ryokan, Shirogane Onsen, Biei
Mori no Ryotei Biei
Mori no Ryotei Biei is a forest ryokan of seventeen rooms at Shirogane Onsen, in the hills above Biei in central Hokkaido, each room with its own open-air onsen, and the first ryokan of The Summer Tour of Hokkaido.
Why stay at Mori no Ryotei Biei
An onsen to every room
Every room carries an open-air onsen of its own, the forest close around it.
Low wooden wings
Covered corridors join the buildings, which follow the hillside among the trees.
The Blue Pond nearby
The pond of milky blue water and the patchwork hills of Biei are a short drive.
the setting
Seventeen rooms in a forest of birch and spruce.
Shirogane is a small onsen settlement on the slopes of the Tokachi range, reached through an avenue of white birch. The ryokan stands among Ezo spruce and Todo fir, its wings linked by covered corridors and its windows full of the forest.
At the door: the birch forest, the Shirogane Blue Pond a few minutes down the road, and the waterfall of Shirahige beside it.
the house
Mori no Ryotei Biei in photographs
A room onto the forest
Photographs: Mori no Ryotei Biei
the rooms
The rooms and suites
The rooms are Japanese and Western together, tatami and low beds under sloping wooden ceilings, each with a long window onto the forest and an open-air onsen of its own.
On The Summer Tour of Hokkaido every room is from the ryokan's upper categories or a suite, never the entry room.
to unwind
The onsen
Shirogane's water rises in the volcanic hills above, and the ryokan brings it to every room's onsen and to its shared baths, in wood and stone under the trees.
the table
Dining
Dinner is a kaiseki of central Hokkaido, served one dish at a time in the ryokan's dining rooms, with the vegetables of the Biei farms; on our tours both evenings are included.
our tours here
The tours that stay at Mori no Ryotei Biei
the place
Biei
Biei is a town of rolling farmland in central Hokkaido, between Asahikawa and Furano, whose hills are planted in a patchwork of crops beneath the Tokachi mountains.
nearby
Hotels near Mori no Ryotei Biei
questions
Questions about Mori no Ryotei Biei
Where is Mori no Ryotei Biei?
At Shirogane Onsen, above Biei in central Hokkaido, about thirty minutes by car from Asahikawa Airport.
Which of your tours stay at Mori no Ryotei Biei?
The Summer Tour of Hokkaido stays here. Each tour page sets out the nights, the price and what is included.
Which rooms do you book at Mori no Ryotei Biei?
On The Summer Tour of Hokkaido, every room is from the ryokan's upper categories or a suite, never the entry room.
Do the rooms at Mori no Ryotei Biei have their own onsen?
Yes. Each of the seventeen rooms carries an open-air onsen of its own, and there are shared baths besides.
Can Mori no Ryotei Biei be part of a private journey?
Yes. The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, on your dates, and Mori no Ryotei Biei can be any night of it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.
Mori no Ryotei Biei, on your dates.
The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, and Mori no Ryotei Biei can be any night of it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.