Ushou no Ie Sugiyama

🔥A riverside onsen ryokan where you can watch cormorant fishing from your room

Gifu · Ushou no Ie Sugiyama

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A Ryokan on the Nagara River

• 🏯This riverside ryokan faces the clear Nagara River and Mt. Kinka, crowned by Gifu Castle, and has 46 guest rooms.
• 🌊The Nagara River is one of Japan's 100 Exquisite Waters, and the area was the first in the Tokai region to be named a national Important Cultural Landscape.
• 🪟The lobby's wall of windows takes in the Nagara River, Mt. Kinka and Gifu Castle.

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Watching Cormorant Fishing

• 🔥Nagara River cormorant fishing, with over 1,300 years of history, runs every year from May 11 to October 15.
• 🚤Plans include boarding a viewing boat after dinner at the inn, usually from right in front of the ryokan.
• 🛋️Without a boat, you can watch from the lobby lounge, the restaurant, river-side rooms or the promenade in front of the inn.

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Nagaragawa Onsen Baths

• ♨️The source is the Mitahora spring (Nagaragawa Onsen), an iron-rich simple cold mineral spring that is clear at first and turns reddish in contact with air.
• 🏞️Two view baths with different scenery alternate between men and women by time; the river-side bath frames Mt. Kinka through huge windows. Open 15:00–24:00 and 6:00–9:00.
• 🌃The rooftop open-air bath looks out on illuminated Gifu Castle at night (not hot-spring water; alternates by time).

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Guest Rooms

• 🛏️Rooms comprise 38 Japanese rooms, 6 Japanese-Western rooms with open-air baths, 1 Western room and 1 VIP suite.
• 🪷The signature river-side Japanese room (non-smoking) is 16 tatami in total: 12 tatami plus a 4-tatami window nook, with big river-facing windows.
• 🛁The 6 river-side rooms with open-air baths (12 tatami, 2–4 guests) use non-hot-spring water. Town-side rooms have no view of the river or Mt. Kinka.

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Spring & Summer Ayu

• 🐟In spring and summer, the wild Nagara River ayu kaiseki serves about 10 dishes, from salt-grilled ayu to sashimi and ayu rice.
• 🪶Ayu caught by cormorants carry beak marks and rarely reach the market, making them a prized ingredient.
• 🍱There is also a kaiseki centered on about 5 ayu dishes, a Hida beef course and Mino medicinal-herb cuisine.

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Autumn & Winter Wild Duck

• 🦆In autumn and winter, wild male mallard (aokubi) is grilled in the style of the Imperial Household Agency duck preserves.
• 🔥Duck and green onions are seared with raw soy sauce on an oval, blacksmith-made iron plate over binchotan charcoal.
• 🍲Duck shabu-shabu, thin slices of wild and domestic duck dusted in kudzu starch, is also served.

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Facilities

• 👘Choose your own colored yukata, obi, tabi socks and children's yukata in the lobby.
• ☕Welcome drinks such as coffee, tea and detox water are served in the lobby 8:00–10:00 and 15:00–18:00.
• 🛍️There is the Kawasemi restaurant, a 120-tatami banquet hall, and a shop (8:00–21:00) with Gifu specialties like candied ayu and ayu kelp rolls.

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Nearby Sights & Access

• 🚡The Mt. Kinka Ropeway and Gifu Castle are close by, and the Ukai Museum is 100 m from the inn.
• 🚃Take the JR Special Rapid from Nagoya to JR Gifu (18 min), then a Gifu Bus (20 min) to Nagarabashi-kita/Ukaiya stop, followed by a 5-minute walk.
• 🚗About 30 minutes by car from Ichinomiya-Kisogawa IC, with free parking for about 80 cars.

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Nagaragawa Onsen Baths

• ♨️The source is the Mitahora spring (Nagaragawa Onsen), an iron-rich simple cold mineral spring that is clear at first and turns reddish in contact with air.
• 🏞️Two view baths with different scenery alternate between men and women by time; the river-side bath frames Mt. Kinka through huge windows. Open 15:00–24:00 and 6:00–9:00.
• 🌃The rooftop open-air bath looks out on illuminated Gifu Castle at night (not hot-spring water; alternates by time).

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Guest Rooms

• 🛏️Rooms comprise 38 Japanese rooms, 6 Japanese-Western rooms with open-air baths, 1 Western room and 1 VIP suite.
• 🪷The signature river-side Japanese room (non-smoking) is 16 tatami in total: 12 tatami plus a 4-tatami window nook, with big river-facing windows.
• 🛁The 6 river-side rooms with open-air baths (12 tatami, 2–4 guests) use non-hot-spring water. Town-side rooms have no view of the river or Mt. Kinka.

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In season you can watch cormorant fishing straight from your room or the lobby, alongside seasonal ayu and wild duck cuisine and an iron-rich onsen. Note that the rooftop and in-room open-air baths are not hot-spring water, and town-side rooms have no river view.

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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: 21:00

* 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 Ushou no Ie Sugiyama?

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

Where is Ushou no Ie Sugiyama located?

It is in Gifu. Address: 73-1 Nagara.

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.