Kawabe Onsen Oyado Kisaku

🐟A small cuisine inn on the clear Hidaka River, with wild kue and silky hot springs

Wakayama · Kawabe Onsen Oyado Kisaku

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A small cuisine inn on the Hidaka River

• 🏞️A small eight-room cuisine inn set beside the Hidaka River in Wakayama Prefecture.
• 🍚Its motto is genuinely delicious food, served generously at a reasonable price.
• 🌌A quiet spot with fireflies in early summer, river play in summer and starry skies at night.

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Kisaku no Yu, the separate onsen building

• ♨️Guests bathe free at the separate onsen building, a one-minute walk across the parking lot.
• 🪨Men and women each have an open-air bath built from Hidaka River stones and a cozy indoor bath lined with Kishu cedar.
• 💧Sodium bicarbonate water with a silky, lotion-like feel, said to ease muscle pain, frozen shoulder and neuralgia.

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Rooms with river and mountain views

• 🛏️Japanese rooms of 6 or 7.5–8 tatami mats, plus one Western twin room with a loft.
• 🚽Every room has a washlet toilet, washbasin, air conditioning, TV, electric kettle and yukata.
• 🌿River-side rooms look over the Hidaka River, but river or mountain side cannot be requested, and guests lay out their own futons.

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Wakayama flavors from the owner-chef

• 🐟Fish landed that morning in the Kii Channel is served at dinner as sashimi, simmered, grilled or fried.
• 🦞Winter brings wild kue, killed fresh rather than frozen, and Ise lobster; summer brings abalone and hamo pike conger.
• 🥩Kumano beef is served as loin for shabu-shabu and rare fillet for steak.

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Home-grown rice and additive-free breakfast

• 🌾Rice grown by the owner himself is cooked in hot spring water and served in a generous wooden tub.
• 🧂No additives are used; even the seasonings are blended by the owner.
• 🍱Breakfast is a vegetable-focused Japanese set with 4–5 small dishes, plus homemade dried fish, umeboshi and rolled omelet.

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Facilities and house notes

• 🍽️Meals are served in the ground-floor dining room; the second floor has the guest rooms and a shared veranda facing the river.
• 🚭The building is non-smoking; smoking is on the veranda, which also has drink and alcohol vending machines.
• 🪜There is no elevator, only stairs, and the family bath is currently out of service.

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Nearby sights

• 🛕Dojoji Temple, famed for the Anchin and Kiyohime legend, is about 15 minutes by car.
• 🌉Tsubayama Dam, about 30 minutes by car, has the Tsubayama Lake Bridge suspension bridge.
• 🏖️Shirasaki Ocean Park, with white limestone against blue sea, and river play on the Hidaka are also worth your time.

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Access and parking

• 🚗About 10 minutes by car from Kawabe IC on the Yuasa-Gobo Road.
• 🚕About 15 minutes by taxi from JR Gobo Station.
• 🅿️Free parking for up to 30 cars.

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Rooms with river and mountain views

• 🛏️Japanese rooms of 6 or 7.5–8 tatami mats, plus one Western twin room with a loft.
• 🚽Every room has a washlet toilet, washbasin, air conditioning, TV, electric kettle and yukata.
• 🌿River-side rooms look over the Hidaka River, but river or mountain side cannot be requested, and guests lay out their own futons.

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Wakayama flavors from the owner-chef

• 🐟Fish landed that morning in the Kii Channel is served at dinner as sashimi, simmered, grilled or fried.
• 🦞Winter brings wild kue, killed fresh rather than frozen, and Ise lobster; summer brings abalone and hamo pike conger.
• 🥩Kumano beef is served as loin for shabu-shabu and rare fillet for steak.

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The owner-chef's Wakayama seafood and Kumano beef, plus silky natural hot springs, are the real draw here. Note that the onsen is in a separate building closed on Wednesdays (no morning bath after a Tuesday stay), there is no elevator, and guests lay out their own futons.

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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.

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.

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

What are the check-in and check-out times at Kawabe Onsen Oyado Kisaku?

Check-in starts at 16:00 and check-out is by 10:00.

Where is Kawabe Onsen Oyado Kisaku located?

It is in Hidaka-gun. Address: 894-1 Oda, Hyugawa, Hidakagawacho.

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.