Shiki wo Ajiwau Yado Yamano Chaya

Yama No Chaya has its own beauty and serenity. I personally don’t find it hard to locate - 2 bus stops away from Hakone Yumoto station + a 5 minutes walk are worth the stay. (Bus service stopped for one of the days due to bad weather and we walked for 20 minutes to Hakone Yumoto Station - all good) The team is very hospitable - they also have some English and Chinese speaking staff otherwise simple English is not an issue to communicate. Our butler - Sandip always carry a smile with him, and he ensured we are very well taken care of. Every morning, the team will prepare heat pack and umbrellas for us (it was raining and snowing). In the evening, they made tea and prepared snacks (vary from mochi to sushi) for us upon our returned. The room we booked is Yamano Ichigo (main wing) - just nice for 2. The viewing platform was where we relaxed every evening and we soaked our tiredness away in our very own private onsen at the basement. Despite of having our own private onsen, I still went to visit 3 other public onsen within the Ryokan - you will not be disappointed. Our room came with daily breakfast and we added on dinner for 1 night. I must say the chef and culinary team put in their passion and effort to prepare all the dishes. It’s not common for a visitor like me to taste Kaisekai cuisine which I enjoyed very much. You need to take time and an empty stomach to full experience it :) However, my partner and I weren’t used to heavy breakfast and our butler noticed it - we get to change to western style for the rest of the stay which was equally delicious. We are thankful that we minimised food wastage. Overall, we felt pampered during our stay at Yama no Chaya :) I will return again in the future when I visit Hakone.

感受了一把日式的一泊二食，酒店很便利，離箱根湯本站坐三站公交，走大概一百米，經過一座吊橋就到了。酒店的服務也非常的好，我和他們説對於第二天箱根去河口湖的路程不清楚，他馬上幫我做了攻略，包括公共交通如何換乘的每一步，公共交通的時間表打印羅列出來，同時提供瞭如果使用出租車的價格預估。考慮再三我還是選了出租車，酒店超貼心幫我預約了出租車後，把我們的行李全部送上車又把我們送上了車。 關於酒店內的服務，房間裏的私湯不用説了非常舒服，酒店還提供好幾個公共風呂，其中的一個還可以預約獨自使用，我幫爸媽預約了一個讓他倆去好好享受一番。晚餐和早餐的懷石料理也是超級好的服務，吃的也非常好，一道一道讓我們都眼花繚亂，吃的爸媽一直稱讚，對於小童也非常友好，兒子也説很喜歡。總之對我來説是除了價格一切都完美的地方，下次還會再去