Daimaruya Ryokan

This is my second visit and I will be going again if I visit the snow monkeys. The owner was most accommodating, picking us up from the station and taking us and collecting us from the snow monkey park.

The private onsen is quite small, but lovely! Great place to soak on a cold night with the nights sky above you.

The hosts are really friendly. The room was spacious and the bed were super comfortable. Private onsen was so good as well. Managed to capture the snow monkey even it hasn't snowed yet. Will recommend to other people who are going to Nagano for onsen venture!

Value for money ryokan run by energetic elderly couple with 3 I send, men woman & outdoor family. Owner gave us to lift to & train station as well to and fro to monkey park entrance. Very well located with Shibu Onsen area with free access to 9 public onsens, some are quite old but had character. In house onsens are quite new & very clean and much better than the public which is very unique. Loads of visitors dressed in yukatas & Japanese clogs strolling from onsen to onsen, wonderful sight to behold

Down to earth residence, not old not new but that’s what we went for value for money homely ryokan with a personal touch

The ryokan is in a quiet town, but there are several good restaurants, and of course, you get access to the 9 public bath houses around the town. There is also an onsen at the ryokan. Each room has a toilet and washbasin, but the showers are downstairs. Breakfast was brought to our room at a time convenient for us. The staff were really friendly and had a good knowledge of English. The monkeys are just a short drive away and I know that the owner would have taken us there had we not had our own car.

Parking was not immediately outside the ryokan, but was only a short walk away across the river in a public parking lot.

Service, hospitality, free transfers to station and monkey park

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