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One of the cheaper more rustic accommodations in Naruko has to be the Ogiya hotel. When we first arrived it looked rather aged, but upon entry we were surprised to see how nice it was inside. The lobby had a very relaxing feeling and we all felt at home right away.

Our Japanese style room was rather refreshing featuring a 10 tamtami room with a private bathroom, a safe, small T.V and fridge. The room also had a surprisingly good view of the river and surrounding mountain ranges.
As for any hotel in Naruko, the Ogiya hotel offered two different choices of natural volcanic hot springs. The second floor held both a men's and women's only indoor bath, The bathing room was quite small holding one bathing pool with medium and also had a large window with a descent view. The second option, which I thought was quite cool, was the two outdoor baths on the fourth floor. This was the first time I had seen a hot spring hotel offer private bathing rooms for families. The outdoor baths had a quite rustic look and featured one largest wooden bathing pool in each room.

Ogiya Hotel also gives its guest a unique dinning experience providing an in room dinner instead of offering a restaurant in their hotel. I had got use to the all you can eat dinners most of the hotels I been to in Japan and was a little disappointed to hear the Ogiya hotel did not have a smorgasbord dinner, until at 6:15 the staff brought in an unbelievable dinner set that put my mind at ease.


The dinner was well above what I had expected with a variety of different dishes including seafood, rice, soup, beef tongue, pork and some of Naruko's famous mountain vegetable dishes, it was definitely enough food to make anybody want to take a nap. The in room meal sets a different mood and gives families the chance to relax and enjoy their meal in the comfort of their own room; it was also great not to have to worry about what my two kids were doing.

Breakfast
The continental breakfast was served on the first floor in their dining room featuring a classic Japanese breakfast of rice, miso soup, fish, hot spring boil eggs and other small traditional Japanese dishes.
Over all
Over Japan Network gives the Ogiya hotel an 8 out of 10 rating and recommends this hotel to anyone wishing to visit the hot spring resort of Naruko.