Ryounkaku 凌雲閣 越後松之山温泉

We had to shift to another ryokan for our 2nd part in matsunoyama onsen. The owner of the first ryokan rejected our 4 nights reservation. He was afraid he could not keep up expectation and we would be bored with the food for 4 nights. Ryounkaku was as much bigger facility. The building exterior holds a lot of old japanese wooden architecture charm, which was my cup of tea. The building was like 150+ years old. Service was top notch, but the interior badly need some maintenance. Our rooms did not come with attached toilet, the corridor floors definitely show signs of its age. It creaks very loudly with every step. So when you need to go to the shared toilet at night, I am sure the entire floor knows ... LOL. The onsen pool area was old, stained marble, relatively small pools and several broken tiles.