Kinosaki Onsen Nishimuraya Hotel Shogetsutei

Unforgettable stay. While the hotel is not small it still carries a high end boutique feel. I can't say enough about the hotel's staff, rooms and grounds. We stayed three nights in a gorgeous traditional room with tatamis on the 6th floor overlooking a majestic pines valley. Waking up to this sight was a dream. The entire suite was gorgeous. Fresh flowers and budding branches every day as well as beautifully wrapped fresh treats. Such a serene atmosphere! The onsen (hot mineral bath) on site is also lovely as well as the lounge area where we had a daily beverage (provided free of charge with our accommodation) gazing at a lovely waterfall . The hotel is 5 minutes by foot from the small town and we visited every single other onsen there as well. The town is lovely with many restaurants, coffee shops and a beautiful hike to a couple temples that we were able to visit. We had ordered traditional dinners in our room. What a treat! This was a two hours dinner curated by a staff member. Again absolutely stunning. Finally I must mention the large breakfast hall where you could find absolutely anything from traditional Japanese food to western continental breakfast. The food was EXQUISITE. Roasted chestnuts and sweet potatoes, shumais, perfectly grilled small salmon filets, lychees and excellent coffee among many other things. I still dream about it...

We stayed at the Nishimuraya Hotel in Kinosaki, and it was an amazing experience. The hotel is very impressive and beautiful, with top-notch service. The staff are extremely professional. The rooms, which are traditional ryokan style, looked fantastic. Room service was excellent, everything was very comfortable, and the view was beautiful. We got to the hotel using the free shuttle they provided. The hotel also arranged traditional Japanese kaiseki dinners, which were simply amazing. It was a true feast for the eyes as well as the palate. Kinosaki is known for its onsen, and we visited all of them, but we liked the one at our hotel the most. It was spacious, had a beautiful courtyard view, and even a sauna, which you won't find in other onsens. The staff were incredibly helpful, providing us with extra clothing because it was cold, and they even allowed a late checkout so we could enjoy the hotel's facilities after checking out. Overall, it was a wonderful two days, and we felt like we were in paradise. Everything was very relaxing, meditative, beautiful, and of the highest quality.

Gorgeous hotel at the edge of Kinosaki Onsen on bus route. Supplied yukatas and slippers. We stayed in the Japanese style room with a full bath. The hotel has it's own private bath that is better than the baths in town! Each night they made Japanese style beds in our room, which was huge, like 15 tatami mats or something. We slept so well in their beds. The pillows were a combination of western and buckwheat pillows and I slept great on them. They offer a welcome drink and breakfast was good. We had an evening pressurepoint massage that was interesting and fun, and we basically just went to sleep afterwards. I felt I needed to explore the city, but really one could spend the time in the hotel and have an excellent RnR time. I suggest 2 nights. We did the prix fixed private meal. My husband who loves seafood and crab loved it. I, someone who doesn't eat/like much seafood found it terrifying. They did adjust mine in very elegant and respectful ways, and asked about and respected my food limitations, but there were things I didn't even consider I needed to communicate. I should have requested vegetarian. If you don't love crab/seafood, maybe go vegetarian if you do the private dining. That said, my hb said the crab meal was amazing. The sake was excellent. And we had a great meal in town our second night (Gina pizza).

Every member of the staff was so kind and accommodating. They really want to give you the best experience. They always greet us and when we have inquiries they're always ready to help. They also have a shuttle to pick us up after we roam around the area. So exploring the area is going to be easy. They also ask you what time you will be checking out so they can schedule a shuttle for you when you need to go back to the station. They also handled bringing our baggage to the station. The onsen room was so comfy and so beautiful! I really loved it! They also had a separate private onsen which we rented and it was like a dream! It was a really lovely experience since it was my first time trying the onsen~ Loved the breakfast here as well. My overall experience was so great, I recommended this hotel to friends and I would absolutely love to go back if ever we have a trip near the area!

We stayed in the japanese style room. Everything was amazing, I seriously have nothing to add. We also added private onsen and kaiseki dinner to our stay, highly reccomend. We weren't able to make it to breakfast so staff made us a lunchbox, which was wonderful.