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At 료칸 여명 旅館 黎明 Ryokan Reimei, travelers praise friendly staff, a handy shuttle to Yufuin, and relaxing onsen (especially rooms with open-air baths), while some note dated areas, variable bath conditions, and challenging access by car.
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JAEWON
29 Mar 2026
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Stayed 1 night
perfect
perfect
10
Carmen
1 Apr 2025
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Stayed 1 night
The two of us stayed at ryokan Reimei at the end of March and we booked the reimei room with an open bath. We had the best experience ever. We could go in for a dip whenever we felt like it. The shower is on the outside with the open bath and the coldness of the weather wasn’t a problem for us since the water of the shower was quite warm and you jump into the onsen right after… (I see lots of comments complaining about that). Dinner/breakfast service time and shuttle bus leaving time was chosen at checkin, we could choose between the times that were convenient for us. The dinner and breakfast were not true kaiseki but it was still delicious and fulfilling. We also brought some pudding from downtown before going to our ryokan and I definitely recommend doing that as there’s no dessert component in the dinner kaiseki. This is not our first ryokan and having an open air bath definitely made the experience 10000 times better!!! We will definitely choose the same room again if we’re coming back to yufuin!!
The two of us stayed at ryokan Reimei at the end of March and we booked the reimei room with an open bath. We had the best experience ever. We could go in for a dip whenever we felt like it. The shower is on the outside with the open bath and the coldness of the weather wasn’t a problem for us since the water of the shower was quite warm and you jump into the onsen right after… (I see lots of comments complaining about that). Dinner/breakfast service time and shuttle bus leaving time was chosen at checkin, we could choose between the times that were convenient for us. The dinner and breakfast were not true kaiseki but it was still delicious and fulfilling. We also brought some pudding from downtown before going to our ryokan and I definitely recommend doing that as there’s no dessert component in the dinner kaiseki. This is not our first ryokan and having an open air bath definitely made the experience 10000 times better!!! We will definitely choose the same room again if we’re coming back to yufuin!!
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Iris Andrea
27 Feb 2025
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Stayed 1 night
Heater was very noisy hard to sleep. Location is hard to get to only by car
Heater was very noisy hard to sleep. Location is hard to get to only by car
10
MANCHEUL
31 Jan 2025
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Stayed 1 night
Good.
Good.
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Christiane
11 Jan 2025
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Stayed 1 night
My stay was not good at all. In spite of reserving the best room (it was our honeymoon), there were couple of issues in our stay: 1. no water running in the bathroom (the plumbing system got frozen) - had to go to a shared bathroom 2. Dinner space was crowded and its half board meal didn’t even include miso soup or desert. Did not look like a ryokan 3. Staff in the restaurant was not friendly at all. All the ryokan I’ve been to would explain the menu but on this one they were would only serve it as if we were in a canteen 4. The worst was the shuttle service to the train station: the driver would drive like crazy and very aggressively. I’ve never seen such a drive before in Japan. It was even dangerous to the pedestrians and other cars around 5. In spite of all the issues in our room, they would not even offer a small “sorry note”, or a token of appreciation Overall, this has been the worst hotel I’ve ever been in Japan! Wouldn’t recommend it for anyone. It did not offer the Japanese omotenashi and it looked like being run by foreigners
My stay was not good at all. In spite of reserving the best room (it was our honeymoon), there were couple of issues in our stay: 1. no water running in the bathroom (the plumbing system got frozen) - had to go to a shared bathroom 2. Dinner space was crowded and its half board meal didn’t even include miso soup or desert. Did not look like a ryokan 3. Staff in the restaurant was not friendly at all. All the ryokan I’ve been to would explain the menu but on this one they were would only serve it as if we were in a canteen 4. The worst was the shuttle service to the train station: the driver would drive like crazy and very aggressively. I’ve never seen such a drive before in Japan. It was even dangerous to the pedestrians and other cars around 5. In spite of all the issues in our room, they would not even offer a small “sorry note”, or a token of appreciation Overall, this has been the worst hotel I’ve ever been in Japan! Wouldn’t recommend it for anyone. It did not offer the Japanese omotenashi and it looked like being run by foreigners
Yufuin Kawakami 2212-35, Yufuin, Yufu, Japan
Location
With a stay at Ryokan Reimei in Yufu (Yufuin Onsen), you'll be within a 15-minute walk of Unagihime Shrine and Yufuin Stained Glass Museum. This ryokan is 12.1 mi (19.5 km) from Hells of Beppu and 13.7 mi (22.1 km) from Takegawara Onsen.
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