Ryokan, Yamashiro Onsen, Kaga
Araya Totoan
Araya Totoan is a ryokan of seventeen rooms at Yamashiro Onsen in Kaga, kept by the same family since 1639, with three bathhouses on its own spring.
The Autumn Leaves Tour of Japan stays here. $19,500 per person, twin share.
the room
The rooms
The rooms are Japanese, in tatami, pale wood and paper, some with low beds; the garden rooms open onto the mountainside and carry an open-air onsen of their own in cypress, set among the trees.
to unwind
The onsen
Three bathhouses share the ryokan's spring. One surrounds a hinoki tub with hiba timber, so the room smells of wood; one sits where a garden pond once lay; and the third is darker and more secluded, the steam softening the light. The garden rooms add an onsen of their own in the open air.
the table
Dining
Dinner is a kaiseki of the Kaga coast and hills, served course by course on Yamanaka lacquer and Kutani porcelain; on our tours both nights' dinners are at the ryokan, each a different menu.
the setting
Kaga, Yamashiro Onsen
Yamashiro is one of the four onsen towns of Kaga, in the hills south of Kanazawa, gathered round a public bathhouse at its centre. The ryokan stands a few steps from it, and the gorge of Kakusenkei, with its walk along the river, is a short drive away.
The ryokan opens onto the old bathhouse square, where guests walk the lanes of the town in yukata and the potters of Kutani ware keep their studios.
our tours here
The tours that stay at Araya Totoan
questions
Questions about Araya Totoan
Where is Araya Totoan?
At Yamashiro Onsen in Kaga, Ishikawa, about forty minutes south of Kanazawa. Kaga Onsen Station, on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, is fifteen minutes by car.
Which of your tours stay at Araya Totoan?
The Autumn Leaves Tour of Japan stays here.
Do the rooms at Araya Totoan have their own onsen?
The garden rooms carry an open-air onsen of their own, and every guest has the ryokan's three bathhouses, all on its own spring.
Can Araya Totoan be part of a private journey?
Yes. Beyond the tours that stay here, a Custom Tour of Japan can include Araya Totoan on dates of your own, created around your party alone. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.
Araya Totoan, with us.
Tell us the dates you have in mind, or the tour that caught your eye, and we will answer with the journey that brings you to Araya Totoan.