Miyoshino Sakuraan

Wow I realize the last review was in 2016 and was by me too! Here's a 2023 update. Firstly the onsen is gone. Instead it's been replaced by shared wooden ofuros. You get a 45-60 minute slot for your turn to use the male/female ofuro which can only be used in the evenings between 6-10pm. A rather odd rule is that the inn is only open from 10am to 4pm which means you have to leave your room daily by 10am and you can't re-enter the inn till 4pm. If you arrive before 4pm, the inn isn't open so you are expected to leave your luggage in a outdoor storage cabinet. It's not a locker so you can't lock it. There is no restaurant in the inn or nearby but they sell some snacks. Yoshino is a very traditional Japanese village and the restaurants shut by 5pm so you have to finish dinner by then. The staff were very nice but as you can probably tell by my description, non Japanese are probably going to find all this quite a challenging experience. Yoshino hasn't changed at all since I last went in 2016. Very beautiful and spiritual area.

とにかく壁が薄いです。隣の声がうるさいし、1階ロビーの話し声が筒抜けでした。食事無し、部屋にお風呂と洗面所無し、チェックアウト9時で15,000円。1人のシングルの和室部屋でしたが、1人客は家族連れの隣部屋にしないなどの配慮があってもいいのでは？他の1人客は固まって部屋をアサインされていたので、女性ひとり旅でなめられたという印象しかありません（スリッパを廊下に出しておくので、部屋の人数がわかります）。朝の5時からうるさくされ、本当に迷惑でした。チェックアウト後は荷物を預かってもらえません。部屋の鏡台にはホコリがたまっていたので、掃除してきました。