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🌙150 years since Soseki stayed, a night in Oama

Kumamoto · Oama Onsen Nakoikan

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Soseki and the Setting of Kusamakura

• 📖Founded in the first year of Meiji (1868), a hot-spring ryokan with over 150 years of history
• 🖋The only inn still standing in Oama, the village that inspired Natsume Soseki's masterpiece Kusamakura [source text reads "Chocheon," interpreted as Oama/小天]
• 🏯A full renovation in 2018 blended old-world charm with modern comfort

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An Open-Air Bath in Every Room

• ♨️Special rooms like Matsu no Ma come with their own kakenagashi open-air bath, perfect for families to share
• 🌿Kiri no Ma spans 20 mats and opens directly onto the garden, framing views that shift with the seasons
• 🛁Soak whenever you like, for as long as you like, in a bath that's entirely your own

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The 2020 Suite: Room of Kusamakura

• 🌲An airy suite with a full hinoki open-air bath and a spacious balcony footbath
• 💆A massage chair in the living room adds to the escape from everyday life
• 🏡A special space distilling 150 years of hospitality, made to free body and mind

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Soseki's Room, with a Study

• 📚A "study" steeped in Meiji-era atmosphere lets you feel the literary master's time firsthand
• 🌌Soak your feet in the balcony footbath and savor a quiet drink beneath a sky full of stars
• 🛏Furnished with two semi-double beds and a full hinoki open-air bath

5

A True Finnish Sauna

• 🔥Introduced in 2024, the Finnish-style sauna even offers tea löyly
• 💧The cold plunge uses 100% groundwater, a mildly alkaline soft water thought to be good for skin
• 🪑With infinity chairs for outdoor cooldowns, find your "totonou" state any time of day or night

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Kaiseki Built on the Season

• 🍶A seasonal kaiseki carefully composed around the peak, the lingering, and the first-of-season ingredients
• 🥩Try gyunabe (beef hot pot) made with Kumamoto's Premium Wao black wagyu
• 🍚The meal closes with Kumamoto-grown Hinohikari rice and a seasonal red miso soup

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The Quiet of Just Two Rooms, and Easy Access

• 🤫With so few rooms, you can enjoy quiet, private time entirely to yourself
• 🚗About 25 minutes by car from the Kikusui IC, located in Tamana near Yamaga Onsen
• 🥛The lobby vending machine is stocked with Kumamoto specialties like Oyabu Dairy Farm yogurt

The Oama that literary giant Natsume Soseki once loved — 150 years of hospitality still flow here today. Meet a quiet day of in-room open-air baths, a Finnish-style sauna, and seasonal kaiseki at Nakoikan.

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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: 16:00 · Check Out: 10:00 · Last Check In: 19:00

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