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Ochiairo

おちあいろう

Ochiairo — night exterior along the Amagi valley

PRESERVE Selected

Open since 1874 where two Amagi rivers meet (name given by Yamaoka Tesshu); seven buildings are National Registered Tangible Cultural Properties. Beloved by writers Kawabata and Shimazaki Toson, sensitively reborn in 2019.

A pilgrimage for literature lovers and heritage-architecture devotees — a registered cultural property you actually sleep in, far from generic resorts.

Type
Stays · Historic onsen ryokan
Price
¥¥¥¥
Founded
1874

01

Grounds & Setting

外観・渓谷

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Ochiairo unfolds along the Amagi valley — a registered cultural property of gates, gardens and a suspension bridge over the river, at its most atmospheric after dark.

02

Guest Rooms

客室

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Each room carries a name. Many open onto a private open-air bath, and some frame the valley or Mt. Fuji through the trees.

03

Onsen & Sauna

温泉・サウナ

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Three named baths — Hoshi, Tengu and Tsuki — each paired with its own sauna (tea-room, Tengu, Hoshi), plus a barrel sauna and a cold plunge. A serious recovery ritual after a round.

04

Villa Shakunage

別邸 石楠花

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A private one-building villa with its own irori sauna — the setting for a group, or a stay entirely to yourselves.

05

Cuisine

お食事

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Kaiseki that turns with the seasons, the house wasabi rice, breakfast, and a steak house — served in private and semi-private rooms.

06

Interiors

館内

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Lounge, reading room and the shitan alcove — the craftsmanship of a registered cultural property runs through the interiors.

07

Heritage

歴史

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The story of the former Ochiairo — from its timber-raising to its river-play past — carried into the ryokan that stands today.

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