Hotel Sunshine Kinugawa

Big Japanese style room with great view to the bridge and the hill. A bit far from Kinugawa onsen station about 10 15 minutes walking, even though there is shuttle service but only at 9.30 10.00 and 10.30. For other locations, you have to pay few hundreds yen. Staff can speak basic English and very nice and helpful. Also there is an interesting coffee with foot bathing outdoor. There is buffet diner for about 4000 yen but I did not try so no comment. If you want to eat out, be careful as most place around will close even ramen shops near the station. Luckily you can buy stuffs at 7.11 nearby, must try Oden there if you have chance. By the way, Nikko is about 30 minutes by train but it will be the same at night. We were there around 7.45pm and almost the restaurants were closed.

The hotel is old, maybe more than 20 years. I can see some renovation in the hotel but most facilities are old. A strange smells in the hallway when you get out of the elevator. The bathroom is a big negative point: black molds are on the doors, the walls, ceiling, bathtub, basically everywhere, dirty wallpapers in the toilet. Toilet has warm seat but no washing which you can find at almost everywhere in Japan. Dear hotel, plese renovate your bathroom.