It was a beautiful calming space—a perfect respite from the city.

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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.

Private open-air bath Good breakfast Accommodating staff Tea available 24/7 Quiet location

The futons were very uncomfortable. I had to use the spare they had in the closet as a topper to lessen my back pain after the first night. Room did not match the photo shown on Booking.com when booking it. It was very small and luggage took up almost half the room even without another person. You also have to bend to enter since the door is short. Hotels usually have checkout time of 11am if you check in at 3pm, but it was 10am at cyashitsu with an extra fee to make it 11am. There were no private rooms for breakfast, it was served at the front where the entrance is. Asked if they offer room service and was told no. You also have to schedule breakfast since they only have 2 tables. Again, room service would be useful. No laundry available and rooms do not have phones to reach the front desk.