Aura Tachibana

The staff was amazing. Helpful, welcoming and very attentive and professional. The chef accommodated food allergies and we enjoyed the meals. Ensen was relaxing and wonderful. Thank you for a memorable and enjoyable stay.

The hotel was really nice, the hot tub in the room was great, we did not use the public baths so I cannot comment on them. Food was great, good variety and exceptional service. The only negative thing was the towels in the room were very bad, thread bare and worn, totally different than everything else at the hotel.

Amazing

We loved our stay at this ryokan in Hakone - it was our favourite stay during a rent Japan trip. This was our first time staying at a ryokan in Japan. We walked from the train station to the ryokan but you must walk about a steep hill with luggage, so yiu need to be fit. I would suggesting calling and tsking advantage of the free shuttle offered by the property. We used the shuttle to go back to the train station. We stayed two nights which was great. The service was amazing - everyone was so kind and professional. We had our breakfaat and dinner included which was wonderful. The meals were amazing! They did a great job accommodating dietary allergies in our group. The meals were a highlight of our trip. We loved trying all the different Japanese foods. Even the picky eaters in our group found enough to fill them up. We wore the traditional Japanese clothing found in our room to dinner, as did most of the other hotel guestd. We had a choice of dinner times and then enjoyed the onsen after dinner. There were 3 times to chose from for breakfast 7:30 am, 8 am or 8:30 am. We loved the choice. The bathrooms in the rooms are dated but we never used the bathrooms because we always used the hotel onsens. We had a room without a private onsen and did not feel like we were missing out on anything. There is rooftop onsens that can be booked but we found the temperature of these too hot. Overall, an amazing stay. I would definitely return again!