Takaragawa Onsen

Dear all,
Now I am looking for a suggestion on staying plan at Takaragawa Onsen.
Their stay plan at old Annex (no toilet) looks like good deal for 10000Yen with two meals.
But is it warm enough to stay in the winter?
Is it so cheap only because toilets are shared?
Thanks in advance for you help.

But is it warm enough to stay in the winter?

They provide heaters in the rooms.

Is it so cheap only because toilets are shared?

And because the building is rather old, and not in the best of ways. But the baths are pretty worth worth it.

yllwsmrf thank you for you answer!

Excuse me, bun you please help me with some clarification:
1) Do they provide kerosine heaters (my wife have terrible headache because of them)?
2) Same heaters in annex & original building (not concrete one)? Or they have air cons there?
3) Wold you recommend to stay in annex if shared toilet is not a problem.

PS My understanding diner is same in annex and semi-old building.

Thank you!

I couldn't confirm that its kerosene heaters throughout, but that is most likely. You may want to contact them yourselves. I believe than can respond to english emails:

http://www.takaragawa.com/english.html

Thanks for you answer!
Actually I did want to contact them before original question here but was not able to find e-mail address not on English, not on Japanese web site....
Sorry...

here's their contact page:

https://www.yadosys.com/ssl/webmail/form.html?to1=takaraga&to2=@bay.wi...

yllwsmrf thank you so much!
Feeling quit stupid now. :)
May be I making too big problem from one night stay...
Anton

No worries, its best to ask when in doubt. Plus I can understand if your wife is sensitive to kerosene heaters, my mother is the same way.

aivanov3 ,

I was there one winter, and there was no issue with heating inside the hotel as well as in our room. They may use oil heating, I could not remember, but I could smell nothing unusual.
My advice : be sure to request a corner room with windows facing the river and the Rotenburo.
This must be the most popular rooms and the best location in my opinion. We were in one of them ,second floor.

Thank you liem, do you remember if you room was in 3 or 2 floor building? Or was it with toilet inside room or shred?

I was there one winter, and there was no issue with heating inside the hotel as well as in our room. They may use oil heating, I could not remember, but I could smell nothing unusual.

Do you remember if they had kerosene heaters in the room? They generally look like this:

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%E7%81%AF%E6%B2%B9%E6%9...

If not then they probably don't use kerosene.

Do you remember if they had kerosene heaters in the room? They generally look like this:


No, I do not recall seeing anything like those home heating units. The onsen is a big commercial building, I am sure they have a proper commercial heating system.

Then I would venture that they don't heat with kerosene. Better ask to make sure if your wife is that sensitive to it.

The onsen is a big commercial building, I am sure they have a proper commercial heating system.

Then you would probably be surprised how often that is not the case.

aivanov3 ,

Looking at the old photo, my room is in the "main building ?" . It is white ,next to the river, has ground, 1st , 2nd and 3rd floors. There are only 3 or 4 corner rooms. One on each floor, maybe none on ground floor.
Those rooms have both river as well as the hotel's bridge and rotenburo views .

I did not take picture of the room, but am sure it has toilet, but no bath.

do you remember if you room was in 3 or 2 floor building?

Sorry , looking at the builing from the riverside, it has only 3 floors. What looks like gound floor is stone wall and probably partly used as basement. Obviously only 3 corner rooms with the views to the river and the rotenburo.

yllwsmrf, liem,
thank so much for you help.
Unfortunately ryokan is not answering English e-mails, so based on all of your information I will go for "original" building.

Thank you all again.

PS Regarding kerosene heters, we have one even at Ginzan Onsen quite expencive ryokan! Good thing it was not so clod, so wall A/C was enough to heat the room.

Ok! Answer is more interesting than I have expected: Takaragawa Onsen use onsen water as heating system. No kerosene heaters in any of the buildings.

That is really interesting. I'm a little surprised that this isn't more common at onsen ryokan, except that the maintenance is probably a nightmare.