大約10分鐘可到村民食堂、The Cowboy House和牛等人氣食店；酒店也有提供日式宴席晚餐和早餐，份量剛好，精緻且衛生。不想外出可考慮。温泉很舒適，叫長壽泉，泉質很好，附近有很多本地居民，特別上年紀的來泡湯。整體設施有年代感，看得出日本過去的繁榮，以及時代變化的滄桑。 冬天（大約12月至2月）的話，從旅館駕車或往北可以到峰之茶屋巴士站（在白系之滝瀑布路口）公廁斜對面有條小淺間山行山徑，可以無壓力和輕鬆完成來回約4公里的自然雪景山徑，既可在原始森林中雪地漫步，也可登頂看浅間山的大全景，畢竟輕井澤的滑雪場都是人造雪。

老牌温泉酒店，非常棒的體驗！設施雖然老舊，但是晚上特別安靜，睡得很踏實。温泉也很好，有室外泡湯，舒服！居然包兩餐，早餐和晚餐都是傳統和風料理，第一天晚餐是鰻魚，第二天晚餐是烤肉（好像是和牛）！已經在規劃冬天再來，夏天避暑、冬天温泉小居。價格真心美麗，贊👍