Amagawaso

Massive snow storm occurred while we were there. It was just beautiful and we walked up to the snow monkey park in foot deep snow. This may not be the experience that all would want, but it worked great for us! Finding food and beer got a little bit tricky as our host does not provide meals and the town was pretty quiet. We made it work, and we had a really great time. The private tub is open to the sky…so soaking with your sweetheart, in the hot water, while snow falls on you is really one of the coolest things ever. 

Wonderful family-run Ryokan with cute rooms which are significantly bigger than they look on the pictures. A bit old but nice indoor and outdoor onsen within the hotel and with access to the nine public onsen in Shibu Onsen. You can also walk to Snow monkey park from here!

A nice little hotel run by a sweet old couple. The hotel offers a free private onsen which is located outside in a beautiful setting which you can book for 40min. The hotel also has a public onsen inside which is gender separated and where you can take a shower. The room is traditionally japanese style with a tatami mat, futon and low table. It was warm and cozy and there was plenty of space. A teapot was provided and you could make your own tea. You get slippers, a yukata per person and traditional japanese wooden shoes for outside. If you stay here you have the option of using the 9 public onsen. However, these are a short distance from the hotel away. The couple can't speak English but with a translator we were able to communicate. It was difficult to find an open restaurant in the village after 18:00. It is no problem to store your luggage in the hotel after check-out. The Snow Monkey Park was easy to reach on foot, even if it was more than 3km. We really enjoyed our stay and would recommend it to others.

我在給民宿寫評價時很少吐槽別人，因為覺得服務行業不容易，能説好話儘量説好話，但是這次不得不吐槽一下這一家！我們來過湯田中4次，住過8個不同的民宿，前面3次，店家都提供接站/送站/去snow monkey park的服務，因此這一次就沒有提前確認，沒想到部分店家是不提供這項服務的（很少），天川莊就是其中之一！ 到達湯田中車站後，我給老闆打電話，費了半天的勁（老闆英文不好，溝通比較吃力），他開着車來接我們了，一切順利。走的那天早晨，大雪紛飛， 我們請求老闆送我們去車站，被他斷然拒絕了，説他們不提供送站服務（付出租車的費用也不行），而且也不幫我們叫出租車（電話很難打通，而且講日語），後來碰到澳洲客人一家四口， 她們提前一天要求送站，也被拒絕（她們説老闆居然來車站接我們，不可思議），後來託日本朋友預約到一輛出租車，她們也覺得老闆很mean！ 最後我們衹能拎着行李箱（地面都是雪，拉不動），走了8分鐘，來到公交車站，在大雪裡等了25分鐘（巴士晚點20分鐘），在電鐵開車前的最後一分鐘，沖進了車廂，整個過程刺激又心酸！ 希望大家能夠避雷，或者至少提前問清楚接站/送站服務，大部分民宿都沒有這個問題，但一旦你碰上了就會非常麻煩！

非常棒的家庭温泉旅館 由老爺爺與老奶奶經營 有露天温泉私湯 雪天進門老奶奶會幫擦箱子

很有特色的日式風格民宿 老闆人也很好是位老爺爺和老奶奶 做的飯菜也好吃 很熱情很有禮貌 房間也乾淨整潔房間的温度也舒服 泡湯環境也很好 一次不錯的旅行