Overview

Yugawara Fukiya is a traditional hot spring ryokan in Yugawara, Kanagawa. You stay at 398 Miyakami, in a quiet hot spring town known for more than 1,300 years of onsen history. The ryokan sits on a scenic hillside, giving you mountain views, seasonal greenery, and a peaceful setting close to Tokyo, Hakone, and the coast.

This is a small ryokan with strong Japanese character. You spend your time in sukiya-style rooms, soak in seven bath experiences, enjoy seasonal Japanese cuisine in your room, and move at a slower pace from check-in to checkout.

Fukiya suits you when you want classic ryokan hospitality, private hot spring baths, in-room dining, thoughtful amenities, and a quiet stay focused on bathing, food, and rest.

Accommodation

You choose from seven room types: Type S, Type Y, Type A, Type X, Type B, Type C, and Type D. Each room keeps a Japanese ryokan feel, with tatami, shoji, low seating, wood details, and a quiet atmosphere for resting after your bath.

Type S is a special sukiya-style corner room designed by architect Kazuyuki Futamura. It has a private garden and a hinoki indoor hot spring bath, making it a strong choice for anniversaries or a more private stay.

Type Y has a high, open feeling, with a main room using Kitayama cedar and a boat-bottom-style ceiling. The ceiling line continues into the veranda area, creating a room that feels wrapped under one large roof. This room also has a hinoki indoor hot spring bath.

Type A is another sukiya-style room by Kazuyuki Futamura. The two rooms in this category each have their own character, and both are corner rooms with hinoki indoor hot spring baths.

Type X is a Japanese-Western room with electric beds that can also be used like sofas. You can bring DVDs and enjoy a relaxed movie night in the room. This room also has a hinoki indoor hot spring bath.

Type B gives you a relaxed Japanese room where you can feel the changing seasons of the Yugawara mountains. It includes a hinoki indoor bath.

Type C is a spacious Japanese room with a dressing area and a hinoki indoor bath. Type D is a simple 10-tatami Japanese room with a pure Japanese layout and a hinoki indoor bath.

Room amenities include skincare items, cleansing products, cotton, cotton swabs, body lotion, shower cap, towels, toothbrush, razor, shaving foam, hairbrush, samue room wear, yukata for women, tabi socks, cotton gauze pajamas, and other small items. Room equipment includes a refrigerator, Panasonic Nanoe hair dryer, individual air-conditioning, DVD player, smart TV, washlet toilet, Wi-Fi, and phone chargers. Selected higher room types also include a Nespresso coffee machine.

Dining

Dining is one of the main highlights of your stay. Dinner is seasonal Japanese cuisine, served in your room so you can enjoy each course without leaving your private space. Larger groups may use a private dining room.

The monthly menu changes with the season and uses fresh seafood, mountain ingredients, and carefully selected produce. The standard dinner includes more than 13 dishes, such as appetizers, sashimi, grilled dishes, a small hot pot, and a main course. You can also add dishes such as Kuroge wagyu beef steak or abalone steak when available.

Breakfast is also served in your room. You can enjoy rice cooked in an earthenware pot, seaweed grilled over Binchotan charcoal, freshly made tofu prepared each morning, and miso soup made with slowly simmered dashi broth. The meal feels simple, warm, and deeply Japanese.

If you have allergies or dietary needs, contact the ryokan at least three days before your stay. Same-day requests may not be possible.

Onsen and Wellness

Hot spring bathing is central to your stay at Fukiya. Yugawara Onsen is known for gentle water that warms the body and leaves the skin feeling moisturized. You can enjoy seven bath experiences, including private open-air baths, rooftop baths, large public baths, and open-air baths.

The 3rd-floor private open-air bath has a hinoki cypress tub and can be reserved for your own group. You use it for a 40-minute private soak, starting at the top of the hour. It is available from 15:00 to 24:00 on check-in day and from 6:00 to 10:00 on check-out day.

The rooftop has two private open-air baths made with fragrant hinoki cypress. These baths open to the sky and look toward the Yugawara mountains. You do not need a reservation; you use them when available during bath hours. The rooftop baths are available from 15:00 to 24:00 and from 6:00 to 9:00.

The large public baths include indoor bathing and open-air bathing. The baths switch between men and women at set times, so you can enjoy different bathing spaces during your stay. The large bath looks toward the surrounding nature through wide windows, while the open-air bath lets you enjoy mountain air and seasonal changes.

After bathing, you can rest in the post-bath lounge with soft lighting, floor seating, comfortable chairs, and massage chairs. Bath amenities include shampoo, conditioner, body wash, face wash, towels, yukata, tabi socks, hairbrushes, razors, hair ties, cotton swabs, key lockers, and other helpful items.

You can also book spa treatments or use the private stone sauna. The stone sauna uses natural mineral stones and gentle heat to warm your body slowly. Cold Yugawara spring water and herbal tea add to the experience.

Guests with tattoos

Fukiya welcomes you if you have tattoos. You can enjoy the hot spring baths without the usual worry that comes with many shared onsen facilities in Japan.

For the most private bathing experience, use the 3rd-floor reservable private open-air bath or the two rooftop private open-air baths. These give you a comfortable way to enjoy Yugawara Onsen at your own pace.

Facilities

Fukiya offers many facilities for a slow ryokan stay. You can use the large public baths, open-air baths, private open-air baths, rooftop terrace, rooftop footbath, post-bath lounge, private stone sauna, relaxation salon, front desk and lobby, karaoke rooms, banquet rooms, gift shop, and working room.

The rooftop terrace gives you mountain views during the day and a quiet place for footbath time under the night sky. The post-bath lounge lets you sit barefoot, cool down, and continue relaxing after your soak.

The relaxation salon offers body treatments, facial treatments, foot care, head care, and aroma treatments. The private stone sauna gives you a low-temperature heat experience using natural mineral stones.

There are three private karaoke rooms. Okina has a sunken kotatsu-style Japanese setting, Mai has a monitor, karaoke system, and DVD player, and Subaru is suited to smaller groups.

The working room is useful when you need to handle a call, online meeting, or urgent work. It includes a large screen monitor, height-adjustable desk, and high-speed Wi-Fi.

The gift shop sells Yugawara items and Fukiya souvenirs. The ryokan also offers welcome snacks, yukata and samue-style room wear, post-bath drinks, sewing kits, letter sets, laundry service, late-night snacks, towel slippers, pillows, firm mattresses, and pajamas.

Activities

You can spend most of your stay inside Fukiya without feeling the need to rush outside. A simple day might begin with breakfast in your room, continue with a private bath, a quiet rest in the lounge, a walk on the rooftop terrace, and dinner in your room.

You can also explore Yugawara Onsen. The area is known for hot springs, nature, local sweets, parks, footbaths, and a quieter mood than larger resort towns. Manyo Park and Yugawara Soyu are good choices for a slow walk and hot spring town atmosphere.

Fukiya also works well as a base for Hakone and the coast. You can travel toward Lake Ashi, Hakone Shrine, Owakudani, or nearby seaside areas, then return to Yugawara for a bath and dinner.

If you prefer to stay close, spend time in your room, enjoy the rooftop footbath, use the private baths, book a treatment, or browse the gift shop before another soak.

Additional features

Check-in starts at 15:00, and checkout is at 10:30. Dinner starts at 18:00 or 18:30 and usually takes around two hours. Breakfast starts at 8:00, 8:30, or 9:00.

Yugawara Station is about 8 minutes away by taxi. The bus route is possible, but the nearest bus stop requires walking up a steep slope, so a taxi is the easier choice, especially with luggage.

The ryokan has 20 rooms and free parking for 25 cars. All rooms include bath and toilet facilities, and many rooms include hinoki indoor baths.

Fukiya suits you when you want a traditional Yugawara ryokan with in-room dining, private hot spring baths, tattoo-friendly bathing, sukiya-style rooms, careful service, and easy access from Tokyo and Hakone.