Ryokan and activity recommendation in Kusatsu

Hello!

Travelling with my husband on our second honeymoon. We want to go to a nice onsen near Tokyo, and Kosatsu has been highly recommended by many. Could you recommend any ryokan that's great for honeymooners? Nothing above 20,000 Yen for a night's stay. And also can you recommend any day time activities that we can do?

Thanks in advance!

Is that 20000 yen total, or per person? Its probably total, but just in case its not, I stayed at a fantastic ryokan a few years ago called Ekinariya (http://www.ekinariya.com). It was worth the hefty price tag as its one of the few ryokan left in the city allowed to use actual yubatake water, plus there are only 6 rooms and each has access to its own private bath. But they don't speak any English (or didn't when I went at least) and they'll be 15000-20000 per person with two meals depending on when your stay is. As you didn't say when you're going, I can't check for you, so it'll be more during a weekend in high season and less if its during the week in low.

As for activities, this website has a good list. If you're renting a car there are more still. http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e7400.html

Thanks scarreddragon! That's really helpful! I'll look into the hotel you suggested. We're planning to go on Oct 21-22. The staff not speaking English could be a problem though. I'll see if the husband is okay with that.

Well, for a hotel all you would need to them to tell you see:
1. Getting to your room, which a staff would probably bring you to
2. What time and where is dinner, this might be a challenge
3. Cost of stay and any other hidden cost/taxes, this can be easily be communicated through a calculator
4. Closing times for onsen baths- usually there is a sign that indicates this
Worse case, use Google Translate

I dont see much issue.

Last year we stay for two nights in hotel/ryokan Boun. It's a lovely place. We had a room with privat onsen and the meal was really good. It's only around 5min on foot from the yubatake.