Kusatsu Onsen Daitokan

Yubatake-side Japanese rooms (7.5 tatami, 27.7㎡, or 10 tatami, 29.7㎡), on as high a floor as possible

The reason to stay here: in August–October 2026 guests watched the lit-up Yubatake from a small balcony until the lights fade at midnight, and an August 2026 family on the eighth floor could look straight down on it. One October 2026 couple who mentioned an anniversary was given what they called the best-angled room on the field. Expect to pay about ¥2,000 more than a mountain-side room — and read the warning below, because 'Yubatake side' isn't a guarantee.

Yoheiji-tei (与平次亭), the eighth-floor 12+6-tatami rooms (63.2㎡, up to 10 people)

Two tatami rooms divided by sliding doors, for families and groups. A blogger who stayed in May 2024 paid ¥40,290 for three adults with two meals and found it roomy and clean though dated, with the Yubatake visible diagonally below; a five-time repeat guest in July 2026 found the combined layout awkward. The top-grade 98.6㎡ Japanese-Western room (12.5 tatami plus twin beds) also faces the Yubatake, but in August 2026 the floor around the beds felt alarmingly soft.

Mountain-side and low-floor rooms — and 'Yubatake-side' rooms that don't deliver

A third-floor mountain-side room in September 2026 was 'just a room to sleep in', at holiday prices; a July 2026 mountain-side room looked at the next building; another room's window opened onto a walkway where passers-by could see in (August 2026). Even paid-for Yubatake-side rooms disappointed in October 2026 — one had an air-conditioning unit blocking the view, another saw nothing from its only window — and others got a partial view (May 2024, August–September 2026). Reviewers in 2026 also mention dark rooms, thin walls, taps that won't shut off and cramped toilets. In-room baths are not onsen.