Ryokan Motonago

THE BEST EXPERIENCE I HAVE EVER HAD IN A HOTEL. They do not provide rooms, they provide experiences. This is not a place "just to sleep" (even if you can do so). The rooms are wide and have plenty of space. Mine had also a private garden. Staff is incredible... so purely and genuinely kind and polite. There is a public bath that can be reserved for a couple of hours. But most of all they offer in-room dinner... man, you HAVE to have that dinner. It's once-in-a-lifetime worth experience and it's probably the thing that I will remember most about my Japan trip.

Really absolutely nothing.

We booked a kaiseki meal and Japanese breakfast and both were delicious and served with elegance and grace. Our room had been recently renovated to a high standard using traditional techniques and materials. The staff were lovely.