Kyo no Minshuku Ohara no Sato

The inn is nestled on a narrow mountain road in the village. The owner and staff greeted us and made us feel comfortable from the start. The food is meticulously prepared and is delicious. Locally grown vegetables, mushrooms, homemade pickle, and potato noodles were sweet and crunchy! The rooms are traditional tatami mat with sliding doors. The view from any window is of the wooded areas, gardens, and village views. The natural onsen hot spring pools are a great way to relax at the end of the day after exploring Kyoto. We wish we could stay longer and hope to return soon.

This is a very unique, traditional type of accommodation and non-Japanese guests who are open-minded and pay attention to the cues and information from the staff about how things work will have a wonderfully memorable time. This is not an impersonal contemporary hotel: guests necessarily interact a bit with one another and the staff and your schedule will also be led by the dining, bathing, and lights out hours. It is a beautiful building and garden set in a very beautiful area with lovely walks and tearooms, and if you can manage the journey to the village and are willing to go along with the experience, you will be left with a feeling of tranquillity. The miso varieties were incredibly delicious and the different elements of the dinner and breakfast were explained very thoroughly and were very fresh. LGBTQ guests will feel welcomed here. - Although it creates a bit more washing up, it would be great if you could offer an additional separate pot at dinner for groups/couples who inform the accommodation in advance that they are a mixture of meat-eating and non-meat-eating guests. This allows guests to avoid the awkward predicament of finding a consensus between the options of everyone at the table eating vegetarian and the vegetarian(s) in the group cooking their hotpot in broth with meat. The dinner is otherwise very easily made vegan/vegetarian friendly, with ample fresh vegetables on offer.

The meals were superb, there were several ways to enjoy the food and each one is complimented by a stunning view. The location in Ohara makes this Ryokan the perfect place to stay for those visiting the nearby shrines and immersing oneself in Japanese tradition.

It's the best choice you can ever make of you want to experience a real japaneese onsen ryokan. Surrounded by mountains, the place is so wonderful that I canceled all other plans to stay there longer. The onsen is fantastic, indoor and outdoor. They cook you breakfast and dinner, very foreneirs friendly staff, they make this place even better by their kind approach. I miss the place already and can't wait to come back during my next trip. For all 5 trips to Japan, this is forever number one for me. My 7yo son loved it as well. We want to thank Ohara no Sato staff for their kindness and the way they waived us when we were driving away🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️

Everything on our stay gave us very authentic feeling - just what we wanted! It's easy to take a bus from Kyoto to Ohara and then there is a nice little scenic walk to this accommodation. They offer shuttle transfer also, but I recommend the walk if you don't carry big luggages. Accommodation itself was huge and has very nice old, japanese onsen feeling. We enjoyed the food and hospitality. Futon was actually pretty comfortable and we didn't mind the shared toilet because it was right outside our room and we didn't even see anybody else using them. There are plenty of toilets scattered around this accommodation. We were so tired of our travel so we didn't even try the onsen, so sorry, no review of that.