Hakone Kowakien Mikawaya Ryokan

Mikawaya Ryokan was founded in 1883, and its founder is credited with starting the Kowakidani hot spring. It now belongs to Fujita Kanko's Hakone Kowakien group. Its Taisho-era main building, with a karahafu gabled entrance, is a registered cultural property where guests such as Takehisa Yumeji, the poets Yosano Tekkan and Akiko, and Sun Yat-sen stayed. There are 25 rooms across the main building, an annex and detached Hanare, all with tatami and twin beds, and ten with private open-air onsen baths. The inn's own mild alkaline spring flows into the large baths and a free private bath, and dinner centres on the house Mikawaya hot pot.

• ◎Stay in a registered-heritage Meiji inn where Sun Yat-sen once slept
• ◎Own free-flowing source, a free private bath and ten rooms with open-air onsen
• ◎Garden and mountain views over Horaien, with shuttle from Gora Station

Number of rooms

25

Room types

Japanese-style (tatami) · Japanese-Western (tatami + beds) · Suites · Detached villas

Open-air bath in the room

Some rooms

Shared onsen baths

Yes

Natural hot spring water

Yes

Spring type

simple spring (単純温泉), hypotonic, weakly alkaline, high-temperature; own source from the hill behind the inn

Reservable private bath

Yes

Open-air bath in the room

Some rooms

Kaiseki dinner

Yes

Dinner

Yes

Breakfast

Yes

Room-only plan

Yes

Where meals are served

Dining hall or restaurant

Free shuttle bus from Gora Station (about 10 min). Or Hakone Tozan/Izu Hakone bus from Hakone-Yumoto (about 20 min) or Odawara (about 40 min) to 'Horaien', stop is at the door. About 2 hours by car from Tokyo; free parking.

Prefecture

Hakone · Kanagawa

Nearest station

Gora Station (Hakone Tozan Railway)

Station pick-up

Yes

Shuttle bus

Yes

Parking

Yes

• Couples
• Families
• Groups

Price on request

This inn prices by date, room and meal plan. Send your dates and we reply with the current price and available rooms.

What the inn publishes. Anything not listed here we ask the inn for you.

Check-in

15:00

Check-out

10:00

Children

Children welcome. Elementary pupils 80% of adult rate, age 3 to pre-school 60%, under 2 without meals or bedding free; children's menu available.

Tattoos

Guests with tattoos should use the in-room open-air bath or the private family bath.

Vegetarian meals

No vegetarian or vegan menu; the kitchen adapts as far as possible, as with allergies.

Vegan meals

No vegan menu; handled case by case as far as possible.

Accessibility

Many stairs on site; wheelchair use not possible and the inn is not barrier-free; limited wheelchairs on loan; no accessible parking space.

Cancellation

7 days before 20%, 3 days before 30%, day before 50%, same day 100%; waived if flights, shinkansen or limited express trains from the departure point are cancelled or expressways closed.