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🏫A remote mountain hot spring inn, reborn from a closed school

Akiyamago, Niigata · Katakuri no Yado

1

Ketto Onsen, a Rare Glauber's Salt Spring

• ♨️Soak in Ketto Onsen at separate indoor baths for men and women, converted from the old principal's office
• 💧A rare water type found in only 4% of Japan's springs — a sodium calcium chloride sulfate 'mirabilite' spring at 45.7°C
• 🌿The half-open-air bath uses soft mountain water flowing down from Akiyamago's peaks

2

Tatami Rooms Converted from Classrooms

• 🏯7 tatami rooms converted from former classrooms, accommodating up to 30 guests
• 🛏️Three room sizes — 8.75, 10, and 14 mats — with the comfort of down bedding on tatami
• 📺TV, air conditioning, mini fridge, and Wi-Fi included (bathroom and sink are shared)

3

Handmade Dishes from Foraged Mountain Vegetables

• 🍚Handmade dishes drawing on Tsunan's bounty — over 30 varieties of hand-foraged mountain vegetables and local produce
• 🐖Local ingredients like Tsunan pork, Tsunan milk, and Koshihikari rice from the Ishigakida terraces
• 🍶Everything homemade, from sauces to simmered dishes to pickles and dessert — dinner at 6pm, breakfast at 7:30am

4

A Gymnasium Where School Memories Live On

• 🏫Converted from Ketto Elementary School, which opened in 1884 and closed in 1992 (the inn opened in 1993)
• 🎨The wooden gymnasium displays 'Tsumari Sugoroku,' a work from the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale
• 🏓Play free table tennis or badminton in the gym, where the old basketball hoop and piano still remain

5

The Hidden Scenery of Akiyamago

• 🌉Mikura Bridge, the setting for the film Sway, and the striking Nakatsugawa Valley
• 🌾The stone-walled 'Ishigakida' terraced rice paddies, likened to Machu Picchu and named among Japan's 100 finest rural landscapes
• 🌸Fields of katakuri flowers in early May, and the 500-year-old giant Mikura horse chestnut tree

6

Activities Amid Great Nature

• 🥾Trekking routes to Ishigakida and Mikura, starting right from the inn
• ⛰️Climb Akiyamago's famous peaks, including Mt. Naeba, Mt. Torikabuto, and Mt. Saburu
• 🎣Stream fishing right next door on the Nakatsugawa, plus camping and glamping options

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Set Within One of Japan's 100 Hidden Wonders

• 🗻A mountain inn in Akiyamago, spanning Niigata and Nagano and named one of Japan's 100 hidden scenic wonders
• 🚌By bus from Echigo-Yuzawa Station, or by car via the Shiga Kogen/Nozawa Onsen direction
• ❄️Open late April through November due to heavy snowfall, with check-in from 4pm

A shuttered mountain schoolhouse reborn as a hot spring inn, carrying forward Akiyamago's deep nature and human warmth. Foraged mountain vegetable dishes and a soak in a rare Glauber's salt spring make a night in the old tatami classroom an unforgettable memory.

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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.

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

Check In/Check Out Policy · Check In: 15:00 · 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.