Konoha

The room was comfortable, tea, water abd a few special local snacks provided. The onsen was fantastic. Several public and 3 private onsen baths. The best part was lying in outdoor onsen at night looking up at moon and stars. The food was exceptional. Dinner was a set menu but then also a large buffet. Breakfast was large buffet in mornings.

The highlight of this ryokan is its many onsen options. There are 3 private (free) reserved onsens and 2 big bathing facilities with many indoor and outdoor options. The bathing facilities change gender once a day which effectively double your options. For food you have a set main and appetizer with remainder being full buffet and various drinks including alchol! Downsides are rooms are quite small and as onsen is shared with the connected ryokan next door, the private onsens can be hard to get hold of. Location is also just a bit too far from central kusatsu locale (yubatake) by foot. Overall a charming stay.

very nice view outside with superb onsen collection. first there is a large outside public bath with rocks and trees around, since we went during Feb, it is snowing when taking the hot onsen bath, the whole atmosphere and view watching the snow fall down and enjoy the hot bath is such a lifetime experience. And then there are three free private onsen bath, please be considerate and use for 15mins to let others use it too. moreover the breakfast buffet is superb and they treat us a traditional Japanese little hotpot too.

Facility was great. rooms were clean and comfortable breakfast and dinner had a lot of variety staff was great and the private hot springs were very nice.

The hotel did a great job in managing a small temporary issue with onsens. My stay at Konoha / Tokinoniwa has been a great and memorable experience. Meals were great value for the money and they even translated the menu (just) for me. Staff at reception spoke excellent English, the other staff members less well, but we could understand each other.