Uematsuya Ryokan

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• David C

  24 junio 2015
  VIAJE DE AMIGOS

  Hotel con encanto. La comida bastante buena y de calidad. Los baños fantasticos. Recomendado a todo el mundo. Me gustaria volver. Gente extraordinaria y muy entregada. Hotel especial para descansar y disfrutar de la tranquilidad

  

• VincentePaulo

  10 mayo 2018
  The place for Onsen lovers

  This place is not so far from Tokyo and easy to get to. Take a Sinkansen line and get off at Ueda station, from where you take a lovely local train to Bessho Onsen. Ueda city is OK but I would not spend too much time there. Bessho Onsen is only for those who really enjoy hot spring otherwise the whole village will be closed after 19:00. There are neither cafes nor proper restaurants opened in the evening, so you must reserve your room at least with half pension. The hotel is located at the edge of the village and it is a kind of modern Ryokan but the bath halls are excellent and most enjoyable. Our room was clean and spacey, on the riverside, and we could see the green hills in front of us. There are some temples around the village. One of them is Anrakuji, with its impressive wooden octagonal pagoda built in the Chinese Sung architectural style during the Kamakura Period (1192-1333). The pagoda is the only example of its kind left in Japan and is designated as a national treasure. We took a wonderful one day trip to Nagano-city (there are two ways: by local Shinetsu line, which takes 40 minutes from Ueda or by Shinkansen, which takes 10 minutes from Ueda station to Nagano station) where we visited imposing Zenkoji temple and spent enjoyable time shopping and having lunch at a nice restaurant.

  

• Banda-in-Japan

  16 febrero 2019
  Pleasant and relaxing stay

  We visited Bessho Onsen on a weekend getaway from Tokyo and found it a perfect place to relax and unwind. The friendly, helpful staff at Uematsuya were very accommodating, giving us a cup of tea in the lobby when we arrived and meeting our dietary restrictions, providing an excellent kaiseki style dinner in our room made predominately with local ingredients (very impressive!). We even got local sparkling wine. The baths were excellent, with both indoor and outdoor options. The two sides swap from male to female at 11 pm every night, allowing patrons to enjoy both baths at different times. Like many older ryokan buildings, it was a bit labyrinthine to find the bath, but ultimately no problem. Breakfast was served in a common dining room decorated with very dramatic black and white drawings of Sanada heroes.

  

• 737cardon

  11 septiembre 2018
  Shining (the movie)

  Friendly (scarce) staff. Long empty corridors with shadows. Did not find the ballroom, but for sure felt the Stanley Kubrick atmosphere. At 7:00am a crazy old guy banged at the door of my neighbors room shouting, only to grim and slime himself away when I opened the door. We had a great evening at the izakaya nearby (see picture) where we ate the first Matsutake mushrooms. Then soaked the ji-zake at public bath (see picture). Avoid the ryokan.

  

• homanototolo

  02 enero 2019
  Great onsen with excellent service

  My friend recommended Shirahone onsen to me. Since I've already booked a ryokan at Shirahone onsen, I wanted to try out a different ryokan nearby. Then I noticed another famous onsen nearby called Bessho Onsen, and Uematsuya is one of the best ryokans in this area. It turned out to be one of our best onsen trips. We took the train from Tokyo station to Ueda station. Since we were traveling on December 29th, and it was during the Japanse new year holiday season when many locals were also traveling, we didn't get the tickets with reserved seats. Our strategy was to get to the platform early and stay in front of the line. Even so, we only got one seat. So for anybody traveling during the busy season, we would recommend buying tickets ahead of time with reserved seats. There is a local train running between Ueda Station and Bessho-Onsen Station. It only takes about 30 minutes. The Bessho onsen town is pretty small, and we didn't see many shops open when we got there (probably due to holidays). There was still time before check-in, so we strolled around after checking in our luggage. There is a small temple called . It is an ordinary temple, but the photos here are very suitable for Instagram. One restaurant called is still open. The restaurant is famous for its hand-made soba noodles. We noticed that there was one plate of soba noodles on almost every table. The waitress doesn't speak English, but with the help of Google Translate, we were able to figure out the menu and order the right food with my broken Japanese. We really like their soba and udon noodles. I found out that I didn't bring enough cash, so I went back to the hotel for help. The receptionist told me that there is no bank in the town, but he could exchange some cash for me. So a tip is that always bring enough cash. The water of the open-air onsen was luke-warm, but the water of the indoor onsen was warm enough. There is a persimmon tree near the open-air onsen. There are lots of frozen persimmons on the tree. Our dinner was served in our room. Breakfast was served in the dining room. The staff who served us were really nice and professional. They made us feel at home and taken care of. The food was top notch and they made sure you get enough food. The staff here is really competent and they did everything to make sure that you have a good time here. I will probably come back if I get a chance.