Byaku Narai

This is the best hotel we ever stayed at. If you are reading this review, it means you already decided on going to the middle of no where Japan. Byaku more or less owns the town. There are other ryokans but nowhere close the the quality of this. They also have the only restaurant open late and it is amazing!!! Furthermore book it on a Friday/Sat/Sunday so you can enjoy the sake brewery next to the hot springs. Also get rooms with your own Onsen, it’s worth it the public ones aren’t co gender

很好的一家酒店！房間院子裏有私湯，衞浴用品檔次很ok，服務很好很細緻，工作人員都是適時出現，私人空間很好~ 晚餐和早餐的味道都很不錯，如果想要日本鄉村安靜無打擾的體驗，這家是很不錯的選擇！

建築很有特色，房間也很舒服，預訂的晚餐和早餐也非常棒。值得體驗。

不值那個價

房間非常不錯

The property is an Old sake brewery converted to hotel, restaurant and a small sake brewery next to the restaurant. Rooms We were accommodated in room 103, a Two storey “mini-apartment”. Take off shoes in the Entry way, and step up onto wooden floors. Right side has the bar counter with tea and coffee making facilities, and in built fridge. On the left is the sitting room with Traditional tatami floor with air con heating and heating under the blanket & table. There’s also an option for sofa seating closer to the sliding doors leading to a private small courtyard. In the courtyard, there’s two easy chairs and a table. Up some steep stairs is the bedroom and bathroom. A work top runs parallel to the stairs. Good for doing some work or make up. There are two separate super single beds in the room. These are super comfortable and we slept really well (except for the really bright lights from the humidifier) The toilet is in a room next to the sinks. As usual, it has all the Japanese toilet functions. The double sinks share a small work surface and we crammed our toiletries in between the sinks. The bathroom is a a unit on its own, with a large cedar wood bath tub already filled with hot water. A separate shower area to wash properly. Food was satisfactory. It had some unusual meats, such as Bear and Horse meats. I understand that you can opt out of game or wild meats at booking. Wine pairing was fun and showed off the local Sakes. Also, they have a bar for great pre dinner drinks. Great variety and some of their own concoctions in jars. Ask for help from the friendly bartender. The staff spoke communicable English, which means a lot for a small town. They also carry translation device that they use for more complicated communications. I felt that the stay here was enjoyable. The icing on the cake was being able to walk through Narai-juku early the next morning. It was good to see the town empty and the soft light was great for taking photos.