Momiji 紅葉の間
Eight mats facing the maple slope. In late October the room turns red an hour before sunset, and no lamp is needed until dinner.
Mountain Ryokan — Nagano Prefecture
KOYO 紅葉
The leaves turn. The water holds its heat. The inn waits.
Mountain Ryokan — Nagano Prefecture
The leaves turn. The water holds its heat. The inn waits.
An inn of eleven rooms, three onsen, and one mountain.
Eight mats facing the maple slope. In late October the room turns red an hour before sunset, and no lamp is needed until dinner.
The mist room. Mornings here begin inside a cloud; by the second cup of tea the valley reappears, ridge first, river last.
The corner room, with a private cypress tub on the engawa. The moon crosses both windows; guests report losing track of which night it is.
3
Baths — rock, cedar, open-air
41°C
Source temperature, unheated
5–24
Dawn to midnight, daily
The water rises through the mountain on its own schedule and has done so longer than the inn has stood. Bathe before dinner, then again when the lanterns are the only light left on the slope.
The maples turn from the summit down, one week of red sliding toward the inn. Mid-November, it arrives at the gate.
Eleven rooms. One seating for dinner. Write to us with your dates.
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