Lovely onsen with attentive staff and delicious dinner and breakfast offerings.

Yama no Chaya is a relaxing and more traditional ryokan experience great for experiencing a more private and personalized Kaiseki experience. For anyone wanting a fantastic stay in their first ryokan, this is an experience that can't be missed. Yama no Chaya has private onsens (ofuro) in rooms as well as traditional tatami mat layout rooms which are both for private dining and also sleeping on futons. Enjoy a multi-course kaiseki meal in the comfort of your own room prepared by professional japanese cuisine trained staff and personalized pacing. Breakfast is equally stunning with preparations of traditional japanese breakfast cuisine. Overall, the service, the location, and the entire experience of Yama no Chaya is top notch.

There is really nothing that my family didn't like about the experience. If anything we would only wish we could have stayed longer.

This is a beautiful hotel, close to the town while still feeling surrounded by nature. The food at this hotel was spectacular, some of the best food we've had i Japan. The staff all spoke english well, and they were all incredibly helpful and friendly. Several times they went above and beyond to help us, for example by offering us a lift into town when it was raining heavily, and organising luggage delivery for us with an external delivery service.

We would have appreciated just a little more privacy. Between setting up and putting away our bed, plus the long meal services, plus additional times staff members came or called us to offer us water or check if we needed other things, it didn't leave us much time alone together in our room, and it could make it hard to fully relax as it felt like someone could walk in any moment.

The experience Ryokan type where you have dinner in the room.

The quality of everything compared to the price paid - room, dinner… and on top having to pay to privatise one of the onsen