Hakone Luxury Ryokans
Jun 8, 2019, 11:46 pm
#31
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Join Date: May 2015
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So, prepping for our trip next month (We ended up deciding on Yama no Chaya instead of Hakone Ginyu), and I'm seeing that the ropeway is currently suspended/not operating because of an increased "volcanic activity alert" for Mt. Hakone?
Information on Hakone & Owakudani - ??????????
Anyone been recently/is this going to last all summer/for the foreseeable future? bummer if so...
Information on Hakone & Owakudani - ??????????
Anyone been recently/is this going to last all summer/for the foreseeable future? bummer if so...
Jan 29, 2020, 1:23 pm
#32
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: PIT
Programs: AS Peon
Posts: 202
Not normally a luxury traveller, but my SO and I are going to Japan for the first time at the end of March, and since we don't expect to do the ryokan experience more than once, we decided we wanted to splurge on it a bit to make it extra special. So here I am. 
I read through this thread earlier this month and understood that Hakone Ginyu is generally considered the best, or near the top, so I sent a request for the two nights we needed. Unfortunately, they said they were booked at that time and I didn't request to be put on a waitlist, so I continued looking. Yama No Chaya was an option, but the room we were looking at got booked before we made a decision. Right now, we have two nights booked at Musashino Bekkan in the Japanese Style Luxury room. It looks nice, but the private onsen isn't large enough for both of us at once.
However, Hakone Ginyu just emailed me again last night and said that 1 of the two nights we requested is now available, if we'd like to book that. The room we had requested was the Japanese style Sora room.
My question to all of you is, is Hakone Ginyu nice enough to deal with the inconvenience of moving ryokans in the middle of our two day stay? If we book it I'll ask them to let me know if the second night becomes available of course, but I'm not counting on it.
Of course, maybe we shouldn't worry about it anyway - we aren't likely to use the spa, and we are planning to be out and about checking out the Hakone region during the day. Maybe we'd be better off putting the extra money towards something else.
What are your thoughts? Is Hakone Ginyu a must stay?
I read through this thread earlier this month and understood that Hakone Ginyu is generally considered the best, or near the top, so I sent a request for the two nights we needed. Unfortunately, they said they were booked at that time and I didn't request to be put on a waitlist, so I continued looking. Yama No Chaya was an option, but the room we were looking at got booked before we made a decision. Right now, we have two nights booked at Musashino Bekkan in the Japanese Style Luxury room. It looks nice, but the private onsen isn't large enough for both of us at once.
However, Hakone Ginyu just emailed me again last night and said that 1 of the two nights we requested is now available, if we'd like to book that. The room we had requested was the Japanese style Sora room.
My question to all of you is, is Hakone Ginyu nice enough to deal with the inconvenience of moving ryokans in the middle of our two day stay? If we book it I'll ask them to let me know if the second night becomes available of course, but I'm not counting on it.
Of course, maybe we shouldn't worry about it anyway - we aren't likely to use the spa, and we are planning to be out and about checking out the Hakone region during the day. Maybe we'd be better off putting the extra money towards something else.
What are your thoughts? Is Hakone Ginyu a must stay?
May 12, 2023, 2:12 pm
#33
Join Date: Feb 2023
Posts: 31
Not normally a luxury traveller, but my SO and I are going to Japan for the first time at the end of March, and since we don't expect to do the ryokan experience more than once, we decided we wanted to splurge on it a bit to make it extra special. So here I am.
I read through this thread earlier this month and understood that Hakone Ginyu is generally considered the best, or near the top, so I sent a request for the two nights we needed. Unfortunately, they said they were booked at that time and I didn't request to be put on a waitlist, so I continued looking. Yama No Chaya was an option, but the room we were looking at got booked before we made a decision. Right now, we have two nights booked at Musashino Bekkan in the Japanese Style Luxury room. It looks nice, but the private onsen isn't large enough for both of us at once.
However, Hakone Ginyu just emailed me again last night and said that 1 of the two nights we requested is now available, if we'd like to book that. The room we had requested was the Japanese style Sora room.
My question to all of you is, is Hakone Ginyu nice enough to deal with the inconvenience of moving ryokans in the middle of our two day stay? If we book it I'll ask them to let me know if the second night becomes available of course, but I'm not counting on it.
Of course, maybe we shouldn't worry about it anyway - we aren't likely to use the spa, and we are planning to be out and about checking out the Hakone region during the day. Maybe we'd be better off putting the extra money towards something else.
What are your thoughts? Is Hakone Ginyu a must stay?
I read through this thread earlier this month and understood that Hakone Ginyu is generally considered the best, or near the top, so I sent a request for the two nights we needed. Unfortunately, they said they were booked at that time and I didn't request to be put on a waitlist, so I continued looking. Yama No Chaya was an option, but the room we were looking at got booked before we made a decision. Right now, we have two nights booked at Musashino Bekkan in the Japanese Style Luxury room. It looks nice, but the private onsen isn't large enough for both of us at once.
However, Hakone Ginyu just emailed me again last night and said that 1 of the two nights we requested is now available, if we'd like to book that. The room we had requested was the Japanese style Sora room.
My question to all of you is, is Hakone Ginyu nice enough to deal with the inconvenience of moving ryokans in the middle of our two day stay? If we book it I'll ask them to let me know if the second night becomes available of course, but I'm not counting on it.
Of course, maybe we shouldn't worry about it anyway - we aren't likely to use the spa, and we are planning to be out and about checking out the Hakone region during the day. Maybe we'd be better off putting the extra money towards something else.
What are your thoughts? Is Hakone Ginyu a must stay?