Gōra Kadan

The three Bettei Suites stand apart from the main ryokan as separate residences, and their names, Akebono, Akatsuki, and Shinonome, are each a Japanese word for daybreak.

Each has its own open-air or panoramic stone bath and a private sauna. Akebono is laid out for two, while Akatsuki and Shinonome, the newest, each sleep up to six.

The Annex holds four rooms in its own wing, each named for something in nature. Kakou, meaning the scent of flowers, and Zangetsu, the moon still visible at dawn, are kihinshitsu, a category traditionally kept for honoured visitors. Meigetsu, the harvest moon, and Senshin, the heart of the spring, complete the wing.

Each Kadan Suite has its own kind of bath. Aoi has an open-air bath of natural rock, Fuji and Ume have open-air stone baths, and suites such as Yuri and Yugao have baths of hinoki cypress facing out over the hills, some of them round. One Kadan Suite adds a steam sauna and jacuzzi, and another has a balcony.

Four Japanese-style rooms each have a private open-air bath. Matsu, Tsubaki, and Suzukake take their names from the pine, the camellia, and the plane tree, while the fourth room is built around an open-air bath set among large boulders.

The Standard Rooms come in four layouts, Types A to D, all in the Japanese style with tatami flooring. Each makes a comfortable base for the ryokan’s hot-spring baths, pool, and spa.