Reviews of 本栖湖畔 民宿 浩庵 Kouan guesthouse at Lake Motosu

If you’re looking for a surf relaxed style of hanging out, this is the place. The mini onsen was just perfect

Awesome location, gentle staff, delicious food, incredible view from room widow and yuru camp everywhere

The guest house was clean and basic. Facilities are all shared.

It wasn't expensive, but it was not cheap for a guest house.

A gorgeous location, and really lovely, warm staff. The meals were amazing too, and we enjoyed soaking in the hot baths at the end of a long day outdoors.

Value for money! Excellent Japanese tatami room with Mt Fuji view. Paid dinner and breakfast are value for money and delicious. Love the surrounding, quiet and peaceful, walking distance to the viewing point, the same picture as old Japanese Yen ¥1000 note

This place is unreal, so good.

Beautiful place, welcoming environment!

The location is nice even though is little bit far from the city. It located exactly near the lake. I'm not sure whether you can see the mount fuji because during my stay it has been raining all days.

The shower room is open for everyone. It doesn't have private shower room. So, it's not so suitable for a muslim people like me. I have to wait until I'm sure there is no people to use the shower room.

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Difficult communication. No understanding in case of force majeure.

Great place with an amazing view of Mount Fuji

Loved it here, amazing view of Mt Fuji and only a few minutes to walk directly down to the lake. Loved trying all the local Japanese food for breakfast and dinner. They have kayaks and paddle boards to rent, and you can rent bicycles from the souvenir shop by the bus stop down the road to explore some of the other lakes and Aokigahara forest, they'll always pick you up/drop you off at the bus stop if you don't have a car. The rooms are basic but in traditional style, they also have an onsen downstairs to warm up after a cold day and kimonos in the room. Would definitely recommend staying here as it's a bit further away from any of the busier areas, so much more peaceful. I'd like to come back and stay at the campground directly by the lake next time, the sunrise there was stunning. Staying at Lake Motosu was actually the highlight of my whole Japan trip!

Although I loved all the food, there wasn't quite as much choice/quantity for my vegan friend. Maybe charge a little less if someone is vegan/veggie

As a Yuru Camp fan, one night near Lake Motosu or here at Koan is something you must do. Both dinner and breakfast were really good and a lot of food was provided. You can choose between JAP or AME breakfast. They have a lot of Yuru Camp merch, and got one room with a kotatsu attached to it, so the experience was awesome. Get to Lake Motosuko stop, and make sure to take their offer to give you a ride as Koan is really far from the closest bus station. They were kind enough to offer shuttle service with their own car, to and from Koan

This is not about the hotel, but a shame that the only bus that gets close to Koan comes from Minobu and only runs like 2 times on weekends. There are no kombinis near this place so prepare yourself before coming here, though you can buy drinks.

Staffs were friendly. Dinner and breakfast were very good. There's room for improvement in terms of cleanliness and comfort but overall was a great experience.