รีวิวและความประทับใจจากผู้เข้าพักที่ Nasu Onsen Sanraku

The open-air bath is wonderful!

We stayed over the October three-day weekend. It was still a bit early for autumn leaves, but with Mt. Chausu at its best, Nasu Highlands was lively. Located about 20 km from the station on a mountainside, it’s in a convenient spot close to the ropeway, suspension bridge, ranches, and museums. It’s a calm, hideaway-style hot spring inn tucked into the mountains with a lovely atmosphere. The entrance has a spacious drop-off area and feels like an established traditional ryokan. The staff and attendants were polite and welcoming. Room: A higher-grade Sukiya-style Japanese room in the East Wing. With 12 tatami mats plus an enclosed veranda and an additional small anteroom (about 4 tatami), it was spacious and relaxing. For our elderly parents, the attendant kindly prepared floor chairs. The downside was the bathroom area: signs of aging were hard to hide—poorly matched wallpaper seams and screw holes on the toilet wall where something had been removed. For a high-end property, I feel repairs should be done more carefully. With thoughtful restoration work, age can become part of the charm—what a waste. Amenities such as lotion felt far from premium quality, so I didn’t feel like using them. On the other hand, we appreciated the bath pouches—each of us received a different design that looked great. Hot springs: The open-air baths we’d been looking forward to were excellent. The larger rotenburo is surrounded by trees; look up and you see only open sky—truly an outdoor bath in nature. In the darkness, steam drifted through soft light like mist. The sound of insects was soothing as we enjoyed gentle neutral-spring water on the skin. The smaller rotenburo has branches arching overhead and is wrapped in dappled sunlight. Since they’re maple trees, it must be spectacular when fully red in peak season. Having towels available at the baths was also very helpful. Meals: This time dinner was served in our room. Overall, the food felt ordinary. The presentation and tableware were nice, but the dishes themselves didn’t stand out: Flavors were generally mild without much originality; perhaps because it was room service, many items arrived at lukewarm temperatures rather than freshly made warmth or chill as appropriate—it lacked that just-prepared feeling. What stood out positively was charcoal-grilled iwana (char); it was fluffy and clearly fresh based on how cleanly it came off the bone The tabletop grill items were cooked right there; Wagyu loin and vegetables were delicious However abalone seemed pre-steamed before being finished on hot stone so its umami felt weak which disappointing Even matsutake in soup had almost no aroma Overall I got impression that premium ingredients weren’t particularly high quality leaving things feeling half-hearted It doesn’t need to be luxurious but I wanted at least one signature dish they could truly be proud of Overall impression isn’t bad but attention to detail felt inconsistent not matching price point