[Okayama] A trip to Mimasaka Sanyu. 8 recommended ryokan for couples

"Mimasaka Sanyu" is a hot spring village that represents the Chugoku region. It is a general term for onsen located in the northern part of the mountainous Okayama, and is popular for its unique onsen, such as "Yuhara onsen" in Yokozuna in the west, "Yunogo onsen" which boasts a history of more than 1,200 years, and "Okutsu onsen" which is popular among women as a beautiful hot spring. From the Tokyo metropolitan area and Osaka, take the bullet train to Okayama Station. From there, it is easy to access by using conventional trains and buses, and there is no end to the number of visitors from all over the country. It's the perfect place to leave behind the busy days and the noisy city and spend some quiet time with him.

Since you're traveling with your partner, you want to enjoy a relaxing time just for the two of you. There are many inns in onsen areas of the Mimasaka Three Hot Springs that will make this wish come true. So this time, we've picked out ryokan in each of the areas of Yubara onsen, Yugo onsen, and Okutsu onsen that have rooms with baths and jacuzzis, private open-air baths, and private meal options, so you can immerse yourself in time with your partner. Try choosing one together with your partner.

"Hakkei" is a mountain inn surrounded by lush nature. It is located right in front of the "Sunayu" hot onsen, which is the signature hot spring of Yubara Onsen. It is popular for its spacious rooms with open-air baths, mountain village cuisine centered around vegetables, and onsen where you can soothe your fatigue while listening to the murmuring of the river. There are also private baths that couples can use exclusively. Enjoy a quiet holiday with your beloved at this charming Japanese-style ryokan.

This is Nanohana, a suite room with a semi-open-air bath. It is a luxurious room consisting of a bedroom, a Japanese-style room, and a Western-style room. You can bathe in the hot spring water as much as you like, whenever you like, so you can fully enjoy the true essence of a onsen inn for two. In addition to reasonably priced Japanese-style rooms, twin rooms, and double rooms, there are also concept rooms such as rooms with dining areas and rooms with smoking areas. Just choosing a room can be difficult.

The rooftop private open-air observation bath "Sora no Yu" (fee required) offers a view of the townscape of Yubara onsen and the starry sky all to yourself. You can enjoy 45 minutes of completely private time just for the two of you. Spend a romantic moment talking about things you normally wouldn't be able to talk about. The large bath with sauna is located in front of the "Sunayu" bath, so you can enjoy bathing while watching the babbling brook. The water at "Hakkei" is colorless, transparent, tasteless and odorless. It is a soft water that is gentle on the skin.

For 20 years, this inn has been serving food with the intention of being a "lodging where you can eat." Its popular mountain village cuisine, which uses more than 50 kinds of vegetables for dinner and breakfast, is different from vegetarian or wild vegetable cuisine and is an original dish exclusive to "Hakkei" that uses fish and local chicken from Sanin and the Seto Inland Sea. Please take your time to savor the delicious dishes, befitting an inn surrounded by mountains.

GAMURAN is a new and unique onsen inn where you can relax in Balinese style. ryokan It is popular among couples because it combines the hospitality of a hotel with the privacy of a hotel, making you feel like you are spending time at a Balinese resort. The hotel is decorated with Balinese ornaments and Balinese-style decorations here and there, allowing you to relax and forget about everyday life.

There are six guest rooms to choose from, all of which are Balinese-style with a resort atmosphere. Designed with the concept of "a place where you can relax without being disturbed by anyone," all rooms come with a bath where you can enjoy natural onsen. This is the Byakuya room, which features a canopy king-size bed. Why not relax on the leather sofa or cool off in the bathroom with a beer?

This is the bathroom of the "Ruri" room, a precious, mysterious blue. You can enjoy 100% natural onsen water whenever you want, as much as you like. It's great for the two of you to enjoy it together at night, or in the morning by yourself so as not to wake your sleeping boyfriend. You can also use the large public bath at "Yunokura Tsurya," located about a two-minute walk from the inn, free of charge, and they will provide you with a special towel set.

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meal are creative dishes based on Japanese cuisine. The menu is made with plenty of fresh seasonal ingredients, with an emphasis on locally produced produce. There are also hot pot dishes, steak kaiseki meals with a good balance of meat, fish, and vegetables, and special dinners that you can order for special occasions. For breakfast, you can start your day off right with freshly baked fluffy bread and egg dishes.

"Without being pretentious or pretentious, just like the country, without forgetting the country side." That is the kind of hospitality that Yukaikan Hanayashiki aims to provide. This inn will make your trip with your partner a relaxing and peaceful one. As you spend time together in this unadorned space, you will begin to see each other's true selves, and the distance between you will become much closer.

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From the window, you can smell the trees and hear the wind rustling the leaves. You can also hear the murmuring of the Asahikawa River. This is a quiet room with a pure Japanese style. There are 19 Japanese-style rooms with 10 tatami mats and 3 Japanese-style rooms with 8 tatami mats. All rooms have a wide veranda, so you can chat while looking out the window, or cool off after a bath and enjoy a comfortable time.

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Hanayashiki is proud of its rooftop open-air baths. There are two types, "Manryo" and "Senryo", and they are available for private use from 3pm to midnight. You and your partner can enjoy the open-air baths without being disturbed by anyone, while looking out over the clear waters of Asahikawa and the hot onsen town below. Feel the clear skies and breeze during the day, and enjoy a romantic time under the stars at night. Reservations are made at check-in, so if you have a preferred time, we recommend checking in early. If you want to enjoy the famous hot springs at your leisure without worrying about time, head to the indoor baths separated by gender.

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For dinner, enjoy a hearty multi-course meal with ingredients unique to Yuhara. The head chef takes the carefully selected ingredients and finishes them beautifully. I love meat! If you are a couple, we recommend steak kaiseki, shabu-shabu, and sukiyaki. It will be meal at the meal place "Sakura", but there will be no shared seats, and there will be only two people at one table. You can relax and enjoy meal.

"Kifu no Sato" is an inn in Yugo onsen with the concept of "A relaxing inn where you can enjoy flowers." The lobby is covered with tatami mats, and the chairs and tables are made of natural wood. A spacious space welcomes you. The healing waters and skin-beautifying waters, the flowers arranged throughout the building, and the heartfelt cuisine will soothe your tired body and mind after a day in the city.

For couples, we recommend a suite or semi-suite with an open-air bath or onsen in the room. This "Botan" room is a room that pursues "ryokan luxury," combining the comfort of a hotel suite with the relaxing feeling of a Japanese-style ryokan. You can also bathe alone in the room. You can enjoy a sweet stay-at-home trip without going out anywhere.

For example, the rooms with open-air baths have a nice bath like this. Enjoy a private bath with your partner while admiring the garden! The hotel also has separate open-air baths for men and women, a large garden bath, and a low-temperature sauna called the "Medicinal Stone Steam Bath," which is popular among women and has detoxifying and beautiful skin effects. You'll want to enjoy the baths two or three times a day.

The "Shunsai Kaiseki" course allows you to enjoy the seasonal flavors that are unique to Yugo onsen. The menu consists of around 10 dishes, with spring fish and wild vegetables in the spring and grilled Japanese beef with hoba miso in the fall as the main course. For couples who can't eat that much, we recommend the "Quality over Quantity Gozen," which is a condensed menu of around eight carefully selected dishes. There is also the "Luxurious Gozen," perfect for anniversaries, and seasonal menus.

Poppy Springs Resort & Spa incorporates Californian architecture, making you question whether you're really in onsen. Located in the center of Yunogo onsen, within walking distance of retro spots such as the "Toy Box of Those Days Showakan" and tourist spots where you can try your hand at making things. Enjoy an extraordinary holiday for two, relaxing both body and mind surrounded by the aroma of aromatherapy.

There are seven types of rooms to choose from, including twin beds and double beds. All the beds are equipped with the finest mattresses made in the United States. The warm lighting creates a comfortable space that will invite you to a good night's sleep. This is a semi-suite room with an open-air jacuzzi. After relaxing in your room, why not try aromatherapy? There is also a couple's room in the hotel's beauty salon that can be used by two people.

This is the jacuzzi in the "Semi-suite with open-air jacuzzi." You can refresh yourself under the starry sky at night, and in the morning, gazing up at the drifting clouds. The separate spa buildings for men and women have spacious jacuzzi baths and open-air jacuzzis that can be rented for private use for a limited time, as well as open-air onsen made from natural rocks, large hot spring baths, and even private herbal baths. After soothing your body and mind in the many onsen spas, you'll be able to be nicer to your boyfriend too♪

Dinner and breakfast are served at the relaxed restaurant "SONOMA." The chef uses carefully selected ingredients from local producers to prepare his dishes. Dinner is a choice of two original French dishes, and breakfast is a buffet where you can eat as much as you like of whatever you like. If the day of your stay is a special anniversary, you can also enjoy cake, sparkling wine, and a surprise bouquet of flowers, making it a special day to revel in.

Hana no Yado Nishikien is a soothing inn with a theme of health and beauty. In the lobby, the aroma lamps give off scents and negative ions, making you feel as if you are bathing in the forest. Furthermore, the soothing music playing throughout the inn, soft lighting, beautiful flowers and Japanese interior decor, and other subtle hospitality will put your mind at ease. In addition, this inn is packed with attractions that will please couples who are tired both physically and mentally, such as its unique medicinal cuisine, foot bedrock baths, and onsen that are renowned as "beauty baths."

We recommend the following guest rooms: the "Asian Type" twin room with germanium bathtub, the germanium hot bath twin room, and the deluxe Japanese-style room with an open-air bath. The open-air bath in the room is not a onsen, but a honey aroma bath. After enjoying a relaxing bath, you can lie down on the bed and relax. Enjoy some time doing nothing.

The hotel has separate large public baths for men and women, open-air baths, and a private open-air bath for just the two of you. Both have free-flowing onsen. Since you've come all the way to this hot onsen, you'll want to refresh yourself by taking a bath as many times as you like. The hotel's bedrock bath, "Bali no Tsuki," is a completely private room with two beds, so it's popular with couples. You can use the free-use bedrock bath for your feet to warm up your cold body while relaxing and reading a book.

Nishikien is proud of its medicinal cuisine, which can only be found here. The menu features dishes that focus on healthy ingredients, such as vegetables, eggs, and honey from local farmers. For dinner, enjoy a multi-course meal filled with seafood and mountain produce, or sukiyaki made with Japanese black beef. The next morning, you can soothe both your body and mind with a healthy medicinal rice porridge.

Okutsuso has deep ties to Mori Tadamasa, the first lord of the Tsuyama Domain, and has been loved by many great people, including the 29th Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi and the world-renowned Japanese printmaker Munakata Shiko. With over 90 years of history, this wooden ryokan exudes traditional Japanese beauty. Take a break from your busy days with your loved ones. Surrounded by abundant nature, please come and spend a truly relaxing time.

There are eight types of rooms, each with a different atmosphere. You can relax in a soothing Japanese-style room, or enjoy a villa-like atmosphere in a modern Western-style room. Among them, we recommend this room with an open-air bath for couples. Enjoy a world just for the two of you in a detached building. The sound of the stream will make you feel like your daily fatigue is melting away.

The detached villa with its own open-air bath has an open-air bath deck that is connected to the room. After enjoying the hot spring onsen flowing directly from the source just for the two of you, you can cool off on the veranda while admiring the surrounding trees. It's a luxurious experience that you can't experience in the city. The two baths, Kagiyu, loved by a great man associated with Okutsuso, and Tachiyu, a 120cm deep bath that you can bathe in while standing, are switched between men and women depending on the time. There are even private baths that you can enjoy for free, so you'll want to try them all!

There are nine courses to choose from depending on the season. All of them are made with ingredients from Okayama and Okutsu. There are courses such as the "Japanese Black Beef Source Shabu-Shabu Course" and the "Healthy Course" with calories of around 800 kcal, as well as "Seasonal Course" using matsutake mushrooms and duck.

Ikedaya Kajikaen is an inn with deep ties to the world-famous printmaker Shiko Munakata. The teahouse Myochian, which is usually used as a guest room, was designed by Shiko Munakata and he spent a lot of time here. After soaking in the free-flowing hot spring water, you can relax and gaze out at the Yoshii River from the veranda of your room. A holiday surrounded by nature awaits you.

This is the Japanese-Western suite "Kiri no Ma," which has a Western-style bedroom and a Japanese-style room, with a bathroom and toilet on the veranda. This is a comfortable room where you can spend time leisurely chatting on the sofa in the Japanese-style room or dozing off in the rocking chair on the veranda. The other suites, "Ran no Ma" and "Katsura no Ma," are equipped with jacuzzi baths. It's great to be able to use them just the two of you whenever you want. The Yoshii River can be seen right in front of you from the veranda of every room!

Okutsu onsen has long been known as a "beauty hot spring." The water at "Kagaen" comes from the upstream waters of the Yoshii River and flows directly from the source at around 39°C. Even when heated, the water is still lukewarm, so it is popular because you won't get a hot spring reaction even if you stay in the bath for a long time. In the large indoor bath, you can stretch out your arms and legs and enjoy the water at your leisure, while looking forward to spending time with your partner after the bath.

For dinner, enjoy a creative kaiseki course that makes use of local seasonal ingredients, as well as the taste of Okayama 's branded wagyu beef, Nagi beef, and Chiya beef. Each ingredient, such as fish caught upstream the Yoshii River and rice from contracted farmers, is a proud taste unique to this area. For breakfast, enjoy a Japanese set meal with rice, soup, grilled fish, and rolled eggs. Sitting at the table with him and eating the same food will make you feel much closer to him.

A relaxing trip to the three onsen of the "Mimasaka Sanyu" - Yubara onsen, Yugo onsen, and Okutsu onsen. From traditional Japanese ryokan to Asian and Californian-style lodgings, each has its own charm, making your trip for two a memorable one. A relaxing holiday surrounded by nature, with delicious food and a soothing atmosphere in a hot onsen. If you can refresh your body and mind on such a trip for two, you'll be able to work hard again. So why not invite him out and go out with you?