Micasa

A great onsen hotel (Ryokan) at a great secluded area. The hot onsen was good for privacy as we do not like big onsen with others. The hospitality was very good as well, the dinner and breakfast we had was phenomenal!

貸切風呂が良かった

特になし

Breakfast was served in a wooden box. The serving is sufficient, I especially like the salmon grilled to perfection. There are also English translation on the menu and also how to eat natto. Dinner spread is very interesting, instead of sashimi we were serve konjac sashimi. Overall, I am satisfied with the stay at the traditional Japanese Inn

Owner and staff were very professional and warm. Dinner was very good, with a variety of dishes with local products, and very tasty.

The hotel is old. Although it has been renovated in the common areas, the room was old, and not properly cleaned. Lot of dust on the walls (especially toilet door), the toilet was stinky, and there were large insects inside the lights in the ceiling. The Onsen baths were surprisingly small for an Onsen village. The facilities are old, and not well maintained. It shows no renovation for decades. There are no slippers provided to walk inside the venue, and you let your shoes at the entrance, thus you walk in the common area and in your room in your socks. It was not necessarily less expensive than other similar hotels, and rather pricy, considering how old and not well maintained some facilities were. The building is old and you will hear the other guests in the room above your head. Also, there is no flexibility in dinner time (18:00). For the price, it is not satisfying. Besides, the bath are small, so often crowded, and there is not much to do to kill time after dinner and bath... This said, the staff is doing their best, and surely they still need money to carry on with renovations, but it is not adequate in this state. Some minor changes (slippers, amenities) could be made to improve the feeling at a low cost.

室内が思っていた以上に広くて、快適に過ごすことが出来た。 スタッフさんの対応が良かった

外の音が少し響いて、気になった。 ボイラーの稼動音

Dinner was great and breakfast was good. All staff Was friendly and helpful. Very close to Suwankyo gorge.

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*Excellent Meals: plenty and variety of delicious foods for dinner & breakfast *Well maintained 4 private onsen baths for all-night use after 2:00PM were exceptionally good. *Easy Communication because, English speaking staffs were present all the time.

*The location is a bit isolated and too far to walk to a station/bus stop. *We stayed in a room upstairs. No elevator, only by stairs that is too steep and scary going up and down. *It was annoying the wood floor (not the tatami part) of our room was squeaking badly every time stepped on.

Everything ok

Attentive and friendly staff. Great hotsprings and meals.

The friendly staff who help you in any possible way.

Really cute place with some nice onsen. Free parking. A bit of confusion over whether they were able to provide vegan food as part of the breakfast. Initially they said no online, but then when we arrived they said they might be able to. The first day they didn’t quite get it and provided some meat options, but I could still eat some of the things provided in the traditional breakfast. The next day I think a different chef had a better understanding so I could eat a few more of the things provided. I appreciate the staff trying their best considering the language barrier and I didn’t go hungry :)

The traditional bedding wasn’t very comfortable and the floors in the building are very thin. I was woken up on the first morning at 5am by what sounded like a herd of elephants in the room above. The rooms vibrate with the footsteps of the people above. I didn’t sleep well here as the same people were up at 6am the next morning.

J'adore cette maison japonaise traditionnelle et chaleureuse, tout en bois, très bien décorée. L'ambiance est très familiale. Le personnel est aux petits soins, très attentionné, ils se rappellent de notre emplacement à table, ils mettent des fourchettes pour les enfants. Les repas (petits déjeuners et dîners) sont exceptionnels, avec des petits plats et de des jolies assiettes. Nous avons pu profiter du onsen privé en famille, une belle découverte pour les enfants. Nous sommes restés 3 jours avec nos enfants. Tout est parfait! Merci beaucoup!

Tout est parfait.

Hieno perinteinen japanilainen majapaikka. Huoneemme oli kaunis. Pääsimme käyttämään private onsenia puolisoni kanssa mikä oli ihanaa. Hyvä sijainti minakamissa, lähellä muutama ravintola ja 20min kävely minakami stationille. Saimme henkilökunnalta kyydin asemalle shuttle bussilla!

Emme tajunneet, että kaiseki illallinen olisi pitänyt buukata 2 päivää ennen, mutta pääsimme läheiseen sushi ja tempera ravintolaan, jossa saimme todella hyvää ruokaa.

祝日に一泊。 翌日が平日でしたので宿泊客が少なかった為か、本来男女別の大浴場が 無料で無制限の貸切りで入れました。 夕食は食べ応えありの 大変美味しい料理を頂きました。 ち

Had a nice and relaxing experience, the staff were very helpful. The location was really good with local restaurants and lots of sites to see!

高年齢で胃弱な体質なので、刺身などの生物がなくて、一般的な水準で量も種類も充分でお米の質が良くご飯が美味しい！高評価

ベッドも無く、部屋の椅子が低いので、連れの外国人夫婦は部屋で手足を伸ばしてリラックス出来ず、体を休める場所が無いとのことでした。

向かいの山が部屋からもお風呂からも見えました。 おいしい食事も部屋ごとにゆっくり食べられました。 コンパクトな作りで、お風呂も食事処もすぐに行けて家にいるようでした。

私は露天風呂に入れましたが、夫は女風呂男風呂交代の時間まで起きていられず、露天風呂に入ることができなかったのが残念でした。

スタッフの親切さ、食事の美味しさ(ボリューム満点です)、お風呂の清潔さ。かなり気配りが行き届いています。個人的には子連れに優しい。

食事が良かった。また、スタッフの対応も良かった

お風呂がザンネン。お湯がぬるかった。小さいほうのシャワー圧力がユルかった。

Very nice place. Nice onsen. Staff were friendly.

Incredibly lovely staff. They made our entire stay even more remarkable. Micasa is a good place to have a first contact with Ryokans as there are not too many guestrooms and the hosts are soo welcoming. The onsen were usable in a private setting which made this another good place for first contacts with Japanese experiences. All in all this has been a memorable highlight of our visit to Japan and a core memory will remain the farewell by the staff member. She has such a loving and engaged attitude.

I don't know why, but something informed us that we had shared bathrooms. In the end this turned out to be false, as we had our own private bathroom and shower. I assume there is a wrong entry in booking.com?

I have truly enjoyed my time at this hotel because it also had personal Onsens and public Onsens on site. I really enjoyed my Ryukan traditional Japanese room with a large amount of great amenities and I want to come to this place every time I come to Japan though I must let you know if you’re staying in Tokyo it takes about almost 3 hours outside of Tokyo, which you can catch the trains to get to. This place is located in the mountains in Japan and it is very well worth it if you’re looking to relax and to be just Lord by the beautiful site that you will see and experience the custom of traditional Japanese people then you would definitely like to stay here because it was amazing.

Staff were nice. Onsens were temporarily "private" on first come first serve basis. The actual private onsen (¥2,200/hr) with river view was shut down, no reason given. There were only 3 rooms booked when we were there. Dinner was good, breakfast fair.

The pictures on the Booking.com site do not match reality. This is a very old property and it shows. The rooms need a deep cleaning (dusty &dirty) or better, renovation. The public spaces were ok.

Dinner and breakfast were amazing! This was our first onsen experience and the outdoor onsen was immaculate! Great views and amazing staff made this trip here one i would do again in a heartbeat!

Food , Onsen , Staff and Location !!!

I liked everything! But you should fast at least for a week before checking in - breakfast and dinner are just beyond compare ! My primary goal was skiing, and this location is very convenient to cover nearby ski resorts in Gunma and Niigata.

One minor suggestion : the outlets in the room do not have the ground pin, so I couldn't use my laptop charger. I managed to power it from my phone charger, but I'd suggest keeping some extender which has grounded outlets on it, just in case.

Excellent value for money in a beautiful building. Staff were so kind and helpful! Rooms were spacious, clean. Onsens so beautiful. Excellent value for money. Breakfast was delicious!

One onsen not open. People a little noisy in room above.

The onsen is beautifull, all 3 of them. There is an option to have a private time in the onsen for the entire family with no strangers Beautifull view and experience imercing in the hot water watching the snow falls from the sky. Good comfortable futon beds

Our room was on the 3rd floor, no elevator and we didnt know it in advance. Had to carry all the havy suitcases by ourselves, if we new in advanve we would have packed differently for these 2 nights.

Very friendly and helpful staff with excellence service. Most of them can speak English. Great food. Clean and tidy room. One of the best onsen hotel I’ve ever stay at. I’ll recommend it to friends.

We had such a wonderful time at MICASA! We stayed in one of the private onsen rooms, and it was a gorgeous mid-trip treat! The food was phenomenal— and so filling! — and we had a lovely time exploring the surrounding area in the snow!

A small traditional hot spring hotel, there’ has 3 private hot springs and one with outdoor. It’s a great place for family staying.

スタッフが皆さん丁寧な対応で楽しく落ち着いた滞在が出来とても満足でした。

Great location! Authentic experience staying in a Ryokan! Town itself is gorgeous!

良かった

Private baths.

Nice traditional hotel- warm and cosy. We accidentally got off at the wrong train station and they came right away to pick us up which was very kind.

We decided to stay longer which turned out to be a mistake since the staff did not offer us more waters or soaps or a change of the tradition clothing. When I did ask for more of these things I was treated as if it was a chore or I was asking too much. That upset me since we decided to stay extra days and didn’t feel welcome Everyone has their own dinning room which is separated with walls- the second part of our stay our room had stacked chairs and was next to the heater. It was unbearable. Again they sat us at the bar table after we decided to stay longer

Friendly staff, nice decorated Ryokan, free coffee and tea, beautiful view of the mountains

You have to pay for the hot springs separately (150 yen by day). Needs major repairs in several places. Food. Bad location. The lack of slippers, in winter it is very noticeable

とても、よかったです。食事が特においしかったです。 少しお風呂がぬるかったです。

The room was massive and comfortable. Great view over the river. The staff were very friendly looked after us.

Being off-season the town was very quiet so the hotel was also very quiet. It would have been more enjoyable with some more travelers to interact with. The upside was that all the baths became private baths.

The breakfast and dinner are both very delicious and bountiful

Traditional Japanese Ryokan with onsen facilities quiet and welcoming

Micasa is a traditional japanese ryokan with onsen. The entrance looks a little suspicious, but inside is beautifully decorated and smells really nice. The room was spacious with a balcony overlooking the river. There is no shower in the room, only toilet and wash basin, but there are 3 onsens in the small hotel you can use 24/7 and there you can wash yourself with much comfort. 2 different types of shampoo, conditioner and body wash was provided. After washing you can soak in the hot onsen water with minerals. The ryokan looked very child friendly with baby bath and toys in the onsens and small playing area with toys in the lobby. You sleep on tatami and mattress, no bed. But it was really comfortable. We also had the traditional dinner and breakfast. The food was server beautifully and there was a lot of it. Some were for an acquired taste, but it was a good setting to try natto and other traditional japanese foods. We were really happy with the experience.

とてもよかったが、温泉の暖簾交代の時中に人がいるのか確認してもらえなかった、、、。

Everything was amazing.

Beware of bugs because it’s the rural country side.

Its reviewed ln google, 5*

Nothing :-)

We stayed at Micasa for two nights and really enjoyed ourselves. Outstanding breakfast and dinner, wonderful onsens (we particularly liked the one in the open air), it's really magical when it's snowing outside, friendly staff. I've read that other guests complained about not having a private shower in their room - we had one. Wi-Fi was ok. Would definitely recommend!

Maybe a couple more outlets in the room would have been nice

Very polite staffs in the homey style of the hotel. Japanese dinner and breakfast are very delicious.

古い旅館を改装してあって落ち着いた雰囲気ながら綺麗な施設でした。朝食付きにしましたが値段以上の満足度でした。前日の夕食を食べすぎてしまってあまり食が進まなかったのご悔やまれます。 周辺の雰囲気も含めてまた泊まりたいと思うとても良いお宿でした。

川沿いのなかなか洒落た雰囲気の宿でした。 料理も美味しかった。

Staff / food / comfort

Cannot think of

We went to the hotel without much expectation. There were three hot spring which you can use privately for an hour, but it was off season so we were very lucky. It was old and cozy we loved staying there.

Fabulous ryokan breakfast.

Definitely, they made the place so good. I did enjoy the cleanliness, the onsen, and breathtaking views where our last day covered by snow in March.

The internet, definitely can be better. A lot of drop outs 😞

I loved every single hotel I stayed at in Japan, except for this one. Micasa was the absolute worst hotel I had the displeasure of experiencing. From the start, there is nobody at the front desk, with the exception of check-in. So imagine arriving a few hours early, wanting to just leave your luggage with someone for a moment so you can go out and explore the town until check in hour. Sorry - there's nobody there! and a sign in the lobby asking you not to roll your luggage on the tatami mats which is the entire floor of the building, with no place to store the luggage except outside the front door. And nobody around to hold onto or watch your bags for you. So if you want to take a stroll around town waiting for check-in hour, its not possible unless you leave your luggage unattended. I called all the hotel numbers and they don't answer their phones, or their emergency phones when they notice someone is in the lobby waiting for check-in. And its not as though they aren't in the building. Once 3PM rolled around a person magically appeared at the front desk, and the owners magically appeared from the back. Then the surrounding area, once you do get a moment to go for a walk - the majority of stores and restaurants are closed, the surrounding buildings are empty, boarded up and unmaintained. There are no cabs to call in the area with the exception of a few hours in the middle afternoon. So you want to go out for a late night dinner? Well, you will be walking 30+ minutes to get anywhere, and the street does not have a reliable amount of street lamps. Not to mention homeless drunk people loitering right outside the hotel. There is also no security if those people march right in to the hotel after you. Onto the actual room: though you may get a lovely email from booking letting you know your room contains a shower and a fireplace, your room will not contain either of those things! imagine spending an arm and a leg for a room and not even getting a shower.

You will have to use the shower in the public onsen. The room I booked came with a yard, but there were literally plastic bags and garbage floating in the water. Also, despite this being a "ryokan", the hotel staff ask you to set out your traditional japanese beds yourself. The room was very dusty and honestly this ryokan felt more like a hostel than anything. The attitude of the owners and staff was extremely disappointing, and I wouldn't recommend this hotel to anyone. There is much  better accommodations in all of japan, and despite my years of travel Micasa was the only accommodation I was wholly displeased by. I didn't want to leave a negative review, but we did not end up staying the night out of safety concerns and discomfort, and instead swallowed the entire cost of the booking. Micasa wouldn't respond to any of our refund requests, or that of booking.com. We gave them a honest chance to rectify this experience but they were more interested in money than customer satisfaction.

First of all, I will have to say this hotel has very minor stinkbug problem just like all the Japanese old style wood structure hotels have. In the winter those bugs will find a way to invade wood houses, but don't worry, they won't bite, and the staffs try to clean them at their best. Beside that, all the other service is top grade compare to the price, people are friendly and try to provide best they have, nice onsen, comfortable and clean rooms, I think I will consider to stay there again.

Breakfast and dinner were large and tasty, the onsens spectacular, staff kind and helpful, and rooms very comfortable and clean. Micasa is also very close to Tenjin skiing (a few minutes drive up the road) and located in a cute town with good restaurants (and even pretty good local beer).

Only small issue would be to have more variation in dinners. For two nights its fine, but would recommend a menu rotation that lasts at least 3 and better 4 nights.

The property was absolutely beautiful, the outdoor onsen was so lovely. The staff were incredible, they were so friendly and helpful.

I liked that it was a small ryokan with a family-like atmosphere. All of the meals were delicious!

Unfortunately, it was raining while I was there so I could not enjoy the area as I would have liked..

This is a beautiful small hotel. The staff are exceptional and the food was great. Onsens were also great.

It would be nice to have a ski / drying room. It’s a bit challenging to dry wet gear in the room.

非常に良かった

MICASA is fantastic. Beautiful property, with really comfy rooms with great views over the river and of the local train line. We were lucky enough that it started snowing just after we arrived, and we had a fantastic view of it from our room. The public and private onsens are both really nice and a good temperature. The food was fantastic. We’re not the biggest fans of kaiseki as it can often be too much food, but the quality and quantity of the food was spot on. The staff are lovely and always willing to help as well. For context, we’ve traveled all over Japan over 14 times now, and MICASA really does stand out from the crowd of Ryokans we’ve visited over the years. Can’t rate MICASA highly enough, and would love to visit again sometime.

Food and room was so great, staffs are all very kind and friendly

Cozy and nice place, wonderful

Fabulous, love it so much

Fantastic onsen experience for myself and my girlfriend. Facilities were well maintained and private bath for our room was excellent! Breakfast and dinner food was fantastic and service was english accommodating and very friendly. Would highly recommend to anyone looking to escape the city and have a tranquil few days.

Love this property. It’s more on the traditional side but the room was large and the onsens were amazing. The highlight for me was the food. Highly recommend opting in to include the half board. The food was all home made and so good. It felt never ending as they give you around ~13 different types of food. The onsens change for male/female per specific time but I usually had them all to myself which was nice. The hotel is on the smaller side but definitely worth the price. It was beautiful when it snowed! It’s a ~15 min walk from Minakami station and a free shuttle back. You can also reach out to them before to request pickup.

loved the scenery and how peaceful it is around the property

n/a

Great room, great service

Small but warming hotel, clean and comfortable. Staff are very kind and good support. Breakfast is Japanese set it so yummy

No private shower room

とても静かな環境で部屋からの景色も素晴らしかったです。スタッフの方々の対応も良かったです。

料理が美味しかった

Everything,dinner. Breakfast Onsen. Room. Service mind Perfect

No

The staff took incredible care of me while I was staying at Micasa. They went above and beyond what I expected. I would recommend booking one of the rooms with an outdoor bath (I staying in the one with the round soaking tub) and meal plan (dinner was excellent and the menu was very well explained). The onsen facilities are well maintained and very clean. Just to note- the fireplace in the description means heating/cooling in the room rather than an external firepit- the building is made from wood, so it more sense! Free shuttle bus to Minakami station at set times in the morning. It is about a 15 minute walk otherwise through the town or you can go to a slightly closer train station- google maps will inform you.

For people travelling by train to from Tokyo a few extra tips about different bus stops etc would be great- the bus stops at The Sun Mall and the hotel is a shorter walk from here than from Minakami station.

The experience is amazing

早晚餐很美味，性價比很高

Traditional setting with the calming environment of a resort

Nothing

The room was well equipped and clean. It was more than enough space for a solo traveller like me, and just enough for a couple.