Beautiful traditional Japanese experience - fantastic hospitality from hosts with delicious dinners and breakfast.

Stayed in April 2024

The long climb up stairs after a day at the snow field after a powder day 😂

Really enjoyed our first traditional Japanese stay, staff were extremely helpful, even with teaching Japanese phrases

Stayed in March 2024

Great location, short walk to the Main Street for restaurants and bars. 10min walk to the ski lift. The hosts were fantastic, so helpful arranging discounted ski lift passes and rental gear. Private onsen can be booked as well which was great after coming off the slopes.

Stayed in February 2024

Host at Oyado Uemasa is amazing, welcoming and super friendly. She helped us buy lift ticket with a discount. And during our short stay she provided snacks coffee and tea for us. They have a snowboard tuning/waxing station in the separate storage area, bring your wax and iron if you want to save some money and time at the slopes.

Stayed in February 2024

A little further away from the gondolas and town centre but Nozawaonsen is small enough to walk everywhere so not a huge issue.

Lovely hosts who were so friendly and accomodating! The accomodation was clean and close to the bus station!

Stayed in January 2024

No complaints.

The host family was so kind and welcoming. They provided great recommendations and even allowed us to store our bags before check in and after check out while we snowboarded. The place was clean and well organized. The restrooms and sink areas were conveniently located. Host family went out of their way to make sure we had a pleasant stay. They even gave us some delicious local apples upon our departure.

Stayed in January 2024

For the price we would have liked to have breakfast included. Nothing else to complain!

The owners are a wonderful old couple that are really kind and full of information about Nozawa. They are reallu helpful. The room is a bit small but confortable, we can't complain at all. The public onsen nearby is very very hot, be advised! The location is excellent, 10 mins walking and you're either in the center of the village, full of nice restaurants and pubs or directly at the snow resort!

Stayed in December 2023

Nothing

The hosts were so kind, caring and we had some good laughs. The breakfast was amazing. We were very comfortable and happy. We would stay again.

Stayed in February 2023

Not too much to complain. Soundproofing is not great, but better than other properties at this price point. It is a shared bathroom, but that is also expected from this type of accommodation.

The property is larger than expected for the price point. We were pleasantly surprised with the cleanliness, breakfasts, and kindness of the owners! It is a 2-minute walk from a bus stop directly on the Nozawa Onsen bus line. You can either take the bus to Nozawa Onsen every morning for free or walk about 10 minutes. You can either sign up in the morning to use the bath in-house bath or you can choose from the many public onsens nearby. Great cost-performance hostel!

Stayed in February 2023

I wouldn’t know what to criticize to be honest, everything was impeccable :)

The kindness of Nao-san and her family was unreal, we loved staying here and it was truly like staying with family. If you choose to have the dinner, it was incredibly delicious and I would recommend you try it at least once during your stay. Since we were there for skiing we were also very happy about the available bathtub/onsen and the well-heated drying room! Thank you so much for having us, Nao-san <3

Stayed in February 2023

Nothing!

Such a warm and loving Ryokan. The owners were absolutely lovely and helped with anything we needed. The rooms were simple but did the job and everything was very clean.

Stayed in January 2023

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Uemasa is a little far from the main part of Nozawa Onsen, but it only feels far when the snow is pouring and it's -15 degrees out. Otherwise, Uemasa is only 100m away from the bus stop that takes you to Nagasaka Gondola. The drying room was amazing, kept all our ski gear warm and dry. They have a little shared bath downstairs which was lovely, but also Uemasa is only 100m away from the closest public onsen (Shinden no Yu). The hosts, Naoko-san and Kazu-san were exceptional. They were super helpful and informative - they helped us acquire discounted ski lift tickets, even when we asked for it on the day!

Stayed in January 2023

Everything was great and there's nothing we can think of that could be improved. We loved our stay here and wished it could have been longer!

We booked here last minute because we decided to come early to the mountain, so we had 0 idea what to expect. Naoko and her husband were so welcoming and kind and their little guest house had the cutest charm. The rooms were cozy and all traditional Japanese style. We loved how authentic the experience was. But the best part about the place was Naoko - she is the sweetest and so helpful. The showers were hot, the dry room was great for our gear, and the heater in the rooms quickly warms it up. The stay is only a 10 minute walk from the Gondola and there is a shuttle bus to get there as well. Sadly we had to leave after 2 days and switched to another place but Naoko's is much better, and we wished we could have stayed with her for the remainder of our trip. We will book with her again next time we're in Nozawa!

Stayed in January 2023

nothing it was perfect, exactly what you expect from a traditional guest house in Nozawa Onsen

the couple who ran the guest house are so nice and made our stay extra special :)

Stayed in January 2023

Parking situation could have been better. Sharing bathrooms is not ideal.

Great location and friendly staff! Drying room and small onsen were nice.

Stayed in February 2022

While for the two-star minshuku price point it is pretty good, there are some tradeoffs in this class of lodging. Facilities are clean but essentially basic and there is no view or particularly unique sitting area outside of the tatami room. Walls are pretty thin, so if you get a group of loudly-speaking travelers next to you, you will hear them and I had to knock to ask them to quiet down around midnight. Location is near enough to walk relatively easily to main shopping areas and onsens in town but is definitely not in the center of the tourist streets or ski resort access.

Breakfast was homecooked and expansive with multiple options. Hosts were quite hospitable, and there were multiple small quality of life additions like connections with ski rental and shops and transport, recommendations for activities/restaurants, and information about events.

Stayed in January 2022

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Very cosy little rooms in Nozawa onsen, the guests are incredibly welcoming and make you feel at home instantly. They were very helpful and gave my plenty of advises on how to enjoy my stay in the resort. The room are typical Japanese rooms, clean, with sufficiently thick futons. Even with back pain, the futons were not problematic. The breakfast is absolutely amazing and will feed you for the day before putting on the skis.

Stayed in December 2021

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Stayed in December 2023