Yuyado Umezono

Since lukewarm water is best in summer, I came to Shimobe Onsen. This is the few times I have used Umezono. The inn is right next to Shimobe Onsen Station, and you can see the train passing from your room. It was nice to have two keys. The bath had lukewarm water and hot water at 36 degrees, and the hot water wasn't that hot. There is no open-air bath, but the inside of the bathroom was comfortable with a nice breeze coming in through the screen door and windows. Tsureai, who doesn't really like lukewarm baths, enjoyed lukewarm and hot baths for about an hour, which is rare. Dinner was served in the room and was plentiful and just like last time. However, this time I was unlucky. When the person in charge of the room was preparing the meals in the room, he was arranging the plates with a clanging sound, which gave me a vague feeling that it was a bad feeling. My hunch was correct, and the response I received was not very pleasant (it felt like they were asking me to eat quickly), and I was told, ``If you need food, please call me.'' He probably wouldn't say that, but the way he spoke it made it sound like that. What's more, since we were having our meals in our room, when we took the beer out of the refrigerator in the room, it wasn't cold, which was also not good. Breakfast didn't have a lot of items, but it was homemade and voluminous, and the rice was served in a bowl, enough for two bowls. The miso soup and *yaki were delicious. The non-Japanese people served us politely.

During the hot summer, I wanted to go to a lodging in Shimobe Onsen. This is because the hot springs at Shimobe Onsen are lukewarm or cold. It was the first time in several years that I came to Shimobe Onsen. The inns I've stayed at in Shimobe Onsen had cold springs rather than lukewarm water, so I thought cold springs would be harsh in the deep autumn, but this inn was lukewarm, not cold. There is no open-air bath, and there are two baths (two sources) of lukewarm water and hot water. Brownish hot spring flowers are floating in the hot spring. Outside the window of the bath, there was a mountain scenery of golden autumn leaves, and I could smell a bonfire from outside the window, and I felt that it was autumn. In addition, there are no lotion amenities (only a hair dryer and tissue). As for the room, there was a 7.5-tatami Japanese-style room with a wide veranda and a washroom, but there was no toilet (shared toilet). The wallpaper and washbasin in the room seemed to have been renewed and were clean overall. Wi-Fi is also available in the room. The safe in the room was a type that could not be used unless 100 yen was put in. Also, the door of the room is auto-locking (there are 2 room keys). From the window, you can see the mountains and the JR tracks, and trains (Minobu Line) pass by from time to time. It seems like a popular room. Meals were prepared in a nearby room and were similar to room meals. The plan included a glass of wine, so I took out a half bottle of white wine from the refrigerator in the room (1000 yen). Dinner in the room was handmade, and it looked beautiful and delicious. The sashimi konnyaku seems to be handmade, and the miso seems to be homemade. Yamame was said to be taken from the fish tank before cooking, so the body was plump. There is also a dish using figs, which goes well with white wine. There is also seasonal chestnut rice, and the dessert castella is also handmade. It was a non-Japanese staff who served me, but it was a polite customer service. We had breakfast at the venue. I had delicious meat and potatoes and tamagoyaki. The plump soybeans in the salad are believed to be local Akebono soybeans. At Shimobe Onsen, a hidden hot spring of Lord Takeda Shingen in the mountain village, we alternated between lukewarm and hot water many times, and it was a stay that satisfied us with delicious meals. The inn I used to go to has disappeared, and I've been away from Shimobe Onsen, but my spouse and I said, "If it's Shimobe Onsen, let's come here."