Shiratani Unsuikyo
35 min by car · Forest
A moss-cloaked ravine of granite boulders and clear streams — the emerald forest that inspired Princess Mononoke, an easy drive up from the coast.
sankara hotel & spa Yakushima
sankara hotel & spa 屋久島
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A 29-room auberge on World Heritage Yakushima; at its 2010 opening it set up the Sankara Fund, which pays for sea-turtle protection and near-natural repair of the island's trails.
Against the 161
- Size
- 29 rooms— Just over the median of 26; the 161 run 1 to 508
- Award
- One MICHELIN Key
- Type
- Auberge— 19 of 161
- Where
- Kagoshima— 3 of 161
The catalogue’s own axis
- 3 Keys7 stays
- 2 Keys20 stays
- 1 Key99 stays
- Relais & Châteaux10 stays
- The Ryokan Collection46 stays
One MICHELIN Key — the largest group in the catalogue.
For scale: the smallest stay in this catalogue is ANABUKI-TEI at 1 rooms, the largest The Okura Tokyo at 508.
Nearby
Jomon Sugi
Full-day hike · Cedar
Ohko-no-taki Falls
1 hr by car · Waterfall
Senpiro Falls
30 min by car · Waterfall
Nagata Inakahama Beach
40 min by car · Beach
Wilson's Stump
On the Jomon Sugi trail · Stump
Photos: © KimonBerlin (CC BY-SA 2.0) · © Σ64 (CC BY 3.0) · © David Stanley (CC BY 2.0) · © Chris 73 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
About the ratings
1 KEY
One MICHELIN Key
The MICHELIN Guide's distinction for hotels — a Key, not a star — for the places its inspectors judge among the most special to stay.
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How many rooms does sankara hotel & spa Yakushima have?
sankara hotel & spa Yakushima has 29 rooms.
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