Have been back and forth to Japan over 24 yr marriage to Japanese emigre to the US , and am currently living there for three years due to husband’s temporary job transfer. We have stayed at many onsen, all over Japan, usually moderately priced, once in a blue moon at a high end onsen. This small but lovely ryokan with private baths is moderately priced, not low cost, but not the most extravagant by any means. The quality of the stay, however, rivaled any we have stayed at in elegance, beauty of location, charm of facility and especially in the kaiseki feasts they prepared for us at dinner and breakfast. We took a non smoking, mountain view Japanese style room. It had a private wooden tub outside on the veranda with a spectacular mountain view, and an additional separate onsen tub inside the room as well. Each room is like a mini onsen with seated shower for cleansing beside the tub, as well as sink/counter area with hairdryer. They even provide a scale, really unusual! Food was unbelievably delicious. We generally enjoy traditional communal onsen but our friends who were visiting from the US preferred this private-tubs-only ryokan so we booked here and we all were absolutely thrilled with the experience. Yes our room had a couple of scratches on the wall but was otherwise very very nice. Our friends’ room was perfect with platform beds, beautiful. This was a highlight of their first trip to Japan. And we’ve never had a better meal anywhere in Japan.