Overview

Stay in the heart of Gora at Bettei Koyoi, an intimate 14-room retreat created for quiet time in Hakone. The property accepts stays from junior-high-school age, helping maintain a calm atmosphere for couples, friends, and solo travellers.

Natural hot spring bathing, seasonal kaiseki cuisine, and views toward Mount Myojogatake shape your stay. You can watch chefs work at the live kitchen, soak in mineral-rich Gora Onsen water, or spend the afternoon with drinks and sweets in the candlelit lounge.

Gora Park and the Hakone Tozan Cable Car are close by, giving you easy access to gardens, museums, Owakudani, and Lake Ashi. A complimentary shuttle also connects you with Gora Station during the afternoon.

Accommodation

Choose from seven room styles, ranging from compact twin rooms to a spacious terrace suite with its own outdoor jacuzzi. Every room is non-smoking and includes air conditioning and heating, a television, refrigerator, electric kettle, tea set, washlet toilet, humidifying air purifier, hairdryer, towels, yukata, slippers, skincare products, and toiletries.

The Panorama View Twin and top-floor Panorama View King open toward Mount Myojogatake, known for the large “Dai” character lit during the Hakone Gora Summer Festival. Both include a private terrace bath where you can enjoy the fresh mountain air. The Panorama View King also looks down toward the changing scenery of Gora Park.

The 45-square-metre Standard Twin with Open-Air Bath gives you two beds in either a Western or Japanese-style room. This category does not offer a mountain view, making it better suited when space and private bathing matter more than the outlook.

The top-floor Japanese-Western Room measures 60 square metres and combines two beds with an eight-tatami area. Futons are prepared on the tatami when you are staying together as a larger group. Its terrace bath faces Mount Myojogatake.

The 38-square-metre Superior Twin sits on the top floor and offers one of the clearest views from the property. A hinoki cypress bath stands on the terrace, allowing you to bathe while looking across the mountains.

The 65-square-metre Deluxe King is the largest room. It includes one king bed and a private outdoor jacuzzi on the terrace. Its position on the same floor as the lounge and reception also makes it easier to move between your room and the main shared spaces.

A 25-square-metre Standard Twin provides a simpler choice with two beds and no view. All private open-air baths and jacuzzis attached to the rooms use heated regular water rather than natural hot spring water.

Dining

Dinner combines seasonal Japanese kaiseki with the energy of a live kitchen. You can hear the steak searing and see the flames rise as the chef prepares the meat in front of you.

The course blends Japanese and Western cooking techniques, with each dish shaped by the season. A summer menu may include shellfish prepared in a Burgundy style, wine-steamed fig, seasonal sashimi, grilled wagyu sirloin, creative sushi, eel, summer vegetables, chilled noodles, and a fruit-based dessert. Ingredients and individual dishes change according to daily supply.

The presentation is as carefully considered as the flavour. Colourful garnishes, serving temperature, tableware, and the order of each course all play a role in the experience. Local sake, shochu, wine, cocktails, and alcohol-free drinks are available to accompany dinner.

Breakfast centres on clay-pot rice cooked for your selected dining time. You open the lid yourself to enjoy the aroma of the rice and the toasted layer at the bottom. Local eggs arrive daily from a selected Hakone poultry farm and can be enjoyed with house-made dashi soy sauce or crunchy seasoned soy sauce.

The Japanese breakfast may also include mirin-dried mackerel, daikon with homemade meat miso, seasonal side dishes, and pork soup made with Izu miso. During the warmer months, the eggs may be served as onsen eggs for food safety.

Meals are served in the dining lounge rather than inside your room. Food allergy requests follow a strict safety policy, and meal service may not be possible when the kitchen cannot prepare the food without risk.

Onsen and Wellness

Separate shared bathing areas for men and women include a large granite indoor bath and an open-air bath. The indoor bath receives free-flowing natural hot spring water drawn directly from beneath the property, while the open-air bath uses a circulation system.

Gora Onsen is a sodium chloride, bicarbonate, and sulfate spring. The salt content helps the skin retain moisture and allows warmth to remain in your body after you leave the bath. The water is also associated with relief from fatigue, sensitivity to cold, nerve pain, muscle pain, joint discomfort, stiff shoulders, bruises, and reduced joint movement.

You can use the shared baths from 3:00 PM to midnight and again from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM. The open-air bath lets you feel the changing mountain air, while the indoor bath gives you the full experience of the free-flowing source water.

A private outdoor jacuzzi is available by reservation for a short session beneath the open sky. It accommodates two people and uses heated regular water rather than natural hot spring water. Reservations are arranged through the mobile ordering system before your stay.

You can also reserve a private stone-spa room designed for two. The heated surface helps warm your body gradually, and dedicated samue clothing is prepared for the session.

Guests with Tattoos

You can use the shared indoor and open-air hot spring baths when your tattoos can be completely covered by no more than two designated seals. Each seal measures 10 by 15 centimetres.

You cannot use the shared baths when your tattoos are too large to fit beneath two seals.

Facilities

The candlelit lounge provides coffee, black tea, and green tea throughout the day. From 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM, you can also enjoy a welcome service with sweets, light snacks, soft drinks, and alcoholic drinks before dinner.

The same lounge becomes the restaurant during meal service and includes the open live kitchen. Elsewhere, you can reserve the two-person stone spa or the private outdoor jacuzzi for time together away from the shared spaces.

Free Wi-Fi is available, and limited indoor parking is provided for standard-sized vehicles. The property also offers a complimentary afternoon shuttle from Gora Station. All accommodation spaces and terraces are non-smoking.

Activities

Walk to Hakone Gora Park for landscaped gardens, seasonal flowers, fountains, and hands-on craft activities. The Hakone Museum of Art is also nearby and combines Japanese ceramics with a moss garden and mountain views.

Use the Hakone Tozan Cable Car to travel toward Sounzan, where you can join the Hakone Ropeway. The ropeway continues across the volcanic landscape of Owakudani before descending toward Togendai beside Lake Ashi.

The Hakone Open-Air Museum brings sculpture, art galleries, and mountain scenery together in a large outdoor setting. You can also explore the museums of Sengokuhara, cruise across Lake Ashi, or follow the transport network back toward Hakone-Yumoto.

On August 16, the Hakone Gora Summer Festival lights the large “Dai” character on Mount Myojogatake. Fireworks accompany the event, and several upper-floor rooms face the mountain.

Additional Features

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM, and check-out is by 10:00 AM. When you plan to arrive after 6:00 PM, advance notice is required.

The complimentary shuttle leaves Gora Station between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM at 20-minute intervals. Advance booking is not required.

For consecutive stays, eco-cleaning replaces full daily housekeeping. You can still receive fresh towels, toiletries, and rubbish collection, while a complete room cleaning takes place every third day.

You may wear your own bathtime cover in the shared baths when you need to conceal surgical scars. The property does not supply these bathing garments, so you need to bring your own.