Ryokan, Lake Akan
Hinanoza
Hinanoza is a ryokan of twenty-five rooms on the shore of Lake Akan in eastern Hokkaido, each room with its own open-air onsen, five minutes on foot from the Ainu village of Akanko.
The Wild North Tour of Hokkaido stays here. $21,500 per person, twin share.
the room
The rooms
The rooms are large and light, in tatami and pale wood with Western beds, every one with an open-air onsen of its own; the suites look straight down the lake through walls of glass.
to unwind
The onsen
Besides the onsen in every room, the ryokan keeps shared baths high above the lake, among them an open-air bath set before the water, with the forest of the far shore filling the view.
the table
Dining
Dinner is a kaiseki of eastern Hokkaido and its sea; on our tours both evenings are at the ryokan.
the setting
Lake Akan
Lake Akan lies in a caldera of the Akan-Mashu National Park, ringed by forest and the cones of two volcanoes; it is the home of the marimo, the round green alga that grows nowhere else so large. The ryokan stands on the shore at the edge of the onsen town.
The ryokan stands on the lakeshore, where boats leave for the island of the marimo, and the carvers' workshops of the Ainu village are a short walk along the shore.
Our guide to Lake AkanEvery hotel in Hokkaido
NearbyLavista KushirogawaSounkyo ChoyoteiKitakobushi ShiretokoMori no Ryotei Biei
our tours here
The tours that stay at Hinanoza
questions
Questions about Hinanoza
Where is Hinanoza?
On the shore of Lake Akan in eastern Hokkaido, about an hour by car from Kushiro Airport.
Which of your tours stay at Hinanoza?
The Wild North Tour of Hokkaido stays here.
Do the rooms at Hinanoza have their own onsen?
Yes. All twenty-five rooms carry an open-air onsen of their own, and the ryokan keeps shared baths above the lake.
Can Hinanoza be part of a private journey?
Yes. Beyond the tours that stay here, a Custom Tour of Japan can include Hinanoza 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.
Hinanoza, 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 Hinanoza.