ryokan, Kinosaki Onsen
Nishimuraya Honkan
Nishimuraya Honkan is the historic wooden ryokan of Kinosaki Onsen, the willow-lined onsen town on the Sea of Japan coast of Hyogo, kept by the same family for seven generations, and our Kinosaki house on the tours and journeys that stay there.
- Place
- Kinosaki Onsen
- Region
- Honshu
- Our tours
- Four stay here
Why stay at Nishimuraya Honkan
Seven bathhouses on foot
Kinosaki's seven public onsen line the willow canal, and guests walk between them in yukata and wooden geta.
A garden at the centre
The tatami rooms open onto a garden of pines, moss and stone lanterns, lit after dark.
A house of seven generations
One family has kept the ryokan through seven generations, and the wooden rooms carry the craft of each.
the setting
A wooden house on a garden, in a town built for walking between onsen.
Kinosaki is a small town of willows, stone bridges and wooden inns along a canal, where the street is the corridor between onsen. Nishimuraya stands on its main street, a few minutes from the first of the seven bathhouses.
At the door: the canal and its bridges, the bathhouses in their own gardens, and the ropeway to the temple of Onsen-ji above the town.
the house
Nishimuraya Honkan in photographs
An onsen in the garden A tatami room on the garden A cypress bath at the window
Photographs: Nishimuraya Honkan
the rooms
The rooms and suites
The rooms are Japanese in the old manner: tatami, lacquered tables, alcoves with a scroll and a single flower, and wide verandas onto the garden. Some carry a bath of their own in fragrant cypress, by a window onto the trees.
On The Classic Cherry Blossom Tour of Japan every room is from the ryokan's upper categories or a suite, never the entry room.
to unwind
The onsen
The ryokan has onsen of its own, among them a round bath set in rock under the trees of its garden. Beyond its door are the seven public bathhouses: one beside a waterfall, one in a cave of rock, one where the town's story says a stork showed the first bathers the spring.
the table
Dining
Dinner is a kaiseki of the Sea of Japan and the Tajima hills, Tajima beef among it; on our tours both evenings are at the ryokan.
our tours here
The tours that stay at Nishimuraya Honkan
- SpringThe Classic Cherry Blossom Tour of JapanUSD $19,500 per personSee the journey
- AutumnThe Autumn Leaves Tour of JapanUSD $19,500 per personSee the journey
- The Private CollectionClassic JapanUSD $22,000 per person, two sharingSee the journey
- The Private CollectionDefinitive JapanUSD $26,000 per person, two sharingSee the journey
the place
Kinosaki Onsen
Kinosaki Onsen is a hot-spring town near the Japan Sea coast of Hyogo, where seven public bathhouses stand along a willow-lined canal and guests walk between them in yukata.
questions
Questions about Nishimuraya Honkan
Where is Nishimuraya Honkan?
In Kinosaki Onsen, in the north of Hyogo on the Sea of Japan coast, about two and a half hours by limited express from Kyoto or Osaka.
Which of your tours stay at Nishimuraya Honkan?
The Classic Cherry Blossom Tour of Japan, The Autumn Leaves Tour of Japan and two journeys of The Private Collection stay here. Each tour page sets out the nights, the price and what is included.
Which rooms do you book at Nishimuraya Honkan?
On The Classic Cherry Blossom Tour of Japan, every room is from the ryokan's upper categories or a suite, never the entry room.
Does Nishimuraya Honkan have its own onsen?
Yes, the ryokan has onsen of its own, and guests also walk the town's seven public bathhouses in yukata, a few minutes from the door.
Can Nishimuraya Honkan be part of a private journey?
Yes. The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, on your dates, and Nishimuraya Honkan can be any night of it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.
Nishimuraya Honkan, on your dates.
The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, and Nishimuraya Honkan can be any night of it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.