Guest User
September 1, 2024
We stayed here on our wedding anniversary. It was our first time at a Hoshino Resort. We were able to relax and enjoy ourselves until the 12 o'clock check-out. Most of the staff were young, and they were highly motivated and smiled and polite. There are tea ceremonies (for those who want to participate), Kagura, and morning exercises (for the first 6 people) every day, so we participated in all of them. For the tea ceremony, we received a sign for the time we wanted and went through the garden to a separate building. A person from a school of tea that I had never heard of before made tea and gave us sweets. The room was made with a lot of local ingredients (the refrigerator did not have a freezer function), and the open-air bath was at the perfect temperature and was very comfortable. There was a festival in the neighborhood during the summer vacation period, so we purchased tickets at the front desk, and after dinner, we went to the festival before the Kagura started. We watched the Kagura from 9 p.m. from the front row. It was more impressive than we expected and was really good. We were able to take commemorative photos after the event and had a great time. It seems that the staff members play different roles every day. The indoor bath in the large communal bath is the same as that of Tonbo-no-Yu in Karuizawa. You can make a pack in the hot spring, and you can get a sake pack only at night. The smell of alcohol was so strong that I almost got drunk. lol After the bath, tea, vitamin drinks, and white rose ice cream were prepared. The food was also delicious.
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