Unzen Miyazaki Ryokan

You can see the garden from the lobby and the rooms, and it's very beautiful. As expected, the water in Unzen is great! After a bath, your hair and skin will be smooth. The food was delicious and there was a wide variety at breakfast, so I was very satisfied. The rice was also delicious! The only disappointment was that there were few types of sake. They only had Nagasaki sake. For hot sake, they had Rokujuyoshu, but the cold sake was not so good. I would definitely like them to have Rokujuyoshu Junmaishu and Junmai Ginjo. I would like to stay at this inn again.

I stayed here for several nights at the end of the year. As a result, I was not able to have a satisfactory stay. It was recognized as a long-established luxury inn that will reopen on December 15, 2022. The building is certainly new, and since it was a premium suite, it had a semi-open-air bath. I decided on a suite because there was also a lounge that was limited to 7 suites. The selling point of the suite lounge was the upscale atmosphere created by the fire, but on the second day there was no fire at that time. Tea time is just a coffee machine and dry goods. Bar time is sparkling wine, red and white wine, and dry drinks. During the two days, I only met one other customer. I guess everyone feels that it cannot be called a lounge. There's no benefit to me since I can't drink coffee. When I informed them, a plastic bottle of water was left for the next day. That's the extent of the response. You should learn what a suite lounge is like at other luxury hotels and inns. There were times when the shops were closed despite the opening hours. I was also looking forward to the bar lounge and tea lounge, but when I opened the lid, I was told that they weren't open yet. This was also a criterion for choosing an accommodation, but it is still in a state that cannot be called a grand opening. It's like a scam. The taste of the food was neither good nor bad. On the first day, the customer service was poor and I felt like I was in a pub. It wasn't worth the price. From the 2nd day after the complaint, we changed to a firmer response. At dinner on the first day, something that wasn't on the menu suddenly appeared. The first explanation was that the ingredients were not available due to the snow, but when I asked the proprietress, she informed me that the menu had changed since that day. The first explanation was a lie. The ingredients are covered in everything from abalone to fish to vegetables. It's just one meal. Although the quality of the spring water in the semi-open-air bath in the room is good, the bathtub is so small that you can hardly take a bath by yourself. I don't understand the concept at all. Also, the temperature of the water is not stable, and I feel it fluctuates between 38℃ and 45℃. It was on the second night that things stabilized. One of the causes of these dissatisfaction is the lack of information dissemination. On the inn's website, there is almost no information about the rooms, facilities, meals, services, etc. The linked blog has not been updated since the completion ceremony was uploaded on October 24th. Also, SNS linked on the HP. There is almost no posting on Facebook or Twitter. In this day and age, customers first look for information when choosing a place to stay. There have been almost no reviews on accommodation sites since the reopening. It's a devastating situation. It was written in a few other reviews, but they said they had been contacted by phone in advance. I didn't have one at home so I called from here. At that time, I mentioned SNS, etc., but the woman who answered the phone laughed and said, ``We don't have any staff.'' By the way, I haven't received a reply to this review yet. I believe that another reason is the management. This shows that customer service education is not standardized. What's more, I felt that the proprietress' response was a one-sided attempt to evade responsibility. The staff. Apart from serving on the first day, everyone was working really hard. For their sake, I think it is necessary to look back on the current situation and live up to the name of a high-class ryokan from the customer's perspective. I did not dare to request a discount this time, but the discrepancy between the price and the service was very large. It's a great shame, considering that it was a place we had fun with several times a year, and even more so, as a yearly celebration. In the introduction of a certain HP, it was written as follows. Founded in 1929. It has been used by His Majesty the Emperor and Crown Prince, and by literary figures such as Hakushu Kitahara and Ueharu Noguchi, as well as by Hibari Misora ​​during her performances in Kitakyushu. This gives the impression that it is a prestigious and wonderful inn. I just regret my own wisdom.

I love the hot springs in Unzen and decided to visit it right away. The quality of the hot spring water was still very good. Dinner was Japanese food, but with a French feel. I plan to visit again when the staff gets used to handling customers. When I woke up in the morning, it was snowing quite a bit, but I rented a pair of studless shoes just in case, so I wasn't too nervous.