Hotel, Sounkyo
Sounkyo Choyotei
Sounkyo Choyotei is a hotel at Sounkyo Onsen in Kamikawa, central Hokkaido, at the foot of Daisetsuzan National Park, its top-floor onsen looking out through forty metres of glass at the columnar cliffs of the gorge.
The Wild North Tour of Hokkaido stays here. $21,500 per person, twin share.
the room
The rooms
The rooms pair tatami with Western beds in a range of sizes, the deluxe rooms the largest, and the modern rooms are furnished in a Japanese or a Western manner, among them quiet rooms made for a couple.
to unwind
The onsen
The seventh floor has an observation onsen behind forty metres of glass and an open-air onsen facing the cliffs; on the second floor a dim, steaming onsen draws a spring of 74 degrees piped from its source a kilometre away, a simple water rich in metasilicic acid, with a sauna beside it.
the table
Dining
Dinner is a kaiseki cooked over charcoal and the hearth in a dining room on the ground floor, with a second room, built like a mountain tea house, for the produce of northern Hokkaido; the lounge pours a welcome of Hokkaido sake.
the setting
Sounkyo
Sounkyo is a gorge of sheer cliffs of columnar rock on the upper Ishikari River, at the north-eastern edge of Daisetsuzan, the largest national park in Japan. The hotel stands in the quiet of the onsen village, among the cliffs, where the night sky is dark enough for the stars.
The hotel stands in the onsen village of Sounkyo, with the ropeway up Kurodake at the head of the village, the twin falls of Ginga and Ryusei down the gorge and the cliffs of Obako upstream.
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our tours here
The tours that stay at Sounkyo Choyotei
questions
Questions about Sounkyo Choyotei
Where is Sounkyo Choyotei?
At Sounkyo Onsen in Kamikawa, central Hokkaido, at the north-eastern edge of Daisetsuzan National Park; the hotel runs a shuttle from Asahikawa Station and Sapporo Station.
Which of your tours stay at Sounkyo Choyotei?
The Wild North Tour of Hokkaido stays here.
Does Sounkyo Choyotei have an onsen with a view?
Yes. Its seventh-floor onsen looks over the gorge through forty metres of glass, and its open-air onsen faces the columnar cliffs.
Can Sounkyo Choyotei be part of a private journey?
Yes. Beyond the tours that stay here, a Custom Tour of Japan can include Sounkyo Choyotei 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.
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