Kuranoya

B&B Kuranoya is the most friendly and comfortable stay we had in Japan. The hosts speak perfect english, so communication is easy for foreigners. Thanks to the comfortable futon we also had no problem sleeping in tatami rooms for the first time. And do not get me started on the food! It felt like genuine home cooked food. Breakfast and & supper were always delishious and we looked forward to every meal. The location is a bit outside of Tōno, however if you rent a bike at the tourist information (which the hosts are glad to assist with) acess is easy (get an electricly assisted bike though if you dont want to push the last few meters :D).

Just fantastic. Base of operations for your stay. Because you will receive assistance in planning your daily activities. There is parking. Or if you need pick up and drop off in local area Toshihiro will be happy to help. Bicycle hire is my recommendation and start with the local museum (audio/video guide in multiple languages) and folklore museum (some English translation via QR code). The 12 tatami room was fine and could sleep 4 if needed - urn,private shower and toilet, fridge, safe, excellent wifi. You will probably be using Google map and most locations have useful reviews. Three or four nights to see everything or two nights for highlights. The tourist info next to the station rents the bikes (love the e-bikes) and you may be able to get a copy of the english translation of Tono monogatari 1100 yen (I had been looking for 6 months - Amazon wanted 5 times that price. Everyone in the town was super helpful. Our preferred coffee shop was Yaochu. And Kuranoya will do gluten free - breakfast (and dinner on request). You need to come to Tono and you need to stay at Kuranoya.

We had a wonderful stay at B&B Kuranoya. The room is very clean and the breakfast is delicious. The scenery around the B&B is very peaceful. The owners are very friendly. He helped us with the luggage for Yamato. We really recommend this B&B.

Tono is a special place in Northern Japan, for its nature and culture. It’s not surprising that many legends originated here. The B@B Kuranoya is an ideal basis for exploring it and two nights were a bit short for all the points of interest. The B&B itself is great, we got a very large room of 12 tatamis, other are smaller, and meals were excellent. Our GPS plaid a bad trick, sending us a few hundred meters away after dark, we missed the B&B indications and the owner was very kind to come to our rescue. Warmly recommended.

So lovely to get out of the city and spend few days at this B&B. The premises are located on the edge of the city a little way up the mountain so the area is semi rural. To get there from town you pass rice paddies (currently in varying stages of the autumn harvest) and apple orchards (with some late fuji apples still on the trees). The premises were very quiet. Such a blessing to be somewhere with no noise or light pollution and no traffic passing by. Although a little out of town (about 3km from the railway station) the host very kindly collected us and drove us back to the station for arrival and departure. In between we hired electric bicycles and once again the host was extremely helpful, driving us into the rental place and arranging the bike hire which would have taken us much longer due to our lack of Japanese. He also arranged for us to have the bikes overnight (which is usually not done) and to park them at his premises. I am gluten free and the host was able to provide a gluten free Japanese breakfast and dinner every day we were there. For me this took away all my anxiety about where to eat, as it has not been easy finding gluten free food in Japan. The food was delicious and often more than I could manage in one sitting, however the host was happy for me to take leftovers and keep them in the fridge in our room. Highly recommend this place for anyone wanting gluten free food for breakfast or dinner and a place that is comfortable and quiet.