ryokan, Ginzan Onsen
Fujiya
Fujiya is a ryokan of eight rooms at Ginzan Onsen, the gas-lit onsen village in the mountains of Yamagata, its Taisho-era facade kept on the river and its interior rebuilt in bamboo lattice and glass, and the last two nights of The Autumn Leaves Tour of Northern Japan.
- Place
- Ginzan Onsen
- Region
- Tohoku
- Our tours
- One stays here
Why stay at Fujiya
Eight rooms
A house so small that the whole of it feels like your own.
Old front, new heart
A Taisho facade on the river, and inside, screens of fine bamboo lattice filtering the light.
The village by lamplight
Ginzan's wooden inns line the river beneath gas lamps, lit as the valley grows quiet.
the setting
An old wooden front, and behind it, light through bamboo.
Ginzan Onsen grew up beside a silver mine in a narrow valley of Yamagata, and its three- and four-storey wooden inns of the Taisho era still face each other across the river, lit by gas lamps after dark. Fujiya stands among them.
At the door: the river and its bridges, the lamplit street, and the Shirogane Falls a short walk up the valley.
the house
Fujiya in photographs
A guest room Light through the lattice
Photographs: Fujiya
the rooms
The rooms and suites
The rooms are spare and luminous, in pale wood, plaster and bamboo, with low beds and river windows; light falls through the lattice by day and the lamps of the street glow through it at night.
to unwind
The onsen
The ryokan's onsen are small private baths in wood and stone, each its own quiet room, taken in turn.
the table
Dining
Dinner is kaiseki of the Yamagata mountains and rice country, served at the ryokan; on our tours the last evening is a farewell kaiseki here.
our tours here
The tours that stay at Fujiya
the place
Ginzan Onsen
Ginzan Onsen is a hot-spring town at the end of a narrow valley in Yamagata, built in the 1920s on an old silver mine, its wooden inns rising three and four storeys on either bank of the river.
questions
Questions about Fujiya
Where is Fujiya?
At Ginzan Onsen, in the mountains of Obanazawa, Yamagata, about forty minutes by car from Oishida Station on the Yamagata Shinkansen.
Which of your tours stay at Fujiya?
The Autumn Leaves Tour of Northern Japan stays here. Each tour page sets out the nights, the price and what is included.
Does Fujiya have an onsen?
Yes, as small private baths in wood and stone, each taken in turn, so the onsen is always your own.
Can Fujiya be part of a private journey?
Yes. The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, on your dates, and Fujiya can be any night of it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.
Fujiya, on your dates.
The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, and Fujiya can be any night of it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.