nelsonjj
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My wife and I just returned from an incredible 1-night stay at this ryokan. We really enjoyed our time, including the room, the dinner, the private outdoor onsen in our room, and the beautiful little onsen town of Shuzenji. The stay is very private - all rooms were booked during our stay, but we never heard nor saw another guest. We woke up early in the morning and went for a walk to the top of the forested hill above the town where there’s a great view of Mount Fuji, then returned in time for the beautiful breakfast in our room. Service was wonderful, with minimal language barrier. We would love to come back again some day. ||Shuzenji is about 1.5 hours from Tokyo on a combination of Shinkansen to Mishima, then local train to Shuzenji, then it’s a 10-min taxi ride from the station to the ryokan. You can also take the daily Odoriko Express (the regular Odoriko, not the super fancy Saphir Odoriko) straight from Tokyo Station to Shuzenji, but it’s 2 hours and doesn’t give you much flexibility when you travel. On our way to Tokyo, we ended up having the taxi take us all the way from the ryokan to the Shinkansen station in Mishima, which was 8,000 yen and faster and more comfortable than the local train. If doing this again, I may also consider renting a car in Mishima so as to have more freedom to explore the surrounding area around Shuzenji. ||It may be helpful to know that the ryokan is adjacent to a street that runs through town. We stayed in the Ichiju room, which was one of the largest rooms at the property. I was a little surprised that the view from the front of the room was over the front of the ryokan and the road. The road was not terribly busy and it wasn’t a big deal, but know that all rooms are not looking out over a bucolic garden as the pictures may suggest. Our onsen was on the side of the building and was completely private.
