It's a cheap and recommended inn where you can fully enjoy Oigami Onsen. A standard room costs about 15,000 yen per night, and you can stay with a meal plan that includes Joshu beef sukiyaki. There is an open-air bath and the magnificent view of the Gunma mountains is overwhelming. There is also good access to the famous morning market that opens at 6am.

I recommend Zao Onsen in Yamagata Prefecture. The hotel here offers a half-buffet dinner plan with unlimited drinks, and the price is less than 20,000 yen. Elementary school students are half-price and infants are free. From the large public bath and open-air bath surrounded by greenery, you can enjoy the abundant hot water and the great outdoors of Zao. It is also perfect for summer vacation, and you can spend the whole day without air conditioning. This hotel is perfect for a summer vacation with the family.

Zao Plaza Hotel is about an 8-minute walk from Zao Onsen Bus Terminal Station. The bath is a free-flowing bath with a private hot spring source, and you can see a wonderful garden from the open-air bath. However, if the hot water gets into your eyes, it will hurt for a while, so be careful. For meals, you can also enjoy ball konnyaku and beef teppanyaki.

My family and I stayed at the Naeba Prince Hotel in Niigata Prefecture during the Obon holiday in August. Naeba is known for its skiing, but there are also events that can be enjoyed in the summer, which the kids loved. There is also an optional tour to look for rhinoceros beetles. The hotel keeps rhinoceros beetles, which we enjoyed looking at. The room was a family-friendly hammock room with four beds. At the time, it was about 15,000 yen per person, including two meals. The room was clean, and the kids were thrilled with the hammocks. Outside, we could ride on tire tubes and run down the mountain, and there was a large trampoline, so the kids said they wanted to go back again. It was a hotel that children would enjoy.

Why not try out the rhinoceros beetle hunting at Hotel Epinard Nasu? It requires a reservation, but it is a very popular summer vacation event for children and is held every year. There is a hunting area on the hotel grounds, which are full of nature. The hotel has a variety of facilities, including hot springs, a pool, and an experience workshop.

最上高湯善七乃湯は、ふたつの源泉より湧き出る効能豊かな温泉を、たっぷりの湯量にてお楽しみいただける蔵王温泉の温泉宿です。星空を見渡すことの出来る開放的な露天風呂は貸切となっていますので、ご夫婦でのご利用にもお薦めです。また、東北の特産品や山形県ならではの食材をふんだんに使った料理が美味しいと評判。ご夕食には山形牛や自家栽培のお野菜などをたっぷりとお召し上がりいただけます。お食事付きの宿泊プランでも比較的リーズナブルですし、初夏の山形・蔵王を存分に満喫していただけます。

玉造温泉の「紺家」は、江戸時代創業で300年以上の歴史を誇る老舗の和風温泉旅館です。温泉は効能豊かで肌に良いとされる硫酸塩泉です。風情のある大浴場や露天風呂で湯あみできます。気軽な価格で利用できる2食付きプランがあり、夕食には神に供える膳である出雲本膳をアレンジした会席料理が味わえます。