Nikko Senhime Monogatari

After admiring at the gorgeous shrines and temples, and the kanmangafuchi abyss, I was greeted in the ryokan with hot matcha and sweets, and a really friendly manager. What can be more comforting in a wintery afternoon. Yes, soaking in onsen while admiring the mountains and rivers, and the sumptuous dinner. The staff is amazing and the location is superb.

Nice staff, excellent food and great views

We stayed 3 night at Senhime Monogatari october/November 2018, and It was a wonderful experience. You can’t judge the hotel/ryokan by normal western preunderstanding. The hotel has it’s own norm, own speed, own way of doing things and own philosophy. We got a fantastic and positive lesson of practiced omotenashi, the special Japanese service philosophy. We chose a Japanese styled room, with private bathtub, a kind of outside room with a view to volcano mountains, mountain river and yellow/red leafs on trees. The Japanese styled room was equipped with tatami mats, traditional Japanese low chairs and table. We got kimonos, and different kimono overlayers to chose from, Japanese wooden clippers and simple indoor filt shoes. The bed was made for us every evening during our diner downstairs. And removed during the breakfast. We slept on mats on the floor, it was a little uncomfortable for us and we adjusted with an extra mat. The breakfast and dinner is a whole story for it’s self, and giving a massive value to the stay. This is Japanese food at it’s best. The hotel has a Shuttlebus service to Tobu station, and within 100 meters there is bus stop no. 8 to the lakes and falls. Notice that the bus on busy days will be packed at stop no.8