Its restaurant is run by a former Blue Hill at Stone Barns sous-chef.

ENOWA YUFUIN, in Yufuin, Yufu City, Oita, is about 5 minutes by taxi or 30 minutes on foot from Yufuin Station. Accommodation is divided into premium suites, suites, forest villas, garden villas and The Rooms, a hotel wing of nine rooms (Nos. 101-103 and 201-206); the Hill Top Sky Pavilion and the Garden Side Villa have an outdoor hot spring bath and a swimming pool. Meals are served at the restaurant JIMGU under chef Tashi Gyamtso, formerly co-executive chef at Blue Hill at Stone Barns in New York, with a 'Farm-Driven' menu that the chef plans each morning from the best ingredients on the farm that day. Dinner begins with an explanation and an appetizer in the greenhouse and is served over two and a half to three hours.

ENOWA YUFUIN

Rate

From US$459 per person

From US$918 for 2 guests (1 room)

Per person, per night, with dinner and breakfast. Quoted by the property or its booking pages; taxes and the bathing levy may sit outside it. Shown in US dollars, converted from the yen the property quotes at the Oct 7, 2026 reference rate; the booking site charges at its own rate.

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The stay

Private bath: Some rooms only — the room type decides
Water: Free-flowing from the source
Table: Western

Practical details

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Getting there: About 5 minutes by taxi or 30 minutes on foot from Yufuin Station; about 50 minutes by car from Oita Airport (55 minutes by airport limousine bus to Yufuin Bus Terminal); Source: enowa-yufuin.jp (opens in a new tab) · Checked Oct 8, 2026
Nearest station: Yufuin Station; Source: enowa-yufuin.jp (opens in a new tab) · Checked Oct 8, 2026
Room capacity: 2 persons in The Rooms (hotel wing) and the Hill Top Sky Pavilion premium suite; 2-3 persons in the Hill Side Water Fall, Forest Side and Garden Side villas; Source: enowa-yufuin.jp (opens in a new tab) · Checked Oct 8, 2026
Dinner: 'Farm-Driven' course at the restaurant JIMGU (chef Tashi Gyamtso), menu decided daily from the property's own farm; starts with an explanation and appetizers in the greenhouse, then about 2.5-3 hours in the restaurant; seatings 17:30, 18:00, 18:30; Source: enowa-yufuin.jp (opens in a new tab) · Checked Oct 8, 2026
Breakfast: Vegetable-focused breakfast at the restaurant JIMGU; seatings from 07:30, 08:00, 08:30 or 09:00, chosen after dinner; Source: enowa-yufuin.jp (opens in a new tab) · Checked Oct 8, 2026

Tattoos, special diets, accessibility and solo stays: see “Before you book: what the property officially says” below.

Before you book: what the property officially says

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The property’s official site doesn’t clearly state its policy on tattoos, special diets, accessibility or solo stays — ask the property before booking.

Against the 179

Size: 19 rooms— Just under the median of 28; the 179 run 1 to 508
Award: 2 MICHELIN Keys
Also: Relais & Châteaux— 15 of 179
Type: Auberge— 23 of 179
Where: Oita— 4 of 179

The catalogue’s own axis

3 Keys7 stays
2 Keys23 stays
1 Key113 stays
Relais & Châteaux15 stays
The Ryokan Collection46 stays

2 MICHELIN Keys — 23 of the 179 stays here.

For scale: the smallest stay in this catalogue is Hakone Kairai at 1 room, the largest The Okura Tokyo at 508.

Nearby

Lake Kinrin

≈ 1.1 km away · Lake

Mount Yufu

≈ 2.4 km away · Mountain

Umi Jigoku

≈ 11 km away · Hot spring

Chinoike Jigoku

≈ 12 km away · Hot spring

Beppu Yukemuri

Onsen town

Yufuin Onsen

Onsen

Distances are in a straight line from this property, not travel times. Locations from OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Photos: HyunJae Park (Public domain) · © Soramimi (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Bpcon98 (CC0) · © Leyo (CC BY-SA 2.5) · © Marie-Sophie Mejan (CC BY 4.0) · © Yasuhiro (CC BY 2.0)

About the ratings

2 KEYS

2 MICHELIN Keys

The MICHELIN Guide's distinction for hotels — a Key, not a star — for the places its inspectors judge among the most special to stay.

R&C

Relais & Châteaux

A worldwide association of independently owned and run luxury hotels and restaurants, joined by sponsorship and review.

Good to know

Are meals included in the rate?

The rate shown is per person and includes dinner and breakfast.

Is the hot spring free-flowing (kakenagashi)?

Yes — the baths run on free-flowing hot spring water rather than recirculated.

How many rooms does ENOWA YUFUIN have?

ENOWA YUFUIN has 19 rooms.

How do you get to ENOWA YUFUIN?

About 5 minutes by taxi or 30 minutes on foot from Yufuin Station; about 50 minutes by car from Oita Airport (55 minutes by airport limousine bus to Yufuin Bus Terminal)

What is the nearest station to ENOWA YUFUIN?

Yufuin Station

How many guests can stay in one room at ENOWA YUFUIN?

2 persons in The Rooms (hotel wing) and the Hill Top Sky Pavilion premium suite; 2-3 persons in the Hill Side Water Fall, Forest Side and Garden Side villas

What are the dinner arrangements at ENOWA YUFUIN?

'Farm-Driven' course at the restaurant JIMGU (chef Tashi Gyamtso), menu decided daily from the property's own farm; starts with an explanation and appetizers in the greenhouse, then about 2.5-3 hours in the restaurant; seatings 17:30, 18:00, 18:30

What are the breakfast arrangements at ENOWA YUFUIN?

Vegetable-focused breakfast at the restaurant JIMGU; seatings from 07:30, 08:00, 08:30 or 09:00, chosen after dinner

How do I book ENOWA YUFUIN?

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