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Murayama
Situated within 50 km of Zao Onsen Ski Resort and 500 metres of Murayama Station, Yamagata Guesthouse山形ゲストハウス offers rooms in Murayama. The accommodation features a shared kitchen and free WiFi throughout the property. The staffs are really friendly and helpful, and the place is really comfortable and clean. Not everyday you can stay at school which converted to community center dan guesthouse. Really interesting experience. Too bad that I only spend 2 nights there. Definitely will stay again if I am in the area.
Yamagata
Guesthouse Mintaro Hut provides basic rooms, free use of a kitchen and free Wi-Fi throughout the property. Free-use laundry facilities are available.
Mintaro Hut Guesthouse is an entirely non-smoking property. A smoking area is located in front of the building. The free-use kitchen is equipped with a stove, a microwave and a fridge. Cooking utensils are provided.
Hide and his staff were very welcoming. They gave us a tour of the house and invited us to their family meal (donation based). This meal was by far the best meal we've had in Japan, home cooked, healthy and extremely homey and comforting. If home cooked meals aren't your thing then the house is also stocked with snacks and quick food you can heat/warm up for a reasonable price. We really enjoyed family meal, it gave us an opportunity to meet the other guests and chat with Hide about his recipes. Thank you for everything! We hope to be back again soon!
Kaminoyama
Featuring a garden, Snowfall Meteor 飛雪流星 is located in Kaminoyama in the Yamagata region, 2.2 km from Zao Onsen Ski Resort. The guest house features family rooms.
Featuring a shared bathroom, units at the guest house also provide guests with free WiFi.
A lovely and heartwarming place to stay for a winter getaway.
The couple that owns this business made us feel like family. Mao and Qu are so kind and welcoming. They treated us like family. They picked us up from the bus station, drove us to a wonderful dinner location (which they recommended), drove us to the ski resort, and helped with all our luggage. I was so happy to meet them and talk with them.
The room is just as warm as the owners. The floors are heated and the beds are very comfortable. I wish I could’ve stayed longer.
Mount Haguro, Tsuruoka
A 350 year old temple inn, Shukubo Daishinbo offers Japanese-style accommodation, a large public bath and free Wi-Fi. Featuring a garden and free parking, the property lies surrounded by nature. Guests can witness Buddhist prayers. The vegetarian food was exceptional, creatively prepared, delicious and delightful. The staff was courteous, the room was spacious, the temple grounds was serene and natural, and the overall atmosphere refreshing and unexpectedly amiable, especially the monk. He added our names into his prayers !
Kaminoyama
Set amidst a natural landscape, Yamagata Zao Pension Aplon Stage offers a peaceful retreat. Just a 2-minute drive from Yamagata Zao Onsen Ski Resort, it provides cosy rooms.
Breakfast and dinner are served at the resort’s dining area. Japanese and Western dishes are offered. A glass of wine is served for dinner.
This is a great pension run by a lovely family. The husband picked us up at the bus station and drove us to the pension and also took us to the slopes in the morning. They gave us a coupon for renting gear and a map explaining the different onsen options around town. Their English is pretty limited, but they are happy to use Google translate. Also, it was not a big deal, but I think it is important for foreign guests to be aware that ski culture in Japan sort of assumes you are eating dinner at your accommodation. We did not know this and did not book dinner at the hotel. Most restaurants in town were fully booked with reservations (although there is a convenience store with good takeaway food), so try to book dinner at the hotel or make a dinner reservation somewhere well in advance. We were very luck and managed to make a reservation at the Mongolian lamb place Kasheru for the second night and that was amazing. But we saw restaurants turning people away repeatedly because everywhere in town was full. Also, the family will not pick you up by car any later that 6:45 pm (perfectly reasonable) and the public ski shuttles don't run on weekdays, so you need to pre-book a taxi if dinner will end later than that (which it probably will since most restaurants open at 6 pm). And there are not a lot of taxis and no Uber. I wish I had realized all of this up front, but that was our own ignorance and our stay was great regardless. Again, this is just the local ski culture and not the hotel's fault. It's just helpful information for future guests.
Zaō Onsen
Located within the Uwanodai skiing ground, the charming Petit Resort Hotel Der Barte offers ski-to-door access, cosy Western rooms and French course dinners. Drinks vending machines and ski storage facilities are on-site. The ski lift is right in front of the inn. breakfast was just amazing! incredibly easy to get to slopes, very close to bus station (10-15 min walk) you can send your skis to and back
Zaō Onsen
Only a 1-minute walk from the Zao Onsen Ski resort, Pension Puutaro offers Japanese-style rooms, a French course for dinner and free Wi-Fi. The property is located just a minute's walk from Shinzaemon No Yu, a hot spring bath complex. Free parking is available, and Zao Ropeway is just 1 minute on foot. Very good loacation 3min walking to lift.
Yamagata
GUEST HOUSE BLUE DOORS - Vacation STAY 73130v is situated in Yamagata. Featuring free private parking, the apartment is 17 km from Zao Onsen Ski Resort.
The nearest airport is Yamagata Airport, 19 km from GUEST HOUSE BLUE DOORS - Vacation STAY 73130v.
Spacious, comfortable for family/friend group. All necessary amenities provided. There are many car parks in the area if you are traveling with multiple vehicles. The owners were very friendly, welcoming and generous.
Kaminoyama
Situated in Kaminoyama, 2.3 km from Zao Onsen Ski Resort, Zao Pension Aramiya - Vacation STAY 86181v features accommodation with free WiFi and free private parking.
The rooms have a shared bathroom with a shower, free toiletries and a hairdryer. All rooms will provide guests with a fridge.
The food was amazing! I came here for Christmas to see some snow and stayed 2 nights. Both nights the food was soo good and there was soo much. I also had breakfast included and that was good too. The hosts are lovely and even with the language barrier we used translate apps to talk and I had a great time. The house is old and wooden with kerosene heaters, its not super fancy but the blankets on the bed were warm and fluffy, so with a belly full of great food and snow falling outside I slept really well. They even drove me to the bus terminal the day I left. 10/10 highly recommend, especially for the food.
Mount Haguro, Tsuruoka
Set 24 km from Kamo Aquarium, 大聖坊 Daishobo offers accommodation with free WiFi and free private parking. The air-conditioned accommodation is 46 km from Shinjo Station. Guests can make use of a garden.
The nearest airport is Shonai Airport, 27 km from the guest house.
Delicious meal, very tasty. Very good location.
Guest House in Tsuruoka
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Great location, 5 mins by foot to the ski lift, great sauna, staff removed snow from my car, good breakfast, clean and quiet room, great view of the forest
Great location, spacious room, provide free cot, reasonable/ cheaper on sites daily parking, well selection of amenities, good customer service.
Everything is really nice, it is an old style ryokan and very good hot spring. Room is spacious with view. Was able to use the washing machine for free! Located on the main hot spring street , walkable to the Ropeway. Lots of restaurants nearby however some required advance booking. The hosts are very lovely and nice. If you want to experience authentic ryokan this will be the place to go
The house is clean and under good maintenance. It’s just opposite to the ski resort which is very convenient. The room is not big but good enough for 3 of us. The host is super helpful and thoughtful and I’m really appreciated it.
The host of house is very friendly and can explain very detailed in english . Love the environment there with relaxing.
The hostess was incredibly warm and welcoming, the room was very comfortable, and the location was also quite good! It was a truly wonderful experience!
It was in a great location and parking was cheap.
Although we arrived too late due to our train connection, the owners welcomed us warmly and even prepared a late dinner. The food was really delicious and the overall experience extremely nice! We felt very welcome. There is a small bath tub and the locations is really good to visit Mt Haguro. We definitely recommend a stay at Hagurokan if you visit the region! The hosts speak English and are very open minded towards foreigners.
This is a fairly simple guest house, but the host is absolutely wonderful. We could not have been looked after better, and this made it our favourite place to stay during a 2 week trip through Japan. We didn't dine there in the evening (we had only booked for 1 night) but wished we had, as the breakfast we had was incredible, and I've no doubt the dinner would have been just as good. Highly recommended. In addition, the property is well located, within easy walking distance of everything in the village.