Fantastic bed and breakfast just outside of Zao Onsen. Owner is super friendly, makes great breakfast, and has great recommendations on places to park/places to eat in Zao and Yamagata.
The owner is very nice and helpful.
They recommend good restaurants and help with reservations.
They even help shovel snow off your car in the mornings when it snows a lot.
We had the pleasure of staying in a spacious house, decked out in traditional Japanese style, all to ourselves. The cleanliness throughout was impeccable.
Very beautiful and cute place with a sweet and friendly host. The walls very were thin so you could hear your neighbours even though they were whispering.
It was a very pleasant stay, I wish I could have stayed longer and I would love to come back here in the fall!