Kinkiyu Hotel

We could only get a Japanese style room but with two 80+ yr olds getting up and down off the floor was difficult...hence low comfort score. Room was nicely done but small for 3 with suitcases. Onsen felt very authentic with the smell of sulphur in the air and hot steamy pools

This hotel, which is actually located in Kawayu Onsen rather than Teshikaga, seemed to be the only place open in mid-April - the other hotels were closed. Staff were friendly. We had a wayou double, which is a room with a small double bed connected to a slightly raised area containing tatami mats, low coffee table, chairs and TV (Japanese channels only). Wifi wasn't available in the room, but it is in the downstairs lobby area. The room had poor soundproofing - hallway conversations and sounds next door were easily heard. The room itself was terribly dated and worn out - everything should be junked and furnished again. It seemed OK from a cleanliness standpoint. The all Japanese buffet had quite a few choices, but the quality of the food wasn't very good. The onsen baths using geo-thermal hot springs water were good. There were a couple of different baths, and although I don't read Japanese, my take on the difference between them, besides a slight temperature variation, was that the PH levels and mineral content differed. Parking was free, and next to the hotel. For a single night, this hotel was OK. But it isn't a hotel I'd want to return to or recommend to others.

The hotel was pretty run down and our room had a sulfur smell throughout the night because the windows are not fully sealed. Luckily we were only there for 1 night.