Minshuku Kobayashi

The staff of the hotel (older japanese couple) speaks little to none English, but I had great time anyway. The hotel is very small, but rooms are spacious tatami rooms with everything you need. I didn't book any meals but Mrs. Kobayashi provided some free food anyway. Mr. Kobayashi was driving me around when I needed. Bath is a traditional japanese style shared bath with bigger bath filled with hot water. The drawback is that the bath is heated up only once a day and the water gets colder in the late evening. There are many beautiful attractions nearby the hotel. Ice and Wind cave and all Fuji lakes are closeby. Mt. Fuji can be seen from most of the rooms of the hotel and the view is really majestic. There is a really nice hot spring (onsen) just 20 minutes walk from the hotel nearby a road station. I recommend stopping there for a bath and then ice cream at the road station. View of the Mt. Fuji from the onsen and delicious sakura flavour ice cream! The location is not the best, since it is far from Kawaguchiko town and there are not enough buses during the day. Car or bike is recommended, but the way from the town back to the village is almost 100% uphill.