Kiriya Ryokan

🐈A cat-filled Nozawa inn with untouched sulfur spring water

Nagano · Kiriya Ryokan

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An onsen inn with resident cats

• 🐈Five cats live at the inn, wandering freely indoors and out at their own pace.
• 🛋️A cat room on the first floor of the main building lets you relax with them.
• ♨️A quiet inn near Ogama, Nozawa Onsen's famous hot spring source.

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Pure, free-flowing spring water

• ♨️Water from two natural sources on the property flows straight into the baths with no heating, added water or disinfection.
• 🧪Weakly alkaline simple sulfur spring, said to help with fatigue, back pain, neuralgia, muscle pain and chronic chills.
• 🕐Men's and women's baths on the main building's 2nd floor are open 24 hours except during cleaning, with cold water outside the changing rooms.

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Main building and wooden annex rooms

• 🏠14 rooms in total; main-building standard rooms include a quiet 10-tatami corner room with bath and a 16-tatami room sleeping up to six.
• 🌸Wooden annex rooms, cared for since the late 1940s, keep their original details and look out on the seasonal garden.
• 🛏️The annex also has a 16-tatami Japanese-Western room with twin beds; the whole inn has been non-smoking since December 2015.

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Shinshu Golden Shamo cuisine

• 🍗Shinshu Golden Shamo, Nagano's branded heritage chicken, won the top award at the 2015 Meat Industry Expo.
• 🍲Dinner (sample) features 200g of shamo with local vegetables: hot pot, three grilled preparations, chicken kamameshi and salt-grilled char.
• 🪑Both breakfast and dinner are served at tables with chairs.

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Garden and facilities

• 🌿A Japanese garden with a pond and rocks can be enjoyed from the guest room windows.
• 💻Free Wi-Fi around the front desk and lobby, plus a guest computer.
• 🧺Free washer and dryer loan and ski storage are available.

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Hopping the 13 public baths

• 🏯Nozawa Onsen village has 13 free-flowing natural public baths called soto-yu.
• 🚶The inn sits close to the footbaths and soto-yu, convenient for bath hopping.
• 🥚A stay plan lets you boil onsen eggs in the spring while soaking your feet.

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Access and parking

• 🚄25 minutes by Nozawa Onsen Liner bus from Iiyama Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen.
• 🚗25 minutes by car from Toyota-Iiyama IC via Route 117; parking for 20 cars.
• 🕒Check-in 15:00 (last 19:00), check-out 10:00, curfew 23:00.

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Main building and wooden annex rooms

• 🏠14 rooms in total; main-building standard rooms include a quiet 10-tatami corner room with bath and a 16-tatami room sleeping up to six.
• 🌸Wooden annex rooms, cared for since the late 1940s, keep their original details and look out on the seasonal garden.
• 🛏️The annex also has a 16-tatami Japanese-Western room with twin beds; the whole inn has been non-smoking since December 2015.

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Shinshu Golden Shamo cuisine

• 🍗Shinshu Golden Shamo, Nagano's branded heritage chicken, won the top award at the 2015 Meat Industry Expo.
• 🍲Dinner (sample) features 200g of shamo with local vegetables: hot pot, three grilled preparations, chicken kamameshi and salt-grilled char.
• 🪑Both breakfast and dinner are served at tables with chairs.

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Pure sulfur spring water, Shinshu Golden Shamo dinners and time with the resident cats are the highlights. There is no open-air bath, some rooms lack a private bath, and the inn closes on Wednesdays and Thursdays from April 1 to December 15.

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* This introduction was compiled from information published by each property (official website and similar sources), so some details may differ from what you find on the day. It is AI-assisted and can contain errors — please check the official website and the details shown at booking before you reserve.

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From onsen etiquette to check-in — the things worth knowing first.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Kiriya Ryokan?

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 10:00.

Where is Kiriya Ryokan located?

It is in Shimotakai-gun. Address: 8714-2 Toyogou, Nozawa onsen.

What is the cancellation and refund policy?

Free-cancellation deadlines vary by rate plan and are shown with each room. Cancelling before the deadline gives a full refund.