Wonderful welcoming hosts, quiet spaces and a unique room design that has modern elements to the traditional ryokan style, but with full bathroom amenities in the room. Big highlights are the included breakfasts and dinners, and the private rooftop onsen bathing. It was gorgeous, and utterly relaxing.

The pillows were a little hard for me (traditional) but the futons were so very comfortable and warm

Had a wonderful stay at Cyashitsu Ryokan. The property had a calming atmosphere which was so nice on the last leg of a tiring sightseeing trip. The open air bath was delightful to start or end our day. Staff was incredibly friendly.

We personally didn’t love the location. It is good if you want to explore Asakusa a lot but we wanted to spend most time moving around to explore different areas. It’s not super conveniently located to multiple different train lines and is a bit of long walk from the train station. Location is very much dependent on each persons specific needs, I know a lot of people want to be in Asakusa so this may not be an issue. One other thing is we felt like they were missing some conveniences. I understand the point of the ryokan in general is not to be convenient and to be peaceful and enjoy the present moment but things like laundry and irons are sort of unavoidable on a sightseeing trip whether the accommodation provides or not, it would just add value to have them conveniently onsite (I did not need an iron but my husband did and wasn’t able to get one because it seemed there was only one for the entire ryokan and someone else had it at that time). Lastly, I have never stayed in a ryokan before this but i know dinner is traditionally served on the property/included in the stay which I probably would have preferred.

It’s traditional ambience. It was so insightful and charming.

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The staff were attentive and lovely.

We do not think that the rooms and facilities were conducive to how expensive the hotel was. We stayed in about eight hotels across our Japan trip and this one was the one we were looking forward to the most, however it ended up being our least favourite accommodation. We felt that the price was exorbitant and that the room didn’t meet our expectations. We appreciated the lovely staff and traditional tearoom atmosphere, but the room was cramped, with barely enough space for our luggage, and very dark (we could not locate a light switch) which made packing etc very difficult.