Yugawara, JapanMiyakami
Yugawara Fukiya
Sukiya hot-spring ryokan
Sukiya hot-spring ryokan
The inn runs on traditional onsen rituals, with multi-course dinners served in your room between long hot-spring soaks.
What it’s good at
Notable
Kitayama log ceilings and tatami mats meet mid-century Scandinavian furniture by Ole Wanscher.
Notable
Seven hot-spring baths include private rooftop cypress tubs overlooking the Yugawara ridgeline.
Notable
Multi-course kaiseki meals served in-room draw fresh seafood straight from nearby Sagami Bay.
What they say
Michelin Selected
Michelin
Fukiya is a traditional ryokan built in Sukiya style, with tatami rooms across seven distinct configurations.
Somewhere quiet
Away from the crowds. Getting around takes intention.
In the hot-spring town of Yugawara, along the Miyakami foothills below Hakone.
The rooms
Most rooms have private ancient cypress soaking tubs, and ten draw pure hot-spring water straight from the source.
The onsen
Soak slowly.
Communal indoor baths connect to outdoor stone pools, and private cypress tubs look out toward the wooded mountains.
Spa and stone sauna
Private treatment rooms host yomogi mugwort steaming rituals, and a low-temperature sauna uses radiant Tensho stones.
At the table
Monthly kaiseki menus span thirteen seasonal courses centered on binchotan charcoal grilling and slow-simmered dashi broths.
How it began
The name comes from fuki, the wild butterbur plant native to these mountains, which inspired the leaf-patterned curtains at the entrance.
Yugawara
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The medals
Gold
Extremely rare. Sets the global standard.
Silver
Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Bronze
They did this well. You’ll notice.
Listed
A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.
The eight vibes
Design
Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
Luxe
Cared for at every turn. The bath is drawn before you ask.
Local
It could only be here. You wake up knowing where you are.
Social
Where the city goes out. The bar is full and the night is young.
Heritage
A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
Wellness
You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.
Classic
The city grew up with it. Same rituals, same regulars, same bar.
Resort
A world of its own. Something to do from breakfast to nightcap.
The scene
Lively
Where things happen: restaurants, shops, people.
Central
Well-located: walkable to some things, a short ride to more.
Quiet
Away from the crowds. Getting around takes intention.
Secluded
A place apart: the property is the destination.