Yufu Hotels

The owner was very kind. She picked us up and dropped us off at the train station. She also took us to the beautiful volcanic pond. The hotel has own private onsen and open 24 hours.

When planning our second trip to Japan we wanted to try other types of accomadation than standard hotels - with our trip to Homey Inn Enya we made an excellent choice :) The location outside of Yufuin was great as it let us see a bit of the countryside outside the town - If it had been less hot we would have done more exploring but as it was we were content to sit and look! Shinya was a great host - he collected us from the station when we first arrived - 2 trips as the "mini car" would not take all four of us and our vast luggage in one trip! No problem for such a helpful person however! On subsequent trips Shinya managed to fit all four of us in for lifts to town - his reggae soundtrack was apprecieated too. The accomadation itself was just right - a choice of western style bed in the main part of the room, or a futon in the loft - I opted for the futon, geoff for the bed. Aircon was good and efficient, shared bathroom facilities were clean and practical. Food was excellent - we opted for breakfast both mornings and evening meal one night. The quality of the food was excellent - Shinya made the most lovely pizza for us (one of our party had been living in Japan for a year and was really missing pizza - Shinya did him proud!) The fresh ground coffee at breakfast was a nice touch, and the fresh eggs from the hens outside. Great local knowledge from our host - wish we could have stayed longer - Hope to visit again one day :)