Kujukogen Ginga No Yado Kinoko IIseigo

This was a great stay with a local family that runs an inn in the hills outside Taketa. The innkeeper is a friendly older gentleman who can speak some English, but mainly communicates using his online translation app. He is very interested in getting to know the people who stay at his place and initiates conversation to learn more about you. In this way, he is culturally different than many other Japanese people, who are more reserved. Our main purpose for coming to the area was to see Drum Tao, and their location is a 30-minute walk from the inn. We didn't have a car during our trip and took a taxi from Bungo-Taketa, but the innkeeper was willing to drive us to Tao and also to a restaurant a short ways down the road. The innkeeper has also built an observatory on the property and if it is a clear night, he'll invite guests to come and look through his very impressive telescope. On the night we were there, we were able to see the moon, Mars, Jupier, several stars, and the Orion Nebula through the telescope. Not something you get at a standard hotel.

The family makes you very welcome. Excellent location for visiting the major attractions. Breakfast is delicious and plentiful. An Onzen is also on site. It's a pity that it was raining most of the time

We have changed our plan and have not drive for this trip. The hotel location is at remote area and we totally do not know how can we arrive the hotel. We cannot find the way to the hotel, we have sent emails to hotel many many times few days before our arrival date, but got totally no response from hotel. We have data card only, but do not have the workable telephone in Japan. Very very disappointed !!! We don't know whether we can get any refund of hotel fare or not ? We need to book another hotel that night.

老闆夫婦十分好人和好客，登記入住時還介紹了附近餐廳 。如果沒有訂晚餐也不用煩惱去那吃晚飯 。晚上還有觀星活動 。觀星用的設備是一個專業的望遠鏡 。是一個很難忘的活動，這也是為何位置會有一點偏僻 。遺憾的是當晚雲很大 。無法觀星 。酒店還有溫泉設施 。是分時段包場的。早餐也很豐富 。酒店內部設施是歐式風格 。給人感覺得舒服 。十分推廣！

旅館主人是一位很有禮貌及熱情的伯伯，熱心詳細的講解旅館安排及周圍飯店資料，更加插夜間觀星環節，體驗黑夜星空的浪漫。 旅館環境很優美，被樹木包圍，內有很大片美麗的草地。旅館的房屋也很有歐陸風格，十分整潔！ 另外有溫泉提供，，加上各方面景觀，十分寫意的體驗！

原本預訂這間酒店是為了方便去阿蘇火山，但沒有為意原來火山已關了一段時間。 這間酒店位於很遠的郊外，但設施很好，環境很優美，我們到了店主很熱情講解，我們不懂日文，他用電話翻譯給我們。溫泉在另一間屋，當晚的客人不多，我們一家可享用一個溫泉房，大家都很滿意。房間很大，每人一張床，設施齊全。 第二天的早餐是西式、很豐富，吃不完的麵包店主為我們打包拿走，不浪費食物，非常好的服務。 草原上還有天文望遠鏡，可惜當晚很多雲，所以沒有機會看星，難怪是酒店有「銀河」作為名字，想必在天氣好時能看到天上的銀河，希望下次有機會再來。 幸好退房後阿蘇山突然又開了，我們真的看到火山了！