Hot Springs Hotels in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

It is a bit surprising and disappointing that there is no coin laundry (laundry) facility in the hotel. It is the newest building in the area, so the facilities are clean and good. As shown in the attached photo, the hotel is on the 6th floor. As expected from a hot spring village, the large bath is said to be 100% heated, non-salted water. The water is good. Even just taking a bath costs 1,500 yen, but I used it for 70,000 won per night for 2 nights and 3 days from Monday to Tuesday, so I am satisfied. I do not recommend breakfast, but they also provide the famous dish Kawarasoba for dinner, so I recommend it if you want to eat it once. The cost is 4,950 yen. Check-in is at 4 p.m., but unlike other hotels, they are not very flexible, and if there is a vacancy, they will help you check in from 3 p.m. This is the best advantage. There is a Lawson convenience store right in front, and next to it is a tourist information center, foot bath, and potable hot water, so it is the best location. If you walk about 15 minutes towards Yamaguchi, you will find NHK and the central park is pleasant and nice.

Although it is a hotel that is over 300 years old, the hardware facilities are very well maintained, the rooms and hot spring baths are very new and clean, and the service staff are kind and courteous. Next time I go to Yuda Onsen, Matsudaya will still be my first choice.

The hotel parking space, is outsourced to park in another place, we arrived at 3:30 pm, saw a parking space but the staff said there was someone parked, just out! But the outsourced parking space has a time limit, not self-in, in addition to the time clock, if there is an option, the hotel's own parking lot is much more convenient! Every time there is no parking space, but the hotel hot spring is on the 10th floor, you can see the sea view, is my most reminiscent! Guests are not crowded, very comfortable, everyone can enjoy quietly!

Clean and relaxing hotel. Have osen and breakfast included. Multi storey car park is located next to the hotel and the parking fee for one night is 400 yen after you got coupon from hotel front desk. The hotel also provides different type of pillows and facial masks which can choose them from self service cabinets.

The hotel's interior and all the rooms were stylish and spacious, making me feel cheerful even while inside the building. The ocean river view from my room was also amazing. I woke up in the morning and enjoyed the cool breeze in the sauna on the top floor while looking out at the city. At night, there was a foot bath near the river, so I soaked my feet while listening to the sound of the river and gazing at the starry sky. I felt so refreshed! Thank you very much.

After enjoying the hot springs that evening, we enjoyed a kaiseki meal—Yamaguchi Prefecture's famous fugu cuisine. 😋 It was our first time eating fugu. They had fugu sashimi, a small hot pot, fugu chawanmushi, and small fugu tempura. 😅 The waiters were very attentive, explaining the ingredients and cooking methods for each dish so we could savor the flavors. It was much better than our previous experiences at other hot spring inns. A big plus! 👍

We couldn’t have been happier with our stay at Hagi no Yado Tomoe. Outstanding from start to finish. Delicious meals (breakfast and dinner) on both days, comfortable futons in spacious and well-appointed rooms, the most friendly and efficient service (sincere thanks to Takashi-san, our ‘butler’, but also to the entire team) and ideally located in walking distance to all Hagi’s most interesting sights. I can’t recommend Hagi no Yado Tomeo highly enough.

Overall, it was good, but the lighting in the large bathhouse was quite dim, so I was suddenly scared when I was bathing alone. It would have been better if the lighting was a little brighter. The air conditioning in the locker room was weak, so after bathing, I started sweating again. In the summer, it would have been nice to have a medium-sized fan.

Service was good but can be improved: - the translation tool used was not effective. Staff had to apologise repeatedly. - due to miscommunication, we were late for dinner by 15 mins. The hotel was not flexible enough to do service recovery to guests. Nonetheless, we thoroughly enjoyed the breakfast and love the room!

The price/performance ratio is very high. The room is a bit old, but it does not affect the experience. The hot spring is very comfortable.