Fuji Onsenji Yumedono

Last May, we went to Japan for a holiday and we spent quite a lot on hotels. Hotels in Tokyo are expensive and even in the Kawaguchiko area(Near to Mount Fuji) as well. Of course, you can opt for a cheaper hotel like capsule type to save more.

This is what I was referring, "capsule hotel" which is very famous in Tokyo especially for backpackers. No twin sharing in the capsule, which means you will need to sleep alone!

I was too coward to experience it, so we went for normal hotel rooms. And for this post, I wanted to share my hotel stay in Kawaguchiko. It was comfortable and relaxing which I really highly recommend to those honeymooners. Well, though I am married, but I still prefer romantic stay every time I travel.

We picked Onsenji Yumedono for our only one night stay in Kawaguchiko. This hotel was quite pricey and we were worried that we didn't get what we had paid in return. Anyway, we were truly wrong, the service was good and the hotel was comfy and luxury. We should trust the website and gave full confidence to them.

Here is the official website http://www.onsenji.com/en/ . Fuji Onsenji Yumedono provides 3 types of accomodations which is Annex Shikibu which is a suite room, Hotel Yumedono which provides genuine Japanese style ryokan and Plaza Inn Yumedono for budget stay. We went for the Japanese style ryokan so that we could experienced the culture throughout the stay and the most important thing that the room has private open air onsen bathroom.

There are only 6 rooms available in Hotel Yumedono. Basically they are only 4 rooms for Japanese style ryokan and the other 2 rooms are western style so early booking is needed before it is fully booked. You will be served tea and mochi on arrival, and dinner and breakfast will be serve in the room as well. The price is range from  RM1260 to RM1548(35,000-43,000 yen) per person for a night and before tax as well. The website didn't mention that the rates is per person until you proceed to bookings. But good news is there will be 25% discount if the reservation is made 60 days in advance and that will help you to save a lot. The rates is including dinner and breakfast.

Now, let's move on to the pictures to show you the environment and the food they served!

 Free hotel pick up from the Kawaguchiko station.

Outside the room. The room is big enough for a family in Japan.

Each room has a unique name.

The main hall.

 The dining area with electric blanket to keep you warm.

 Open air Onsen!

 There is a window from dining area connect to the entrance.

Window from the dining area to have a peek outside.

After meal, they will prepare Futon bedding.

 Served tea and traditional mochi upon arrival.

The cherry was salmon sushi.

Its green tea beancurd with some jelly.

Sashimi.

Unagi and "octopus"..hehe

Vegetarian tempura.

Miso soup with little mushrooms.

For all the dishes, she served one by one. Going in and out from our room.

Unlimited rice for you. However, I can just eat their rice with seaweed in the morning as my breakfast. Their rice is just too yummy!

Dessert.

And here is the morning breakfast!

Woke up in the morning and the breakfast was ready on the table. I like the service very much!

Dimsum.

I forgot what is this, but the taste more to steam egg.

Miso soup with clams.

Yummy rice, my essential in the morning.

 Japanese sweet melon. My another favourite.

After the breakfast, we walked around the hotel.

There was Japanese Koi fish in the small pond.

Hotel lobby.

You can rent the automatic bicycle at 500 yen for 3 hours, not including tax to cycle around the Kawaguchiko lake. I really enjoyed throughout the stay :) Trust me, this hotel definitely worth the price!