Daikon no Hana
unscoredno first-hand write-up in the thread
Daikon no Hana is a 52-room onsen ryokan in the Sendai area, and its strength is the water: every bath runs straight from the source with nothing recirculated, and KI-NRT singles out the rental bath surrounded by forest. He stayed many years ago and describes it as the country home-style, relaxed alternative to the pricier, more tranquil and more traditional Saryo Souen, a matter of taste between the two. Nobody in the thread has written about the food, the rooms or the service.
Scores
Food
Nobody in the thread has written about the food here.
Bath 4 / 5
All the onsen at Daikon no Hana run straight from the source and nothing is recirculated, and there are some nice baths, especially the rental bath surrounded by a forest, which KI-NRT singles out.
Service
Nobody in the thread has written about the service here.
Room
At 52 rooms it is fairly large for a luxury ryokan, but nobody in the thread has written about the rooms themselves.
Place 3.5 / 5
Daikon no Hana has a country home-style atmosphere, and KI-NRT contrasts it with Saryo Souen, the other luxury choice around Sendai, which is more tranquil and more traditional; he calls the choice between the two a matter of taste. He was last at both places many years ago.
Getting there
- Sendai — ~0h35, 1 transfer (estimated). Akiu Onsen is roughly 30-40 min by car or shuttle bus from JR Sendai Station.
- Tokyo — ~2h20, 1 transfer (estimated). Tohoku Shinkansen Hayabusa from Tokyo to Sendai is about 1h30, then roughly 40 min by car out to Akiu Onsen.
Sources
#404 (thread mentions)