Ryokan, Yamashiro Onsen, Kaga
Beniya Mukayu
Beniya Mukayu is a ryokan of sixteen rooms at Yamashiro Onsen in Kaga, Ishikawa, on the site of the old Yakuo-in temple, where every room has its own open-air onsen over a forest garden of red pine, mountain cherry and maple.
Stay at Beniya Mukayu on a Custom Tour of Japan, created around your party alone, on the dates you choose.
the room
The rooms
There are sixteen rooms, every one with a private open-air onsen over the Forest Garden: Japanese rooms of tatami at 70 square metres, Western rooms of 60, junior suites, and executive suites of 95 to 100 square metres, in tatami, washi, bamboo and diatomaceous earth. Two suites stand apart: one of 120 square metres beside a cherry tree more than a century old, its sliding doors opening the full width of the room to the garden, and a terrace suite of 110 square metres with a study.
to unwind
The onsen and the spa
Beyond the onsen in every room, the ryokan keeps two onsen of its own, each with an indoor and an open-air pool and a sauna: one made for stillness, its tub shaped with a round backrest, and one built in white hinoki cypress. The spa follows the old practice of Yakushiyama, the Healing Buddha's Mountain, with herbal compresses, Yamashiro spring water, rice bran oil and mint from Noto.
the table
Dining
Dinner is a kaiseki of Kaga, cooked to each guest in the manner of omakase from what the mountains, the lakes and the Sea of Japan give the region, served in a dining hall of twenty-five pillars with a terrace over the Forest Garden, with snow crab, abalone and Japanese wagyu among its courses through the year.
the setting
Kaga, Yamashiro Onsen
Yamashiro is one of the onsen towns of Kaga, in the hills of southern Ishikawa, and its spring has been bathed in for more than 1,300 years. The ryokan stands on the site of the old Yakuo-in temple, and its name, mukayu, means a state without purpose: rooms kept open and empty so that they fill with light, floors of local diatomaceous earth, and three libraries for reading.
The Forest Garden of red pine wraps around the ryokan, the lanes of Yamashiro Onsen are a short walk away, and the potters of Kutani ware and the lacquer turners of Yamanaka work in the towns nearby.
our tours here
Beniya Mukayu, on a journey of your own
A Custom Tour of Japan can place Beniya Mukayu wherever it best suits your journey, for as many nights as you wish, with your own Tour Director and a private car and driver every day.
questions
Questions about Beniya Mukayu
Where is Beniya Mukayu?
At Yamashiro Onsen in Kaga, Ishikawa, reached from Kaga Onsen Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen or from Komatsu Airport.
Do the rooms at Beniya Mukayu have their own onsen?
Yes. Every one of the sixteen rooms has its own open-air onsen over the Forest Garden, and the ryokan keeps two further onsen with saunas.
Can Beniya Mukayu be part of a private journey?
Yes. A Custom Tour of Japan can include Beniya Mukayu on dates of your own, created around your party alone, with your own Tour Director. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.
Beniya Mukayu, on your dates.
Tell us when you would like to travel, and we will answer with a Custom Tour of Japan that includes Beniya Mukayu, created around your party alone. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.