Sen.Retreat Chikatsuyu

Will definitely come back with family and friends. Everything's well prepared with balance of privacy and nice view. Indoor and outdoor spaces are so well planes. Very healing!

I was about to give bad reviews due to some poor check-in experience, but everything after check in is so good that compensates this journey. First, the check-in process that brings me with bad experience: it is self-served and there is no any staff. By rights you should receive an instruction email with check-in PIN in advance, which I heard from other guests. However, I didn’t receive anything but Trip’s confirmation letter and I was unable to check in. And my sim card in Japan is just an internet card unable to make phone calls, which means I have no way to contact the hotel directly. My partner and I were desperately locked out of the hotel in the evening, after 7h hiking, with no other available hotel in the mountain. After waiting for over 1 hour, other guests helped us to enter the admin room where there is an ipad to call the hotel (why not make it available to guests without checking in?), and with the help of Trip’s agency, we finally checked in successfully. Then here is the staying experience: so good that makes me almost forgive the poor check-in experience. Each room is a spacious individual house and ours has a garden for BBQ. The food is also self-served, with the cooking stuffs and ingredients in the fridge. It was unexpected that you need to cook yourself (I don’t think it was listed on room info when I booked it), but it’s not bad that Wagyu, chicken, and vegetables are served. The rooms are big and cozy, and you can do the laundry after hiking. Everything is good about the hotel itself, just be aware of the self-checkin process and make sure you get the instructions before that.

Amazing stay. Everything was perfect. The location is great, very close to the center of Cikatsuyu. We bought grocery from the supermarket right across the street, and had a great diner meal in the room. The room's facilities exceeded expectations. You won't be regret booking this place.

A great place if you’re open to cooking some food yourself. Yes, the dinner options are basically non-existent, but that really doesn’t matter if you’re open minded and willing to do something yourself. My partner and I walked for 8 hours and were exhausted when we arrived, but we still decided to get some food from the shop across the road (very nearby!!) and cook. It ended up being a lovely way to end the day which also surprised us. We sat atop our container-home and looked to the mountains as we ate our food. The room has everything you need other than knives and maybe more options for plates, but it’s doable. Everything is compact but that’s part of the charm, and it’s really quite incredible how they organise the entire room. The only issues we encountered were the lack of knives (only one chef’s knife, no normal knives for spreading butter etc), and the plates, but no other issues. The lack of staff to talk to face to face can be a bit of a shock to people, but it’s all about your own attitude to trying it out, as this isn’t a hotel where you can get anything you want just by asking. You can ask, but it’s all done via a couple of iPads. Just be prepared and keep an open mind. If you do that, this might be one of the most comfortable and personal stays you’ll have.

從瀧尻王子到近露王子，又從近露王子來回繼櫻王子後，在住宿門口的Acoop超市又買了很多食材，晚上自己做bbq，用住宿配備的投影儀看電視劇，把一天汗濕的衣服洗幹再烘乾，緩解一天的疲勞非常合適！缺點一是被子太短，二是集裝箱房晚上下雨聲音很大，三是換了三個郵箱、在國內打了三通電話也沒收到住宿給發的確認郵件，略焦慮，感謝攜程幫我和住宿溝通發了確認郵件給我。整體來説，非常推薦。

在熊野古道第一天徒步時住在這裏。 對於評論裏提到的check in問題，請一定要注意查收在入住三天前酒店發來的郵件。裏面有連結，填寫個人訊息，收穫自助簽到房的密碼和房間密碼。 到達時，在門口的房間遠程check就可以，基本英語就可以聽懂。 酒店對面有超市（8點半開門，下午六點或六點半關門）房間裏有廚具，吃飯一點問題都沒有。冰箱還有贈送的啤酒等飲料。院子裏有很美的櫻花樹，夜晚看很像文藝片的場景。 我個人感覺噪音問題還好，鄉村的晚上很寂靜，如果覺得偶爾路過的車輛比較吵鬧可以戴上酒店提供的耳塞。 對於一個北方人來説，房間的問題是濕氣略重，但可以開除濕器和空調。