Cheap hotels in Shimojo mura

This is a quaint and beautiful property in stargazing village Aichi. If you arrive before 5pm you can have welcome drinks at the lobby. The dinner is unique with Salmon and Horsemeat Sashimi, coal BBQ with scallops, Unagi, prawns, fish, shabu shabu sukiyaki style with marbled wagyu beef that is thinly sliced (melts in your mouth) and lots of fresh vegetables. The sesame tofu with jellified soup was unique. We enjoyed the dinner very much - extremely generous portions - they made the salmon corn rice dish into onigiris so we could pack back to the room because we could not finish. There is a small and very clean onsen in the hotel, the girls and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The hotel room had Japanese style robes that you could wear for dinner and throughout the hotel. It was very comfortable and an enjoyable experience. Breakfast was again impressive. Western style breakfast was sliced potato gratin with sausages and tomato or garlic ranch sauce served with 3 types of bread with margarine and apple jam (white, wheat and tomato bun). The bread was served warm. The Japanese style breakfast came with a bucket of warm Japanese fluffy rice, and a basket of condiments like seaweed, preserved vegetables and plums, lotus, scrambled eggs. There was some hot soup and tea that you can pour over rice. They also served us freshly hand ground coffee and some matcha. The kids had apple juice. At 9pm there is a complimentary stargazing opportunity - Hama-san was very friendly, showing us the different constellations and setting up the telescope to show us the moon and Saturn with its rings. The night we were there 8 Sep 9pm there was a super full bright moon, so it outshone the stars. Despite that we still saw Vega, Ursa Major and Scheat a star in Pegasus (a red giant). When I woke up in the middle of the night to use the washroom - I saw Orion’s Belt and Sirius in Canis Major. The kids enjoyed the glamping room, which had up to 6 beds.

The hosts are very lovely. They have bbq facility on site (1500 yen fee) which I highly recommend! It’s nice to have outdoor bbq. However, keep in mind that you will need to bring your own ingredients. To access this accomodation you will require a car as it is a bit far from the downtown.

Food is perfect, staff is kindness and helpful, nice and clean

We had such a lovely time staying at Cider Barn&more. The family who run it are lovely, the property is beautiful, the rooms comfortable and clean and the shared shower ablution area is immaculate. We loved the view across towards the city. On arrival we were able to taste the award winning apple juices made by the farm - delicious. And then decided to buy a taster menu of their ciders - absolutely delicious! Our hosts kindly did an outside firepit for us and our kids were able to light some fireworks whilst we chatted and connected with the hosts! We ordered the breakfast in the morning and it was great! After breakfast we were shown around the farm - really educational. This is a very well run place that is cared for lovingly. Definitely worth staying here!

The house is extremely modern, and well equipped. The host is super friendly and will go out of his way to make your stay comfortable. He’s also very funny! We really appreciated the help setting up a bbq to host with our friends, taking us to buy the groceries and dropping us off at the start of the walk. We haven’t had hospitality like this anywhere else in Japan so far!

The house was amazing, the owner responded fast to our messages. The transportation from the station was comfortable and helpful.

Meals were very delicious and featured their local produce well

Location , room size, good Onsen, service etc.

Clean room and comfortable beds. Great variety of food and very friendly stuff. Comes with a free parking which is a bonus.

It is a wonderful Onsen hotel in the heart of Nagano. The people working there a wonderful, helpful, the politeness is beyond every standard, even for Japan. Thank you very much for the wonderful time we had, the high level breakfast and dinner, perfect support of the staff, and the Relaxing and quiet Rooms with the outside private onsen.