Kinosaki Onsen Mikiya

♨️A 300-year-old heritage ryokan where Shiga Naoya wrote 'At Kinosaki'

Hyogo · Kinosaki Onsen Mikiya

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300 years of history and literature

• 🏯Founded around the Genroku era some 300 years ago, the inn is now run by the 10th generation.
• 📖In 1913 the novelist Shiga Naoya stayed about three weeks here and wrote his short story 'At Kinosaki'.
• 🪵The wooden building, rebuilt in 1927, is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property; the east wing is a rare three-story wooden structure.

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A 300-tsubo garden and library

• 🌳The 300-tsubo Japanese garden looks just as Shiga described it in his novel 'A Dark Night's Passing'.
• 🌙A moon-viewing deck overlooks the garden, which is lit up at night.
• 📚The library lounge holds a collection curated by book director Yoshitaka Haba.

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Rotating indoor baths and a family bath

• ♨️Two indoor baths, Tsutsuji-no-yu with azalea views and Hiiragi-no-yu facing a small courtyard garden, switch between men and women by time.
• 💧The sodium-calcium chloride hot spring is said to help with neuralgia, muscle pain and fatigue recovery.
• 👨‍👩‍👧There is also one family bath for private use.

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16 rooms facing the garden

• 🛏️12 Japanese-style rooms and 4 Japanese-Western rooms, 16 in total.
• 🌿Room 50 has 10+6 tatami and the inn's only shower room; Room 22, at 106㎡, has an Aomori hiba cypress bath and a steam sauna.
• 🖋️Room 26, Shiga Naoya's favorite, is kept as it was; guests may view it but it is not available for stays.

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Tsuiyama crab and Tajima beef

• 🦀In winter the inn serves Tsuiyama-gani, a branded snow crab marked with a blue tag.
• 🥩Kaiseki courses of Tajima beef, the root stock of Kobe beef, and seasonal ingredients come one dish at a time.
• 🍶Dinner and breakfast are served in the ground-floor dining room Heihachiro, with local sake from Tajima, Tango and Tamba poured in 90ml servings.

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Outdoor bath hopping and the onsen town

• 🚶Guests can enter the public outdoor baths as often as they like from check-in to check-out; Goshono-yu and Mandara-yu are a 2-minute walk (Sato-no-yu is on long-term closure).
• 👘Choose from about 20 patterned yukata for women and 3 for men to stroll the town.
• 🚡Kinosaki Onsen Ropeway is a 4-minute walk, Kinosaki Literature Museum 7 minutes, and Genbudo Park 15 minutes by car.

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Access and practical info

• 🚃About 15 minutes on foot from JR Kinosaki Onsen Station; a free shuttle bus run by the tourist center meets limited express trains arriving 12:30-18:00.
• 🅿️Free parking for 16 cars, no reservation needed.
• 🕒Check-in 15:00 (last 18:30), check-out 11:00.

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Rotating indoor baths and a family bath

• ♨️Two indoor baths, Tsutsuji-no-yu with azalea views and Hiiragi-no-yu facing a small courtyard garden, switch between men and women by time.
• 💧The sodium-calcium chloride hot spring is said to help with neuralgia, muscle pain and fatigue recovery.
• 👨‍👩‍👧There is also one family bath for private use.

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16 rooms facing the garden

• 🛏️12 Japanese-style rooms and 4 Japanese-Western rooms, 16 in total.
• 🌿Room 50 has 10+6 tatami and the inn's only shower room; Room 22, at 106㎡, has an Aomori hiba cypress bath and a steam sauna.
• 🖋️Room 26, Shiga Naoya's favorite, is kept as it was; guests may view it but it is not available for stays.

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A landmark of Kinosaki where a literary heritage building and garden meet the town's bath-hopping culture. There is no elevator, the wooden structure carries sound, most rooms have no private bath, and children must be elementary-school age or older.

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♨ Kinosaki Onsen · 46 ryokan in this onsen town

Check In/Check Out Policy · Check In: 15:00 · Check Out: 11:00 · Last Check In: 18:30

* These policies are the property's own text, in English; the cancellation policy shown at booking takes precedence.

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

What are the check-in and check-out times at Kinosaki Onsen Mikiya?

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 11:00.

Where is Kinosaki Onsen Mikiya located?

It is in Toyooka. Address: 487 Kinosakicho-yushima.

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.