Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen Sakuratei
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Rakuten Travel rating 4.39 out of 5 (509 reviews). Guests praise the spacious rooms, where even a family of five can relax, the open-air bath flowing straight from the source, and the kind staff. Many also say the dinner is delicious, and some reviews mention the shuttle to Echigo-Yuzawa Station and the luggage storage. One point to note: some guests say the dinner for elementary school children was so generous that it could not be finished.
Kids Facilities
Children's yukata, slippers and humidifiers available to borrow
Children's yukata, slippers and humidifiers available to borrow
Children's yukata, slippers, humidifiers and other items are available to borrow, and the items also include a hair iron. Numbers are limited, so some requests may not be possible.
- •Items available to borrow are limited in number, so some requests may not be possible.
Ski rental room (winter only)
Ski rental room (winter only)
- calendar_monthSeason:Winter only
Ski rentals are available inside the hotel, with a full range of ski and snowboard gear and wear, including children's sizes. It is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and reservations are not accepted; it is same-day only.
- •Reservations are not accepted; same-day only.
- •Open in winter only.
Mini kitchen in the Sakura House Suite
Mini kitchen in the Sakura House Suite
The Sakura House Suite (for 4 or 5 guests) is a Japanese-Western room with a living room and a mini kitchen. The room has an induction cooktop, a microwave, a refrigerator and a kettle, along with a separate bathroom (not onsen water). Even on plans where you lay out your own futons, the futons in the Sakura House Suite are laid out in advance.
Baby shampoo in the communal bath
Baby shampoo in the communal bath
Baby shampoo is among the communal bath amenities. The spring water is a simple onsen (a weakly alkaline, hypotonic, high-temperature spring). The open-air baths on both the men's and women's sides flow straight from the source, while the indoor baths and the women's semi-open-air bath are recirculated and filtered. Whether children who are not yet out of diapers can use the bath is not stated, so please ask in advance.
- •Bathing hours are from 3 p.m. to 10 a.m. the next morning.
- •There is no private-hire bath.
- •Guests with tattoos can bathe only if the tattoos can be completely hidden with cover seals or similar.
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Overview
Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen Sakuratei is a 21-room ryokan a 5-minute walk from Echigo-Yuzawa Station. It has Japanese-style tatami rooms, Western-style rooms and Japanese-Western rooms, and the rooms that work for families include the Sakura House Suite with a mini kitchen (for 4 or 5 guests) and Japanese-style tatami rooms made up of connecting 10-tatami and 6-tatami rooms. Co-sleeping is free for children under 3, but children under 3 cannot co-sleep in the Western-style Twin rooms. The communal bath is a simple onsen, and the open-air baths flow straight from the source. There is no private-hire bath, and the course meals do not offer individual allergy accommodation.
Rooms
The ryokan has 21 rooms, and the entire building is non-smoking. There are Japanese-style tatami rooms, Western-style rooms and Japanese-Western rooms. The Sakura House Suite is a suite-style Japanese-Western room with a living room, a Japanese-style tatami area designed like a raised platform, and a kitchen. The type for up to 5 guests is 58 sq m, with a Western-style twin room, a tatami room, a living room and a mini kitchen. The type for up to 4 guests is 48 sq m, with a Japanese-Western twin room, a living room and a mini kitchen. Both types have a separate bathroom (not onsen water). Sakura House Suite rooms are equipped with an induction cooktop, a microwave, a refrigerator, a kettle and an air purifier. The Japanese-style room with 10 tatami mats plus 6 tatami mats plus a living room is the largest room in the ryokan: 16 tatami mats of connecting rooms with a bath and toilet, for 1 to 6 guests. The Japanese-style room with 10 tatami mats plus 6 tatami mats plus a broad window-side space is also 16 tatami mats, with a bath and toilet, for 1 to 6 guests. The Japanese-style room with 12.5 tatami mats plus a broad window-side space has a toilet and washbasin, with a four-seat sofa in the window-side space, for 1 to 4 guests. The 10-tatami Japanese-style room is a compact room without a window-side space, with a toilet and washbasin, for 1 to 2 guests. The Western-style Twin comes in two types: 20 sq m (2 single beds, 1 to 2 guests) and 30 sq m (2 single beds plus a sofa bed, 1 to 4 guests). Infants under 3 cannot co-sleep in either type. Even on plans where you lay out your own futons, the futons in the Sakura House Suite are laid out in advance.
Dining
Dinner and breakfast are both served at Sakura Dining on the 2nd floor of the new building; in-room dining is not available. Seating is at chairs and tables, and there are also semi-private seats with partitions. Dinner is a Japanese-Western fusion kaiseki meal (a set menu) served in two seatings, at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Last entry to the dinner venue is 7 p.m., and dinner cannot be served after that, so please take care on days when you expect to arrive late. Breakfast is a Japanese and Western buffet from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. (last entry 8:45 a.m.). In the winter season from December 19, breakfast is listed as starting at 7 a.m. The course meals do not offer individual allergy accommodation. At the buffet, each dish has a tent card showing the 7 major allergens, with additional items labeled where needed. If allergies or similar concerns make you uneasy about the meals, the hotel suggests booking a room-only stay. When booking, the child rates include categories with meals and futon bedding for elementary school children and for children who have not yet started elementary school (an elementary school meal and a young children's meal, respectively), but what the meals contain is not listed in our information. You may bring food and drinks into the building, but not into the dining venue.
Baths and Onsen
The communal bath has an indoor bath and an open-air bath on both the men's and women's sides, and the women's side also has a semi-open-air bath. The spring water is a simple onsen (a weakly alkaline, hypotonic, high-temperature spring). The open-air baths on both sides flow straight from the source, while the indoor baths and the women's semi-open-air bath are recirculated and filtered. Bathing hours are from 3 p.m. to 10 a.m. the next morning. Baby shampoo is among the communal bath amenities. Baby baths and baby chairs are not mentioned, so please confirm before booking if you need them. Whether children who are not yet out of diapers can use the communal bath is not stated, so please ask in advance. There is no private-hire bath. Guests with tattoos can bathe only if the tattoos can be completely hidden with cover seals or similar, and cover seals are not sold at the hotel.
Family-Friendly Features
Children under 3 co-sleep free of charge, without meals or bedding. Children aged 3 and over are booked at the young-child rate, and depending on the plan, this includes either meals and futon bedding or futon bedding only. As one example of child rates, there is a plan where elementary school children pay 70% of the adult rate, children who have not yet started elementary school (futon only) pay 2,200 yen, and co-sleeping children (aged 2 and under) are free. Some plans have no child rate, so please check when booking. If you will co-sleep with a child under 3, choose a Japanese-style tatami room or a Japanese-Western room rather than a Western-style Twin. Whether cribs or bed guards are available to borrow is not listed in our information, so please confirm before booking if you need them. Children's yukata, slippers, humidifiers and other items are available to borrow, in limited numbers. The building is not barrier-free, but it has an elevator, and wheelchairs are available to borrow. The coin laundry in the building has fully automatic washing machines and dryers; detergent is sold separately, and the machines take 100-yen coins only. A winter-only rental room offers ski and snowboard gear and wear, including children's sizes.
Access
The ryokan is a 5-minute walk from Echigo-Yuzawa Station and 5 minutes by car from Yuzawa IC. A shuttle runs between the West Exit of Echigo-Yuzawa Station and the hotel, with priority given to advance reservations. The shuttle serves the West Exit only and runs from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The accommodation plan information gives the hours as 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., so please confirm when booking if your time is close to either end. Parking has 30 spaces, free of charge with no reservation needed, and in winter guests are asked to use Parking Lot No. 1. Check-in is at 3 p.m. (last check-in 10:30 p.m.), and checkout is at 10 a.m. Nearby ski areas are NASPA Ski Garden and Yuzawa Kogen Ski Resort, each a 10-minute walk away, and GALA Yuzawa Ski Resort, a 20-minute walk away; a shuttle is listed as available for all of them. In winter there is a bus stop in front of the hotel for buses to 4 ski resorts, where you can use the circulating shuttle buses run by each ski resort.
Access & Information
| location_onAddress | 1926-4 Yuzawa, Yuzawa-machi, Minamiuonuma-gun, Niigata 949-6101 |
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| directions_carAccess | A 5-minute walk from Echigo-Yuzawa Station, or 5 minutes by car from Yuzawa IC. |
| trainNearest station | Echigo-Yuzawa Station |
| local_parkingParking | Parking for 30 cars, free of charge, with no reservation needed. In winter, Parking Lot No. 1 is used. |
| callPhone | +81-25-775-7830 |
| paymentsCards | VISA, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, UC, DC, NICOS, OMC, Bank Card, UFJ Card, Mastercard, Saison, AEON, JACCS, APLUS, CF, LIFE, ORICO, TOP, View, JTB, Rakuten Card, ANA, JAL |
| languageOfficial site | https://www.sakura-tei.jp/open_in_new |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What ages is Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen Sakuratei best suited to?
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It has facilities that work especially well for babies and toddlers (ages 0 to 2) and children aged 3 and over. There is no age limit, and families with children of any age can stay.
Is there parking at Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen Sakuratei?
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Parking: Parking for 30 cars, free of charge, with no reservation needed. In winter, Parking Lot No. 1 is used.
How do you get to Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen Sakuratei?
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A 5-minute walk from Echigo-Yuzawa Station, or 5 minutes by car from Yuzawa IC.
What are the check-in and checkout times?
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Check-in is accepted from 3 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., and checkout is at 10 a.m. If you are arriving late, please aim to arrive by 10:30 p.m.
Can our child eat the meals if they have a food allergy?
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The dinner course meals do not offer individual allergy accommodation. At the breakfast buffet, each dish has a card showing the 7 major allergens. All meals are prepared in the same kitchen, so trace amounts of allergens may be present; if allergies make you uneasy about the meals, the hotel suggests booking a room-only stay.
Is baby shampoo provided?
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Yes. Baby shampoo is among the communal bath amenities, along with shampoo, conditioner, body soap and facial cleansing foam. Whether baby baths or baby chairs are provided is not listed in our information, so please confirm before booking if you need them.
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