Hotel Route-Inn Shin-Shirakawa Eki Higashi in Nasu

Clean and affordable business hotel located very close to shinkansen, bus, and taxi. I Stayed here in March 2024 while visiting someone. For me, it worked out very well because I planned on doing a lot of shinkansen travel. The room rate of Y10650 delivered excellent value. I would consider staying here again. I rate this 5/5 as a 2-star hotel.

POSITIVES
* Front desk staff speak little/no English but they are friendly and very helpful. Check-in kiosks simplify the in/out process, and the staff are there to assist you. I had no trouble.
* My room was clean and in good condition. Room layout is quite tight. Beds are firm, but I got used to them.
* The bathrooms were very clean. They had a toilet/washlet and a deep soaker tub with a flex hose shower.
* Breakfast buffet (included with the room) is Japanese-style, featuring salad, buns, rice, miso soup and rotationally tamago (egg), mini wieners, boiled eggs, stewed vegetables.
* The shinkansen station, bus loop, and taxis are all right next to the hotel.

NEGATIVES
* Neither Shirakawa nor Nishigo could be called touristy. Most likely, you'll have a very good reason for staying in this area.

Checking in and checking out was smooth.

Good service & quit place

The West Wing has no front desk and no staff, so after checking in at the main building, you have to use your room key to enter the West Wing, which is locked. The rooms don't have an auto-lock, so it's easy to forget to lock your door.
Aside from that, there is a large public bath and the breakfast is delicious.

Good service and good location

It was within walking distance of Shin-Shirakawa Station, had all the amenities, and the breakfast was satisfying.
I was in the West Wing, but the only disappointing thing was that instead of using a card key, I had to leave the key in the lobby of a separate building every time I went out.

The staff are very friendly and helpful. The facilities are a bit old, but they are well-maintained and clean.

The facilities are old but clean and the staff are friendly. Breakfast is of excellent quality for this price range. I'm glad there is a coffee server.