Echigo Matsunoyama Onsen Ryounkaku

The service was attentive and excellent from check-in to dining. Detailed explanations were provided throughout the accommodation, offering a sense of history everywhere. The quality of the hot spring water was exceptional and rare to find elsewhere. I would love to visit again in a different season.

In February, when I visited Matsunoyama, it was covered in heavy snow, and the accommodation seemed buried in it. Due to the Joetsu Line being suspended by heavy snowfall, I was anxious about whether I could reach Muikamachi by bus, but I managed to get there and experienced the deep snow as expected. The medicinal bath after a long journey was amazing; its light green water warmed my chilled body thoroughly—it was worth staying. The wooden three-story architecture I had been looking forward to featured intricate details, snowy views from the room, and large icicles—truly unique to winter. I might visit again in a season without snow to see the entire building more clearly.