Gingetsu in Shimo-suwa

Pleasant stay with delicious breakfast! :D

Friendly staff, very clean. Nice Onsen to relax. Located in a calm calm spot of Suwa with mountain and lake views. Car recommended.

A very cozy onsen ryokan (hot spring hotel), about a ten-minute walk from Shimosuwa Station. There are many small restaurants nearby, and the food is quite good. The hotel breakfast is also very plentiful. The service was excellent. We paid an extra 50 RMB to reserve a half-hour private outdoor onsen area, and the experience was quite good.

This is an older and smaller hot spring hotel. There is no shower in the room, and you can only go to the big bath.
The big bath can only accommodate 3-4 people, and there is also a small open-air hot spring. Although the place is not big, it has all the necessary facilities.
The front desk was also enthusiastic and introduced nearby famous restaurants for reference, but in the end we still chose to drive out for dinner.
This time we only ordered breakfast, no dinner. Breakfast is Japanese food with hot spring eggs, and everything else is good.

Very nice traditional onsen hotel

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We've stayed in a few Ryokan now and this is just lovely. Attention to detail is great, fresh towels and yukata every day. We chose without meals but it is a bit hard to find breakfast places, whilst there are plenty of great lunch and dinner options. Otherwise 7/11 not far away.
Baths are relaxing and enjoyable!

A bit distance from train station. But the onsen didn’t disappoint. Quite and clean as most ryokans in Japan are. We love the small but cozy room. Highly recommend if you want to stay away from the tourist spots

I stayed for one night without meals.
It was a traditional inn, but very clean.
There was no bath in the room, but the hot spring bath in the basement was of very good quality, and the amenities provided were also good.

There was a convenience store and a Seiyu just a short walk away, so I was able to go shopping at a leisurely pace while taking a walk.

This time, I wanted to enjoy the hot springs at my own pace, so I made a reservation at Gingetsu (one night stay, no midnight snack, breakfast included). It was a 5-minute walk from Suwa Taisha Shimosha and Akimiya (15 minutes from Shimosha and Harumiya), so it was the perfect location for those who love shrines and temples.

It's located in a quiet town, so it's a quiet and calm location. It's a hot spring inn with a total of about 15 rooms, so it wasn't crowded and I was able to enjoy the hot springs at my own pace in the indoor bath and the open-air bath (private time available).

The hot spring had a very soft texture, and the temperature was just right, so it didn't sting my skin.

When I was wondering what to do for dinner, when I checked in, the staff showed me a map of Shimo-Suwa and recommended some nearby restaurants.
I got the impression that they were proactive in providing information about the neighborhood, perhaps to encourage people to visit nearby shops. If you have any questions, feel free to ask the front desk.

The room's refrigerator was stocked with delicious charcoal water, and the thermos was stocked with hot water, so it was nice to be able to hydrate my tired body and have hot tea right away when I had time to calm down.

I was expecting breakfast to be something simple like rice, miso soup, natto, and hot spring water*, but there was a wide variety of dishes, including salad, several small side dishes, and grilled fish, and I was able to enjoy local ingredients, so it was a very satisfying breakfast.

I think this is a historic hot spring inn, so there are stains on the carpet in the hallway and wear on the sliding door handles in the rooms that have come with age, but the shoji screens are not torn and the hotel is very clean despite its age, and I was very happy with the price range.
I would like to use it again when I visit Shimo-Suwa.