Hotel Hoho "A Hotel Overlooking the Echigo Plain and the Yahiko Mountain range"

This was the best value ryokan I found by chance. I would 100% visit again. The facilities were great and the staff was very friendly.

The hotel is new, the staff service is good, the rock bath is very comfortable (500 yen for free), the hotel is not expensive, and the room has a great view. The food for breakfast and dinner is Japanese set meal, both are delicious😋. Overall worth a visit.

The room is clean and tidy, the environment is beautiful and comfortable

It's been a long time since I've visited again. This is my first experience of rock bathing. It's located near the entrance, but first wash your body in the large public bath at the back of the inn. There, I changed into my work clothes and moved back towards the entrance. It felt good to sweat a lot in the bedrock bath, but I went back to the large public bath at the back, wearing my soaking wet Samue. The inside of the building was quite cold, probably due to the ventilation to prevent the coronavirus, and my body was chilled to the core in my drenched work clothes. It would be nice if there was a space near the bedrock bath where you can change your clothes, but there are only private baths available for a fee. Although it is a large public bath, the indoor bath does not seem to be a hot spring. There is a sauna, but no cold bath. There is a sleeping bath area, but a "cleaning in progress" sign is posted throughout your stay, and hot water is never filled. Dinner is okay. The sashimi was delicious. Rice too. At breakfast, there is coffee but no juice or milk. The room is large. There is no cold water pot, so make sure you have some water at night. What impressed me the most was the bedrock bath.