Masuya Ryokan Sengokuhara Onsen Reviews

When we arrived, the owner / manager seemed a bit startled, as if he wasn't expecting us (he spoke little to no English), but he was friendly nonetheless. He didn't seem to know hostelword.com very well, regardless of his listing here, so it helped to bring the print-out of the reservation details and hand the paper to him. Parking was free. Pillows were standard Japanese style (HARD). Two onsens, can be private, so good for couples/ families. Staff was friendly; gave many snacks, coupons.

Very nice onsen. Easy to for our group privately. Room had a lock. Comfy beds. Bus stop outside to so easy to travel too. A few restaurants around but close early so eat early!

The owner of the ryokan does nt speak much English, but that was not a big deal. What I liked about this ryokan is that there is a hot bath available for me to use it any time during my stay and helpful and friendly staff. It was just a little too noisy when the other guests come back and walked past my room since the wooden door is the only partition between the room and the corridor while another place I used to stayed at has a wooden door and then a japanese-styled door as a second partition.

The manager was friendly but spoke limited English. There were few washbasins which would have been a problem if the place had been full. The location is handy for the buses.

The information did not say the onsen was extra, also it was not clear whether you had to pay to use the shower. Although near bus stop it was a far from main areas of interest This hostel has a 11pm curfew not mentioned in information, however the local area is dead at night so it seems hard to see how you'd be out

Nice hotel with hot bath

I was first kind of afraid that the owner could not speak English, but in the end, it was probably one of the best hostel I have ever been. Masuya-san is a very nice owner, and although we did not speak Japanese, we managed to understand each other pretty well. He even let us use the onsen again and brought us beers after we checked out and asked him to keep our bags for the day while we were visiting Hakone! An final tip: have a map of the hostel before going there or you might get lost!

It was my mom/dad's first stay at a hostel in Japan, and they really appreciated the atmosphere. My dad especially thanked me for choosing this hostel, because he felt the real, traditional house style and character. I enjoyed the hospitality of the hostel owner. However, I was a little confused that there was no lock on the bathroom door, nor a clear separation between women's and men's bath. (But we arrived before the other guests, so there was no problem with that.)

Really nice ryoukan, the owner was friendly!!! We suggest you to use the private onsen The place is really near the bus station, but is better if you download the map :D

The only thing I had trouble with was initially finding the place. The directions say it is a 2 minute walk from the bus stop, and we were lacking internet at the time so we could not look up directions immediately, so it would be good to have photo directions to the Ryokan, or just more explicit text directions.

owner is very nice and accommodating as we spoke very little japanese. easy stay with no issues. easy walk from bus stop. literally 2 mins.