Reviews of Hohoemino Kuyufu Tsuruya 4 stars

Very welcoming. Meals are delicious and abundant.

Room could use more storage space

The meals were excellent and generous. The rooms were also spacious, with an in- room onsen.

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We felt exceptionally pampered at this beautiful, serene, detail-oriented stay. The hotel staff were extremely kind and conscientious and ensured that we had a positive experience, and no detail was left unnoticed in making our stay peaceful and luxurious. The food is a particular standout—our meals were fantastic and the dining experience exceptional.

Food was good but not exceptional.

Given that it was summer and daylight is at 4 am, the room should have shades to prevent light from coming in

Very tranquil place to stay set around Japanese garden in the centre and tatami floors you can walk around barefoot. Service is excellent and they anticipate your needs. Rooms are nicely designed with comfortable beds and lots of space. It’s nice that they have free coffee you can get anytime. Everything is spotlessly clean including the onsen in the hotel. The hotel is very quiet and it’s easy to be feel relaxed and away from the world here. Highly recommend this hotel to stay for a few days. Food is also good, traditional Japanese multi course meal and breakfast of a high quality and beautiful presentation.

Breakfast and dinner are too early, which made our stay less comfortable. We would prefer to eat one hour or more later than the latest time. It’s not very convenient for us.

The staff are helpful friendly attentive and smiling. The onsen waters are very therapeutic. The rooms are large. Ours what huge. The location in Tendo is perfect and we loved walking the hilly park behind the property. This is a wonderful Ryokan with a wonderful traditional feel.

Maybe a little firm in the pricing.

Dinner and breakfast were good. Our room is spacious and comfortable and very clean. Love it.

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Has a small beautiful Japanese garden , good goods , friendly staffs

Not much towel provide , the bath room shower, water too small ,

Everything. Facilities and services.

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What a great find in Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture. Not many tourists know of Tendo but it’s served by Shinkansen bullet train so I picked it. Hotel itself is wonderful, offering station pickup/dropoff; the highlight were the meals. I took the half-board plan. Both dinner and breakfast were outstanding; dining in private rooms with excellent service and local ingredients. After dinner I relaxed in the onsen spa and then relaxed in a semi-private sitting area, drinking free matcha tea and enjoying the garden scenery. Must visit!

good food and friendly and helpful staff, especially thanks for Subaru San who waiting for me at the station to pick me up despite my delayed train, so I could catch my twilight tour to Ginzan Onsen.

Gorgeous hotel! The inside had couch chairs to sit in and face the courtyard that I could have stayed all day. The private bath was also fantastic! The hotel recommended Tendo Days tour group to go to Ginzan Onsen, which was super easy to book. We had a great time.

I wished I had spent more time here since it was my favorite hotel in Japan. It is about 3-4 hours away from Tokyo and the Shinkansen did not allow for very large luggage - if you plan to bring it, ship it to the hotel instead.

Onsen within room

Room layout is poor. No nice window view. Only partially renovated. All other is old and ageing conditions

Spectacular accommodation with private onsen, the attention to detail in the room was meticulous.

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Food was amazing

Atmosphere and service

It should be better if the hotel provided the bottle of drinking water and other drinks in room.

Beautiful property. The room was spacious! Even for Western standards. The private onsen was very nice. We did not try the public onsen. The staff were courteous and helpful. Although the staff had limited English proficiency, they all used a translation app to help with communication which was incredibly helpful.

Since it is in Tendo, there is not as much to do within walking distance.