Kyukamura Shonai-Haguro

I often use Kyuka Mura hotels throughout Japan. This hotel was a standard Kyuka Mura hotel, and I was satisfied with just the right amount of accommodation for one night. If I had to say one thing, it would be that the bath was not so good. There was no open-air bath, only an indoor bath, but the window was high and had a partition, so I couldn't see outside. There were only trees outside, but it would still be nice to have a wide view outside. What surprised me was how difficult it was to use the electronic coupons for nationwide travel support. It was easy to load the coupons onto my smartphone, but the pages I loaded never came back. To combine two coupons, I had to copy the URL. The URL wasn't displayed, though. There are some accommodations in Yamagata Prefecture that use STAYNAVI, but why didn't they use STAYNAVI or another solid system?

We used this hotel as a base for touring the Dewa Sanzan mountains. It is the closest hotel to Mt. Gassan and Mt. Haguro. What is particularly noteworthy is that you can participate in the early morning worship service (Morning Offerings Festival) at Mt. Haguro. The tour started at 6:40 and lasted about an hour, but we were able to experience the solemn morning service at the Sanshingosaiden, an important cultural property. The priest's prayers and actions gave us morning freshness and power. We went on Sunday, July 24th, and six people from two families participated. We hope to participate again next time.