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 looking out onto a Forest Garden of red pines, mountain cherry and maple trees.
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 looking out onto the Forest Garden: Japanese Premier Tatami Rooms, Western Premier Garden View Rooms, Zen Style Junior Suites and Zen Style Executive Suites. Two suites stand apart: the Wakamurasaki suite, beside a cherry tree more than a century old, its sliding doors opening the full width of the room to the garden, and the Byakuroku terrace suite, with its own moss garden and a desk looking onto the Forest Garden.
to unwind
The onsen and the spa
Two shared onsen stand apart from the private baths of the rooms, Gensei and Usukō, the second built in white hinoki cypress, each with an indoor pool, an open-air pool and a sauna. The spa draws on the old healing practice of Yakushiyama, with herbal compresses, Yamashiro spring water and rice bran oil.
the table
Dining
Dinner is a kaiseki of Kaga's hills, lakes and coast, with snow crab, abalone and Japanese wagyu among its courses through the year, in a dining room with a terrace over the Forest Garden.
the setting
Yamashiro Onsen, Kaga
Yamashiro Onsen is one of the onsen resort towns of Kaga, in the hills of Ishikawa Prefecture, with a history of more than 1,300 years. The ryokan stands on the site of the old Yakuo-in temple, and its name, mukayu, means "richness in emptiness": spare rooms for the light to fill, an entrance floor of local diatomaceous earth, and three libraries to sit in.
The Forest Garden wraps around the ryokan, and the streets of Yamashiro Onsen are a short walk away, where the potters of Kutani ware work, with the woodturners of Yamanaka Onsen in the town 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 looking out onto the Forest Garden, and the ryokan keeps two shared onsen, Gensei and Usukō, 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. The Expert Japan Itinerary is a journey planned to the day by us, travelled at your own pace.
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. The Expert Japan Itinerary is a journey planned to the day by us, travelled at your own pace.