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⛰️Just 8 rooms, and natural hot spring flows through every one

Kumamoto, Hirayama Onsen · Yama Futokoro no Yado Ichiboku Isso

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A Ryokan of Just 8 Rooms, Hidden in the Mountains

• 🏔️A small 8-room ryokan cradled in the mountains at Hirayama Onsen, Yamaga, Kumamoto
• 🌿"Ichiboku Isso" (一木一草) — a name meaning care given to every tree and blade of grass
• 🛏️Every room has its own private open-air and indoor hot spring bath

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Natural Kakenagashi Hot Spring in Every Room

• ♨️An alkaline simple sulfur spring, 100% natural water flowing continuously kakenagashi-style
• ✨Water so silky on the skin it's called a "beauty bath"
• 🪨Deep in the main building, a cave bath with an otherworldly atmosphere
• 🎋A half-open-air rock bath looking out onto a bamboo grove

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Suo-an: A Suite Built from a Relocated Meiji-Era Tea House

• 🍵A 3-room suite built by relocating a tea house from the late Meiji era
• 🛁Comes with an indoor hinoki bath and a private open-air bath for 4–5
• 👥Sleeps up to 2–7, with the seclusion of a private annex

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Rooms with One-of-a-Kind Rock Baths

• 🪨Noto Room — a tub carved from a single boulder, the only one of its kind in the world
• 🏡Kame Room — a standalone two-room tatami cottage with a stone open-air bath
• 🍁Momiji Deluxe — a 2-room layout combining tatami and Western space, with both a hinoki tub and an open-air bath

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Kumamoto's Seasonal Kaiseki

• 🍽️Seasonal kaiseki built on local Kumamoto ingredients, with a menu that changes each time
• 👨‍🍳Prepared by a dedicated chef using fresh, carefully sourced ingredients
• 🕕Dinner begins 18:00–18:30, served in a calm tatami dining room

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Breakfast with Rice Once Presented to the Emperor

• 🍚A Japanese set breakfast made with "Kikuka-mai," rice once presented to the Emperor
• 🥢A tidy morning spread of house-made side dishes and miso soup
• 🪑Chair-and-table seating is also available besides the tatami room

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Getting There

• 🚗About 90 minutes from Fukuoka via the Kyushu Expressway, Nankoku IC
• 🚌From JR Shin-Tamana Station, transfer at Yamaga Bus Center, then walk 15 minutes
• 🛐Beside Hirayama Aso Shrine — a 200m walk up the park path

Just 8 rooms, each with its own flowing hot spring, paired with seasonal Kumamoto kaiseki. If you want time entirely your own in the mountains, Ichiboku Isso is the place.

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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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Check In/Check Out Policy · Check In: 15:00 · Check Out: 10:00 · Last Check In: 17:30

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