Ryokan Yamatoya (Yamagata)

🖼️Sleep in an art gallery, soak in a 300-year hot spring

Yamagata, Akayu Onsen · Ryokan Yamatoya

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A Ryokan Like an Art Museum

• 🎨A standing collection of over 300 works, including pieces by Picasso and Rosanjin
• 🏛️A gallery-style ryokan where you stay surrounded by the 'breath of masterpieces'
• ✨A front desk lit by chandeliers, and spaces filled with art throughout

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A 300-Year Secluded Bath, Yagoro no Yu

• ♨️Akayu Onsen, with 900 years of history — a mildly alkaline salt spring known as 'water of beauty'
• 💧100% natural spring water, served kakenagashi
• 🌿Water said to ease neuralgia, muscle pain, poor circulation, and benefit the skin

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Two Signature Grand Baths

• 🪨The indoor 'natural rock bath', set with large boulders and wide windows framing the four seasons
• 🏛️'Marble Roman Bath,' finished in white marble and stained glass
• 🕛Open to guests 24 hours (the two baths alternate between men and women)

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Rooms with Their Own Hot Spring Bath

• 🛏️'Yamato no Ma' — a Simmons bed paired with a ceramic hot spring tub (15 mats, sleeps 4)
• 🌲'Meiboku no Ma' — 60-year-old Yoshino cedar and a stone tub (10 mats, sleeps 6)
• 🔥'Irori no Ma' — an irori hearth and a hinoki cypress tub (10 mats, sleeps 3)

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The Luxury of a Private In-Room Hot Spring

• 🌲Hot spring water in a fragrant hinoki cypress tub
• 🛁Each room has a different free-flowing hot-spring tub in ceramic, marble or cypress (jet-bath rooms are not hot spring)
• 🤫Entirely private time, free from anyone's gaze

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The Cuisine: Yonezawa Beef Kaiseki

• 🥩Yonezawa beef served as filet steak, shabu-shabu, and sukiyaki
• 🍶Wine and sake from the nearby Nan'yo region
• 🍱Creative seasonal kaiseki, from spring's 'Ransakura no En' to winter's 'Yukimi no En'

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Breakfast, Made with a Local Touch

• 🍳A hearty, homestyle breakfast centered on local dishes
• 🥬A spread built around mountain vegetables and Yamagata ingredients

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Two Signature Grand Baths

• 🪨The indoor 'natural rock bath', set with large boulders and wide windows framing the four seasons
• 🏛️'Marble Roman Bath,' finished in white marble and stained glass
• 🕛Open to guests 24 hours (the two baths alternate between men and women)

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Rooms with Their Own Hot Spring Bath

• 🛏️'Yamato no Ma' — a Simmons bed paired with a ceramic hot spring tub (15 mats, sleeps 4)
• 🌲'Meiboku no Ma' — 60-year-old Yoshino cedar and a stone tub (10 mats, sleeps 6)
• 🔥'Irori no Ma' — an irori hearth and a hinoki cypress tub (10 mats, sleeps 3)

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Two and a half hours by Shinkansen from Tokyo, at Yamatoya, where art and hot spring flow as one.

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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.

체크인·체크아웃 · 체크인: 15:00 · 체크아웃: 10:00 · 최종 체크인: 18:00

* Translated from information supplied by the property; 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 Ryokan Yamatoya (Yamagata)?

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

Where is Ryokan Yamatoya (Yamagata) located?

It is in Ginzan · Yamagata Nanyo. Address: 972 Akayu, Nanyo-shi, Yamagata.

How much does one night cost?

Recent lowest observed rate starts from ₩147,159 per night for two adults. Rates vary by date and room type, so a live search is most accurate.

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.