Hotel Sakurai

Very friendly staff! Sume speaks a really good English. Rooms very comfy and spacious. Buffet dinner and breakfast included with a great sort of food with good variety off eastern and Japanese options. Complementary lounge with beer and locals spirits as well as good snacks for the evening. Onsen very well equipped with good and technology massage chairs, top off the art hair blower, and best great pool indoor and outdoor with hot (hot 🔥) onsem water for the springs. Really a worth going destination.

The room and the location was great, but the hotel it self was like a zoo. Took forever to check in and took forever to check out due to too many guests. The dinner was a buffet style with crowded room almost as fighting to get your food hence we skipped the breakfast. We had a large two room which was just OK. I’d pay more to stay somewhere nicer

1.Staff are friendly and helpful. 2.free shuttle bus to city center. 3.Many kind of food in buffet. Steak is really nice. Cheese, Parma ham... also delicious. 4.Traditional Onsen performance is funny. 5.We are pleased that there are two toilets in our Japanese style room.

We had an amazing room with a private outdoor bath, which had constant hot spring water, and great view. The bathtub was just as hot overnight to the next morning. Plenty of amenities to try in the bathing area as well that we didn't use the public hotel baths. The room also came with the lounge access, which had a good variety of food and alcohol. If you are visiting Kusatsu as a couple, I'd definitely recommend having a private bath as mixed gender public baths are limited. The only downside, in my opinion, is the breakfast and dinner. It's all buffet, albeit a wide variety of food, in hindsight we would have preferred to skip it and explore the area instead.

It got 12th place in the top 100 onsen hotel ranking, I don't think they deserve it, the food quality is not that good, too many non Japanese food. Quite disappointed at Breakfast and dinner.

The room was very clean and comfortable, and the Japanese-style decor was beautiful. The onsen was incredibly relaxing, and the buffet was delicious. Special thanks to the Western staff member at the front desk who helped our family of three with many issues. It was great to communicate easily in English!

We stayed in the renovated western room with some mountain. The room is spacious and the beds are comfortable. Went to the hot bath at B1, which was great. The indoor bath was warm and the outdoor one was hot. Skin became very smooth after taking the bath. The changing area is also newly renovated so it’s very comfortable and clean. It has also massage chairs area and rest by chair area. The meals are great! Very tasty and good selection of ingredients. This is a gem and a surprise given the first impression it’s more of the older style tourist hotel.

Wonderful stay at Hotel Sakurai! The onsen was spacious and relaxing, with beautiful mountain views. The staff were welcoming and the traditional performances in the evening added a special touch. Great location—just a short walk to Yubatake. The room was clean and comfortable, and the food selection was excellent. Highly recommended for a relaxing onsen getaway! Note: It is worth adding kaiseki cuisine in the package. All the food they made were like art!!!.

Short Story: A great onsen experience! Long Story: We stayed here for one night to have an onsen experience. We were not disappointed. We got a room with a private onsen and the temperature was really hot! The employees there are super friendly. They help you take your luggage to your room. They also provide you with the clothing necessary to walk around the town there. The food (both dinner and breakfast) are fantastic! It feels like it was made by hand. The portions seem endless and we both could not finish. The room is pretty sizable and you do sleep on a mat which is on the floor. The private hot spring is a good size for 2 people. Outside the hotel there are shops and restaurants to visit as well. Verdict: I can't wait to go back!

It's a beautiful and sometimes pricey hot springs resort. Hard to complain. Hotel will cater to your needs. Three baths from two different sources. Nice outside views on at least two of them. Meals are often in your room. Close to the center of the area. A two minute walk. Our room had a bath in it which kicked the price up bit was worth it in the end even though rooms are close to bath entrances. Definitely a more upscale hotel for the area.