Tsuchiya Kinosaki Onsen

Nice, modern and new hotel in Kinosaki onsen with great hospitality from the hotel owner and his staff. I was welcomed by the owner at the door when I arrived, and they even prepared a beautiful greeting card on my arrival. Welcome drink was provided and the owner recommended good restaurants and provided the USP of each onsen in Kinosaki. The room is spacious, clean and new! I especially like the Japanese style of the hotel. Yutaka and 1-day onsen pass were provided for my stay. As the next day I had to move to another hotel, the owner very kindly helped me to transport my luggage to another hotel near the JR station. Overall, excellent stay, excellent people and excellent breakfast! :) Would love to visit Kinosaki onsen again and stay with Utsuroi Tsuchiya.

Our favourite booking throughout our entire Japan trip! This inn is a family business so you can imagine how hospitable the entire family was to us this 2D1N. Regretted not staying 1 more day as the entire village was very relaxing. Room is super clean, yukata was provided for us to visit the public baths, access to all 7 public baths provided as well. We have everything we need with this inn! There’s also a private onsen in the hotel and the host was very helpful and nice about everything. He even went out of his way to send us to & fro the Kinosakionsen station… thank you so much we had fun and enjoyed it! Will definitely stay here again. ＜3

good nice to stay in there

Everything perfect!

The welcome was outstanding! It really felt like the owners value their guests. I loved the modern/traditional design of the hotel, the artwork (by the owner's uncle) and the location; it is one of the further hotels from the train station, but there is a shuttle bus on arrival, and the owners drive guests to the station themselves on departure. The location also means it's nice and quiet. It's a very short walk from two of the onsens, and only a few minutes more to the rest. Lovely yukata, with winter option. Super-comfortable bed, and spotlessly clean bathroom. Great breakfast and matcha latte in the café downstairs before leaving too. I genuinely loved everything about my experience. (NB: stayed one night in the newer annexe building)

We had such a wonderful time here. The staff were super friendly and very helpful. The food was delicious and we even got to meet the chef. We stayed in the annex which was spacious and right next to the hotel. There were great paintings on the walls painted by the owner’s uncle. It’s a little way from the centre of the town but close to 2 lovely bath houses and the temple. We had a very enjoyable stay.