Kurokawa Onsen
5 min on foot · Onsen
A huddle of inns in a wooded gorge on the Tanoharu river, Kurokawa is loved for the riverside open-air baths you hop between on a single wooden pass.
Takefue
竹ふえ
Rate
From ¥93,000 per person
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.
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Thirty baths serve twelve detached villas, every one of them on undiluted spring water, spread down a 30-degree slope at about 1,000 m.
Against the 161
- Size
- 12 rooms— In the smallest quarter of the 161, which run 1 to 508
- Award
- The Ryokan Collection— 46 of 161
- Type
- Ryokan— 59 of 161
- Where
- Kumamoto— 2 of 161
The catalogue’s own axis
- 3 Keys7 stays
- 2 Keys20 stays
- 1 Key99 stays
- Relais & Châteaux10 stays
- The Ryokan Collection46 stays
The Ryokan Collection — 46 of the 161 stays here.
For scale: the smallest stay in this catalogue is ANABUKI-TEI at 1 rooms, the largest The Okura Tokyo at 508.
The stay
- Private bath
- Every room has one
- Water
- Free-flowing from the source
Nearby
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Meoto Falls
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Aso Caldera
30 min by car · Volcano
Tsuetate Onsen
20 min by car · Onsen
Amida-sugi Cedar
25 min by car · Cedar
Photos: © Igorberger (CC BY-SA 3.0) · © Yoshitaka Okino (CC BY-SA 4.0) · © sk01 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · © Raita Futo (CC BY 2.0) · © KUPS39M (CC BY-SA 4.0)
About the ratings
RYOKAN
The Ryokan Collection
A small membership of established Japanese ryokan recognised for the traditional inn experience.
Good to know
Are meals included in the rate?
The rate shown is per person and includes dinner and breakfast.
Does every room have a private open-air bath?
Yes — every room has its own open-air bath.
Is the hot spring free-flowing (kakenagashi)?
Yes — the baths run on free-flowing hot spring water rather than recirculated.
How many rooms does Takefue have?
Takefue has 12 rooms.
How do I book Takefue?
Use the booking options in the rate card above. Prices and cancellation terms differ between sellers, so it is worth comparing more than one.
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