古湯温泉ONCRI／おんくり

very lovely place! it is new (opened in July 2025). The service from when your car is in the porch (There's a valet), till check out, it was perfect. The onsen was great. It's not as warm as the others but it makes staying in the onsen longer possible. Was pleasantly surprised about the complementary dinner and breakfast! Dinner was great and was paced out so it was just nice. For breakfast it was a buffet spread that was great! I love the selection and freshness. It is in between mountains so the drive might be long but so worth it for the price

Thanks to our Japanese friend’s recommendation, we settled down in this onsen hotel. The spacious public bath and the onsen offered a serene escape, allowing me to enjoy my time here. Especially when the onsen was not very hot, so I could relax there without even noticing the passage of time. My room was huge. I love sleeping in futon. How relaxing it was!! I stayed here for two nights and had a chance to dine in the two restaurants. I loved the food served in the restaurant in the main building. It matched my taste perfectly! If only there was a wider range of local products in the souvenir shop.

It's a bit disappointing, it's comparatively low cost performance. The outdoor onsen is lukewarm, 36-38℃ even in Winter Time. Food is good, but the restaurant environment is noisy and too bright. Overall, it's morr For family group.

An onsen hotel in Saga with view of the mountains. The hotel offers basic facilities and nice Kaiseki dinner. Nice stop between Fukuoka Itoshima and Kumamoto.

After shopping we drove to the ryokan 旅館 Oncri, located in Furuyu Onsen 古湯温泉, which is recognized as a beauty hot spring. The ryokan is in the heart of Mt. Sefuri 脊振山, surrounded by mountain streams, trees, and wildlife.||Stepping through the noren curtain 暖簾 at the entrance is the check-in counter and concierge desk, where we completed a simple registration before the staff brought us tea and snacks to freshen up the fatigue of driving.||We have booked the Oncri Suite (Room 601), located on the 6/F, which has a combination of Japanese and Western elements. Through the white torii-style 鳥居 entrance is the sliding door of the suite.||The genkan 玄関 is spacious, with an alcove displaying a piece of nice painting. Taking off the shoes we went into the huge suite, which includes a 12-mat Japanese living room, a Western style living room, and a bedroom with twin beds.||The 12-mat Japanese living room is huge, with large windows looking out to the hills, offering plenty of light. The area can be converted to accommodate more beds for bigger family, with a maximum number of 8 people staying.||In the Japanese living room, there is a side room which serves as a walk-in closet, with a full-size mirror as well.||The Western style living room is also very large, carpeted and having leather sofas, tea table and a large TV. With windows on two side looking out to the same nice view of the hills.||The bedroom has two soft, and very comfortable beds, a make-up table, very neat and cozy, offering a sense of warmth and relaxing ambience.||The make-up room also is big, with two sinks and a full-height towel cabinet.||Through the make-up room it connects to a very large bathroom, with a private cypress bath. Opening the windows will create a semi-open environment to provide a soothing bath experience to take away the tiredness of the day.||Unique to this floor, there is a library lounge at the lift lobby, providing guests staying here to relax and enjoy some readings or conversations in a quiet space.||Going back down to the first floor, we took a walk around the hotel facility. There are some contemporary designs featured in different parts of the ryokan, which combined with the darker colour of black and brown created a modern and relaxing atmosphere.||Facing the lift lobby on the first floor is a small gallery with many books illustrating local ceramics and pottery. Saga has been historically a great producer of ceramics in Japan.||On the right-hand side of the concierge is Gift Shop offering local and seasonal products from Saga, with also a kid’s space and gallery adjacent.||While on the left-hand side of the check-in counter is Sebri, a bar and restaurant that overlooks the mountain gorge through the window. The Italian restaurant offers both lunch and dinner while the bar is a good spot to enjoy after-dinner drinks.||We then took a walk along the road leading to the ryokan, where we saw quite a lot of sakura blooming. Catching the right timing to visit Saga, we were just starting to see the full bloom happening here.||Returning to the room we took a dip at Shiori, the public bath in the ryokan. With their own hot spring source producing 43 tons of water per day, the temperature is at 38 degree C, slightly lukewarm, and ideal for therapy and can be soaked for a long time.||The Men’s large public bath has many different facilities, including walking bath, ceramic bath, lying bath, sauna and jacuzzi. Going outside the open-air bath has the cypress bath, utase bath (with the water coming down like a waterfall), rock bath, pail bath, box steam bath, and water bath.||There is another house which offers natural hot sand bath, but a separate bathing fee applies. Already very contented after a relaxing dip and having fun enjoying the various facilities, we did not experience that. ||The kaiseki dinner is very good. After a full meal we retired to the room, waking up in the next morning refreshed and energized. Breakfast is served at Sebri, buffet style, but because of the relatively small space it is quite crowded. The quality of food is quite nice though.||The cost for the stay and dinner is 103,110 yen for two persons. My overall rating is 7.7 out of 10.

We visited the restaurant and was served by Tiny. Excellent service rendered by her, so customer service orientated, friendly and polite. She even went extra mile to assist us regarding our room. Such a fantastic staff, very impressed!

We have an amazing experience with the waitress Tiny. She speaks English and she is so kind and helpful. We needed some help in room Arrangment and she is so fast and clever to help us.

I very enjoy it, room with excellent mountain view. It make me feel relax and peaceful. Excellent service and all the Staffs are very friendly and smile all the time. I highly recommend this hotel for everyone.