Ryoutiku

The rooms are very old and small compared to nearby hotels of similar price. We booked a room with private open air bath, the room can barely fit two beds on tatami. Most importantly, the wifi doesn’t work in the room and it is 2022 now!! The Onsen water doesn’t feel anything special and it is kind of cold, you can’t heat up as the hot water tap is broken. I stayed in 20+ Onsen hotels in Japan, and this one is way out of my expectation.

We were a group of 6 people and booked Yufu Ryouchiku for 1 night to enjoy hot spring in Yufuin. It was an excellent stay! Service and food were very great! First, when we arrived, since it was not the check in time yet, we dropped off our baggage and kept wandering around in Yufuin. At around 5pm, we went back to get our rooms. The room is very spacious even for three people stay. The staff who assisted us to check in called Trung (忠). He is very friendly and helpful! He showed us around the Ryokan patiently and prepared dinner for us! Dinner were very great! We chose the set with Beef Sukiyaki and had it in a private dinning room. It was very nice! There were many dishes and Trung explained to us patiently. We enjoyed our meal very much! If you plan to stay in Yufuin and like to enjoy hot spring, highly recommend you to stay in Yufu Ryouchiku! Although they do not have private bathroom in each room, you can enjoy hot spring and take a bath in one of four hot springs! They provide shower facilities too. You can lock the door when you take a bath and it becomes your private bathroom! Once again, thanks Trung and everyone in Yufu Rychiku. We really enjoyed our stay!

Very good location as it is very close to the shopping street, but not noisy. Staff are friendly and dinner and breakfast were tasty. 2 outdoor and 2 indoor onsen are all for families hence they offer private and relaxing atmosphere, thus very suitable for couples. Not much waiting was needed for the onsen as it was a small ryokan with only 8 rooms. The only downside was somehow 2 mosquitoes were found in the room, even though it was winter and windows were not opened, and it was a bit annoying.