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From ¥92,400/ per night (2 adults)

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Rakuten Travel rating 4.2 out of 5 (1,747 reviews). Guests traveling with babies report that a baby futon and a diaper bin were ready in the room and that a bed and a chair were provided in the dining venue, and they rate the ryokan as an easy place to stay with small children. One point raised on the other side is that the air conditioning in the room could only be set to high or low, which some guests found inconvenient.

Kids Facilities

Kids' playroom

Indoor

An indoor play space with a ball pit, a slide and other play equipment and toys. It is open from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m., so children can move around and play even on a rainy day. The lobby also has a reading corner with manga and picture books.

Private-hire baths (Hi-no-Kokoro, Tabihei and Yadoroku)

Indoor

There are 3 private-hire baths, each with a television, underfloor heating and a washlet toilet. Tabihei and Yadoroku have a baby bed, which makes them easy to use with a baby. The water is not onsen water, so small children can bathe with peace of mind.

Kids' menu corner at the dinner and breakfast buffets

Indoor

The breakfast and dinner buffets feature plenty of dishes children enjoy, along with a kids' menu corner. Children's tableware and cutlery, children's chairs and a baby bed are on hand in the venue, and you are given assigned seats.

Baby and children's items available to borrow

Indoor

Baby items such as a diaper bin, an electric hot-water dispenser and a kettle are prepared on request. A children's meal set and a bouncer are available too, and a thermometer, an ice pillow, adhesive bandages and disinfectant can also be borrowed.

Baby food service and warming facilities

Indoor

You can ask the staff to warm ready-made pouch baby food. For warming baby food or sterilizing baby bottles, the microwave in front of the vending machine corner on the 1st floor is available. Baby food is served on the plan for families traveling with children.

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Overview

Tsukioka Onsen Hotel Seifuen is a hot-spring ryokan in Tsukioka Onsen, with emerald-green water whose sulfur content is among the highest in Japan. Rooms range from Japanese-style tatami rooms of 12.5 tatami mats, which form the core of the property, to Japanese-Western rooms and Western-style rooms, including tatami rooms sleeping around 6 guests for families. Dinner and breakfast are both served buffet-style as standard, with a kids' menu corner and children's tableware and chairs. There are 3 private-hire baths; none of them use onsen water, which makes them easy to use with small children, and 2 of them have a baby bed. A kids' playroom and baby items are available too, so the property is well set up for a stay with children.

Rooms

The Japanese-style tatami room of 12.5 tatami mats is the core room type here, with 24 of them, each sleeping up to 6 guests. There are also 9 Suehiro-tei Japanese-style tatami rooms of 12.5 tatami mats with a cypress bath, sleeping up to 6 guests, and one Suehiro-tei Universal Design Room (52 sq m) sleeping up to 5 guests, built with a step-free entrance and a bath and toilet you can use while still in a wheelchair. Neither the Suehiro-tei rooms with a cypress bath nor the in-room baths in GENJI Kaoru use onsen water. There are 3 Comfort Japanese-style tatami rooms plus Western-style room sleeping up to 4 guests, 3 Japanese-style tatami rooms with a dining area sleeping up to 4 guests, and 2 Deluxe Japanese-modern rooms sleeping up to 8 guests, so you can also choose a roomy layout that combines tatami and Western-style areas. The luxury floor GENJI Kaoru has a suite with an open-air bath (103.25 sq m, sleeping up to 8 guests) and Japanese-Western rooms with a view bath; the suite's open-air bath cannot be used in winter. In the GENJI Kaoru rooms, futon bedding is laid out from the third guest onward. The Miyabi-tei Comfort Japanese-style tatami room plus Western-style room (53 sq m) likewise has 2 Serta beds, with futon bedding for the third guest and beyond. On the other hand, five room types decline use by children of elementary school age and under: the Suehiro-tei Single Room (12 sq m), the Suehiro-tei Simmons Bed Twin Room (19 sq m), the Miyabi-tei Simmons Bed Twin Room (16 sq m), the 2023-renovated Heian-tei Japanese-modern room (36 sq m) and the GENJI Kaoru Comfort Japanese-style tatami room plus Western-style room (53 sq m). All of these sleep only 1 to 3 guests, and there is no age restriction on the Japanese-style tatami rooms and Japanese-Western rooms that families use. Humidifiers, along with irons and DVD players, are items you can borrow for any room.

Dining

Dinner is normally a creative Japanese-style buffet at Okesa Goten, and breakfast a Japanese and Western buffet at the view restaurant. The buffets include plenty of dishes children enjoy, plus a kids' menu corner. Children's tableware and cutlery, children's chairs and a baby bed are on hand in the dining venue, and you are given assigned seats. For allergies, the 7 specified ingredients are labeled, and guests with severe symptoms are asked to call in advance to discuss their needs. Dinner in your room is available only on the special kaiseki plan limited to the luxury floor GENJI Kaoru.

Baths and Onsen

There are 2 communal baths: Tsukioka Yukoro, scented with sulfur and cypress, and the Garden Communal Bath looking out over the garden. Bathing hours are 5 a.m. to midnight. The Garden Communal Bath has an indoor bath and an open-air bath, both filled with heated water, which is gentle enough for people with sensitive skin and for children. The sauna is in the Garden Communal Bath and can be used from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. The 3 private-hire baths are Hi-no-Kokoro, Tabihei and Yadoroku; all require a reservation and carry a charge, with the cypress bath at 3,300 yen for 45 minutes and the agate bath at 2,200 yen for 45 minutes. The water in the private-hire baths is not onsen water, so children can use them with peace of mind. Whether children who are not yet out of diapers may use the communal baths is not stated, so please confirm with the ryokan if this matters to you.

Family-Friendly Features

Children aged 0 stay free of charge, but because fire safety law requires the ryokan to know how many people are staying, even a child aged 0 must be entered in the comments field when you book. Bookings are normally for 2 adults or more, and a stay by 1 adult and 1 child is charged as 2 adults. Rakuten Travel plans advise booking children aged 2 and over with meals included. On Ikyu.com the children's rates set both upper-grade and lower-grade elementary school children at 70% of the adult rate and infants and toddlers with meals and bedding at 50% of the adult rate, with co-sleeping for up to 6 children; on plans using the 2023-renovated Heian-tei Japanese-modern room (36 sq m), however, co-sleeping children, elementary school children and infants and toddlers cannot be accepted, so conditions differ from plan to plan. Baby items such as a diaper bin, an electric hot-water dispenser and a kettle are prepared if you let the ryokan know. For warming baby food or sterilizing baby bottles you can use the microwave in front of the vending machine corner on the 1st floor, and staff can warm ready-made pouch baby food for you. Children's yukata come in patterns matching their parents', in sizes from 90 cm to 140 cm. A thermometer, an ice pillow, adhesive bandages and disinfectant are available to borrow, and if your child becomes unwell the staff can point you to a nearby pediatric clinic or holiday clinic. The kids' playroom is open from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. and has a ball pit, a slide and more. The reading corner in the lobby has manga and picture books, along with coffee, green tea and apple water to enjoy freely.

Access

The ryokan is in Tsukioka Onsen, Shibata, Niigata, 15 minutes by taxi from either Toyosaka Station or Shibata Station. The free shuttle runs only as far as Tsukioka Station on the JR Uetsu Line, and it must be arranged in advance by giving your expected arrival time in the request field of the booking screen, or by phone or email. It can be used from one guest, and the drive between the hotel and Tsukioka Station takes 7 to 8 minutes; on the way back, however, the drop-off service runs only for departures from Tsukioka Station in the 8 o'clock and 11 o'clock hours, for both inbound and outbound trains. There is also a direct shuttle bus to Tsukioka Onsen from JR Niigata Station and JR Shibata Station: one way from Niigata Station is 1,500 yen (there is no child rate, and a child riding on an adult's lap travels free), and from Shibata Station it is 500 yen for adults and 300 yen for children. A convenience store is within a 5-minute walk. Tsukioka Waku Waku Farm, a 5-minute walk away, is a place parents and children can enjoy together, with rabbits to meet, a farm produce stand and a restaurant. The website also has pages in English, Chinese and Korean.

Access & Information

location_onAddress278-2 Tsukioka Onsen, Shibata-shi, Niigata 959-2397
directions_carAccessAbout 5 minutes by car from JR Tsukioka Station, 15 minutes by car from JR Toyosaka Station, and about 15 minutes by car from Yasuda IC on the Ban-etsu Expressway.
trainNearest stationToyosaka Station
local_parkingParkingParking is available for 350 vehicles, free of charge.
callPhone+81-254-32-2000
paymentsCardsVISA, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, UC, DC, NICOS, UFJ Card, Mastercard, Discover, Saison, AEON, JACCS, CF, ORICO, View, JTB, ANA, JAS, JAL
languageOfficial sitehttps://www.seifuen.com/open_in_new

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From ¥92,400/ per night (2 adults)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What ages is Tsukioka Onsen Hotel Seifuen 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 Tsukioka Onsen Hotel Seifuen?

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Parking: Parking is available for 350 vehicles, free of charge.

How do you get to Tsukioka Onsen Hotel Seifuen?

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About 5 minutes by car from JR Tsukioka Station, 15 minutes by car from JR Toyosaka Station, and about 15 minutes by car from Yasuda IC on the Ban-etsu Expressway.

Can babies and small children use the onsen?

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Guests with sensitive skin or a skin condition, and infants with delicate skin, are directed to the Garden Communal Bath. There is no guidance on the other baths, so please confirm with the ryokan in advance.

Can we bring baby food, and can it be warmed?

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Baby food can be warmed and baby bottles sterilized using the microwave installed in front of the vending machine corner on the 1st floor.

Are there children's dishes and chairs?

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Children's chairs, plates, spoons and forks are provided for use at mealtimes.

Is there a kids' room or play space?

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There is a kids' room in the building, which makes the ryokan easy to use for families with small children.

How much do small children pay to stay?

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Children aged 0 can stay free of charge. On some plans, children aged 3 and under who are co-sleeping are free of charge as well.

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