Access, rooms, baths, and meals at Ichii, a large hotel next to Yubatake with suites in Kusatsu Onsen

Hotel Ichii is a large hotel located facing Yubatake, the symbol of Kusatsu Onsen.

 

It is very conveniently located for sightseeing in Yubatake and strolling around the hot spring resort area.

 

 

There are three buildings: the main building, annex, and west wing. The rooms facing the hot spring fields in the main building offer views of the fields.

 

There is also an executive room on the top eight floors of the main building, which can be considered a suite, with a living room and twin bedroom with a view of the Yubatake fields.

 

The large public bath is very spacious for a large ryokan, with a liberating indoor bath and open-air bath.

 

There are also two restaurants of different styles, and you can choose to dine in the room where you stay or in the restaurant.

 

As this is a large hotel, there are some distances to travel within the hotel.

 

This is recommended for those who want to stay in a large onsen ryokan with Japanese facilities.

Hotel ICHII is 230 meters from the Kusatsu Bus Terminal, so it only takes 5 minutes to walk there.

 

 

If you call the hotel when you arrive at the Kusatsu Bus Terminal, they will come and pick you up.

 

If you are driving a rental car, the parking lot is on the opposite side of Yubatake, so you can park on that side.

 

Park your car at the entrance and hand the key to the attendant, who will move your car to the parking lot.

 

Parking fees are charged and advance reservations are required.

Hotel Ichii has an eight-story main building, a nine-story annex, and a six-story west wing.

 

The main building has an entrance, front lobby, souvenir center, and restaurant.

 

A large public bath is located on the third floor of the annex.

 

Since this is a large ryokan, you will need to move within the building to use the various facilities, but if you stay in a room in the main building, you will only need to move within the building to go to the public baths.

 

The room types are as follows．

 

Main building, Yubatake-side Executive RoomTop floor of Main building, 8th floor
Bedroom (2 double beds) + Japanese-style room + living room + shower booth + dressing room and washbasin + bidet toilet
Size 77.7 sq.m.
Capacity 2-4 persons
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Main building Mountain side Executive Room
Bedroom (2 double beds) + Japanese-style room + living room + shower booth + dressing room and washbasin + bidet toilet
Size 77.7 sq.m.
Capacity 2-4 persons
Rooms 804-806 on the 8th floor of the top floor of the main building (rooms on the opposite side of Yubatake)
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Yubatake View Japanese-style room 10 tatami mats (designated by the Yubatake side of the Main Building)
Japanese-style room 10 tatami mats + veranda + bath + washroom + toilet
Main building 4-7F
Capacity 2-4 persons
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草津温泉 ホテル一井 (トリップアドバイザー提供)

 

草津温泉 ホテル一井 (トリップアドバイザー提供)

 

草津温泉 ホテル一井 (トリップアドバイザー提供)

 

Japanese-style room (10 tatami mats) in the main building (no view of Yubatake)
Japanese-style room 10 tatami mats + veranda + bath + washroom + toilet
Capacity 2-4 persons
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Annex: Special room with two adjoining rooms (with mountain and city views)
Japanese-style room + next room + bath + washroom + toilet
Annex 7F
Capacity 2-6 or 8 people (depends on the room layout)
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草津温泉 ホテル一井 (トリップアドバイザー提供)

 

草津温泉 ホテル一井 (トリップアドバイザー提供)

 

草津温泉 ホテル一井 (トリップアドバイザー提供)

 

草津温泉 ホテル一井 (トリップアドバイザー提供)

 

草津温泉 ホテル一井 (トリップアドバイザー提供)

 

草津温泉 ホテル一井 (トリップアドバイザー提供)

 

草津温泉 ホテル一井 (トリップアドバイザー提供)

 

草津温泉 ホテル一井 (トリップアドバイザー提供)

 

large room in an annex
There are three types of rooms: Japanese-style room with two adjoining rooms (10+6 tatami mats), Japanese-style room with 10 tatami mats and twin beds, and a large Japanese-style room with 14 tatami mats.
Japanese-style room + bath + washroom + toilet
Annex 5, 6, 8F
Capacity 4-5 persons

 

Annex bed Japanese-style room (no view)
Twin beds in a Japanese-style room + bath + washroom + toilet
Capacity for 2 persons
Annex 5th floor

 

Annex Japanese-style room 10 tatami mats
Japanese-style room 10 tatami mats + veranda + bath + washroom + toilet
Capacity 2-4 persons

 

Nishikan's usual guest room is 10 tatami mats
Japanese-style room 10 tatami mats + veranda + bath + washroom + toilet
Capacity 2-4 persons

 

If you are staying in a Japanese-style room and do not like to sleep on a futon on the tatami mats, you should choose an executive room with a bed in the main building or a bed Japanese-style room on the 5th floor of the annex.

 

The bed Japanese-style room has twin beds on tatami mats, but the view from the window is not good as it is a parking lot.

 

There is a large public bath in the annex, so this room is convenient for those who wish to bathe many times, as it requires less movement.

 

Amenities include a tea kettle, tea set, cup, yukata, obi, hanten, deodorant spray, bath towel, face towel, toothbrush set, hair dryer, hair tonic, hair liquid, shampoo, conditioner, body soap, hand soap, and tissue.

Hotel Ichii's separate men's and women's public baths are located on the third floor of the annex building.

 

As a large ryokan, the bathhouse has a very spacious indoor and outdoor baths.

 

The indoor baths are made of Shirohata source hot spring water and the outdoor baths are made of Bandai Mine source hot spring water, so you can enjoy the difference between the two types of hot spring water.

 

The indoor baths have tubs of different temperatures.
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The open-air bath is spacious and open.
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The large baths are switched between men and women according to the time of day.

You can choose the cuisine and location of your dinner in your accommodation plan.

 

For the plan where you dine in the room where you stay, the dishes are standard Japanese kaiseki and upgraded Japanese kaiseki.
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Dinner in your room allows you to relax and enjoy your meal with your family or group without worrying about your surroundings.

 

The standard Japanese kaiseki course features sukiyaki hot pot of Jyoshu beef as the main dish.
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In the upgraded Japanese Kaiseki, the main sukiyaki meat will be A4-ranked Jyoshu Japanese beef, and rice will be cooked at the table for each person instead of takikomi-gohan.

 

The in-room dining plan is for guests staying in a Japanese-style room in the main building, and bedding will be laid out after dinner.

 

If you choose to dine at the Araki restaurant on the second floor of the main building, you can choose between the standard Japanese kaiseki and the upgraded Japanese kaiseki.

 

The restaurant on the second floor of the main building has a Taisho-roman atmosphere with an open kitchen, so you can enjoy your main dish freshly prepared.
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The menu includes a standard Japanese course and an upgraded Japanese course. The standard Japanese course offers a choice of meat or fish as the main dish.
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The upgraded Japanese course offers both meat and fish dishes as the main course.
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Not only the main course, but also a sumptuous meal of Gunma Yamato pork, various vegetables from Gunma Prefecture, sankai nabe, and sashimi.
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All breakfasts are served in the restaurant with Japanese food, even for those whose dinner is in the room.

 

Breakfast dishes include onsen tamago (hot spring eggs), nimizushi (boiled and soaked vegetables), hanamame (flower beans cooked in black honey), shigureni (beef cooked in shigureni), nama-yuba black sesame tofu, salad, tsukudani (food boiled in soy sauce), pickles, mushrooms, cooked rice, grilled dishes, rice, miso soup, and dessert.
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Cuisine varies depending on the time of year and other factors.

word-of-mouth evaluation

 

exhibit：https://www.jalan.net/yad332252/kuchikomi/

 

comprehensive	4.5／5.0　point
room	4.2／5.0　point
bath	4.7／5.0　point
Cuisine (breakfast)	4.3／5.0　point
Cuisine (Dinner)	4.4／5.0　point
Customer Service	4.5／5.0　point
sense of cleanliness	4.3／5.0　point

Normal = 3.0” is the standard at the time of evaluation

 

Number of Rooms
Japanese Style 93 Rooms
Japanese/Western Style 4 Rooms
Other 4 Rooms
All rooms have bathroom, all rooms have shower, all rooms have air conditioning/heating, TV, VCR or DVD (fee required), empty refrigerator

 

Credit cards accepted on site
JCB, VISA, Master, AMEX, UC, DC, NICOS, Diners, UFJ and Saison