During the spring cherry blossom viewing period in 2023, I visited Yugawara Hot Springs for the first time and stayed in Kaiseki Ryokan Ashikari (Ashikari), a newly renovated room with Japanese style and large space, with luxurious Kaiseki cuisine, public large baths and private rooms in the room There are all soup houses, and the staff's super friendly attitude towards children, so that families with children can easily stay in Japanese-style hot spring hotels, let us say that we can't go back! (🔎Reservation price and guest evaluation:agoda|booking.com)
📂Quick introduction: Basic introduction to Kaiseki Ryoan Akori
Kaiseki Ryoan Axi Kari officially opened for business in August 2012. Its predecessor was a two-story Japanese-style hotel building established in 8. It has a long history of nearly a hundred years of opening. It changed hands after financial reorganization in 1925. It was transformed into a luxury ryokan providing large guest rooms and kaiseki cuisine, becoming the first hotel under Yugawara Co., Ltd., and subsequently opened in the famous Hakone hot spring areaSandalwood,XuanTwo Japanese-style hot spring hotels.
Kaiseki Ryoan Axi Kali provides Japanese-style hotel accommodation with one bed and two meals. It serves kaiseki dinner and breakfast, and there are special menus for infants and children. There are large public baths for men and women in the hotel, and each room has a private half-bath. The open-air soup house provides a variety of baby products for free rental, and the staff's friendly attitude towards babies makes the hotel a baby-friendly hotel certified by ミキハウス子立て総研.
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▲ Take the JR Tokaido long-distance trek from Yokohama, and finally arrive at Yugawara Station in the evening. The exhausted body and mind are about to be healed by the hotel.
▲ Call a taxi in front of Yugawara Station, and the fare to the hotel is about 1,000 yen.
▲ There are vans in Axi Kali, which provide free pick-up service to and from the station. You can call the hotel to send a car to pick you up.
▲ When checking in in the evening, the hotel staff immediately handed over three pairs of shoes. The little burger is a cute Pikachu slippers.
▲ The rest space in the reception hall faces the green atrium garden.
▲ This trip stayed in Yunju for three days and two nights. Each room in the hotel has a unique poetic name.
▲ Climbing up the stairs to the guest room on the second floor, the staff has carried our two large luggage upstairs.
🛏️What room type is recommended? Room options at Kaiseki Ryoan Akori
- Katsuragi: 100㎡, renovated in 2022, Japanese-Western room, 6 people
- Sagami Road: 100㎡, renovated in 2022, Japanese-Western room, 6 people
- Light snow: 80㎡, renovated in 2022, Japanese-Western room, 6 people
- Yunju: 80㎡, renovated in 2022, Japanese-Western room, 6 people
- Hagi: 80㎡, renovated in 2023, Japanese-Western room, 6 people
- Xiangjiu Mountain: 70㎡, renovated in 2023, Japanese-style room, 5 people
- Gaoyuan: 70㎡, renovated in 2023, Japanese-Western room, 5 people
- Kokonoe: 70㎡, renovated in 2023, Japanese-Western room, 5 people
- Parkase: 60㎡, renovated in 2023, Japanese-Western room, 4 people
- Yakumo: 60㎡, renovated in 2021, Japanese-Western room, 3 people
- Asuka: 60㎡, renovated in 2021, Japanese-Western room, 3 people
- Early Fern: 60㎡, renovated in 2021, Japanese-Western room, 3 people
- Yamabiko: 60㎡, renovated in 2021, Japanese-Western room, 4 people
- Zhuyi: 45㎡, renovated in 2021, western room, 2 people
- Sixteen Nights: 45㎡, renovated in 2021, Japanese-Western room, 3 people
- Beijing: 60㎡, renovated in 2023, Japanese-style room, 4 people
- Cherry Blossom: 50㎡, renovated in 2023, Western-style room, 2 people
Kaiseki Ryokan Axi Kali provides a total of 15 rooms including 1 Japanese-Western rooms, 1 Japanese-style room and 17 Western-style room. During 2021-2023, the guest rooms in the whole building will be refurbished one after another. Each room has an open-air hot spring facility equipped with direct current. The spring quality is weakly alkaline salinized spring water, which provides a 24-hour continuous flow of clean bathing experience. All kinds of free oolong tea, beer, tea bags, capsule coffee machines and refreshments are provided in the room. Most room types are equipped with electric massage chair facilities.
This time I stayed in the Yunju guest room for three days and two nights. Although the view of the guest room is not the best in the hotel, the privacy is quite enough. There is a restaurant downstairs in the room. It is not possible to provide all kinds of baby products in the hotel, but the staff in the hotel are very friendly to children, so that we, a parent-child family with children, will no longer have to be trembling when staying in a Japanese hotel, and will not become careless. Disqualified traveler!
The most impressive thing when staying in the Yunju guest room is that the floor of the room is made of wood, cement, tatami, wood-grained bricks and other materials, and provides corresponding floor and space partitions according to different living functions. Let us On the day of check-in, I didn't want to go out at all. The next day, I took the JR Tokaido to enjoy the cherry blossoms at Yamakita Station when I was chasing cherry blossoms and no lunch was provided. (🔎Reservation price and guest evaluation:agoda|booking.com)
▲ Axi Kali is a two-story Japanese-style hotel building, each with its own unique name.
▲ This trip stayed in the 80-square-meter Yunju, a brand-new guest room that was just completed in 2022.
▲ On the right side of the entrance is an independent toilet space, and in front is a private semi-outdoor balcony and hot spring bath.
▲ The toilet space decorated with wood makes it very relaxing to go to the toilet.
▲ There is a massage chair in each guest room in Axi Kali. You can massage comfortably in the room after soaking in the soup, just in case your family members rush to use it.
▲ The guest rooms on the second floor of Axi Kali are all high-ceilinged spaces, so there is no sense of oppression when sleeping at night.
▲ The backboard of the head of the bed is combined with Japanese window frames and bamboo slices, making the space more elegant.
▲ Provided next to the massage chair
▲ The bathrobe provided in the room can be worn to go to the large public bath or have a meal in the restaurant. The housekeeper will come to replace the new bathrobe every day.
▲ The yoga mat that comes with the room, you can have a yoga time in the room at any time.
▲ There are all kinds of cups in the mini bar, but they are not beautiful, because the bar provides a lot of free drinks.
▲ Mineral water, oolong tea and beer are placed in the refrigerator, all free and replenished every day.
▲ The chargers and extension cables in the room are packed in wooden boxes and trays, which are quite textured.
▲ The double washbasin is equipped with dressing space, the left is the mini bar, and the right is the shower space.
▲ After taking a shower from the shower space, open the door to a semi-outdoor private hot spring bath.
▲ The view from the semi-open-air hot spring bath, and the side partitions provide sufficient privacy.
▲ The view of the open-air bath in Yunju, the view of other rooms is even better.
▲ After dinner in the evening, the hotel staff came to make the bed for Little Burger.
▲ Parents are enjoying the welcome refreshment next to them, making some tea and enjoying the leisure time.
▲ Little Burger is finally willing to sleep alone with the hedgehog brother, enjoying the sweet time of the two.
🍽️What services are provided? Breakfast and public facilities at Kaiseki Ryoan Akori
There are two large baths in the Kaiseki Ryokan Axi Kali Pavilion, namely Tachibana no Yu (female bath) and Tsubaki no Yu (men's bath). The semi-open-air hot spring space is designed with borrowed scenery, and the supply is helpful for recovery from fatigue and beautifies the skin. The highly effective weak alkaline spring water is only closed for cleaning during 24:00-24:30, and is open for use the rest of the time. There is also a Hydrangea SPA next to the large bath, providing sandalwood spa services for the face and body .
Axi Kali is named after the Kaiseki Ryokan. The highlight of staying in the hotel is the amazing Kaiseki cuisine!There are 3 Japanese-style private rooms in Wakasa, Yugiri, and Baimiao in the hotel. You can choose to eat in the room or in the restaurant, but the same dining place must be maintained during the period of the first berth and the second meal.The meals use ingredients such as local fresh seafood and seasonal vegetables, paired with a large selection of Japanese sake and wine, and provide kaiseki cuisine that changes in four seasons, and there are also special dishes designed for infants and young children.
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👍Special recommendation: Kaiseki cuisine with both delicious taste and artistic conception
Axi Kali specially hired a head chef to sit in town and design the kaiseki menu. When you take a seat, you will see the handwritten menu of the day on the table. At this time, first choose a glass of wine from the dazzling wine list, and then go to The dishes of the day will be served in order, and the staff will also briefly introduce each meal. Of course, it is not a problem to have a good taste, but Wendy looks at the ingenious menu and the exquisitely presented meals, and she wants to say that the food is not only It's not just food, but artistic conception!
On the first day of our stay, we chose to dine in the room and enjoy the large and comfortable room. The whole table was served at one time, which is really surprising. The room can be casually dressed and eaten easily, which really comforted us for a long distance. The hardships of the trek.However, we chose to dine in the restaurant in the next two days. As the meals were served one by one, listening to the introduction of the dishes, we could better appreciate the ingenuity and intentions of the chefs, and the dining atmosphere and quality would be better.
▲ Yasuo Suzuki is the head chef of Axi Kali. When you take a seat, you will see the handwritten menu of the day.
▲ When checking in on the first night, choose to have dinner and breakfast in the room.
▲ The whole table is full of sumptuous meals, which makes people's index fingers move. .
▲ Children's meals specially prepared for small burgers are very healthy and can please children.
▲ The restaurant will arrange exclusive seats for each guest room, and dine at the same location during the period of one stay and two meals.
▲ After staying for three days and two nights, I was really reluctant to return the room key. Little Burger would say that I would stay for a month, and then my parents would go bankrupt.
▲ Axi Kali Hotel's own box-type shuttle bus provides free shuttle service to and from the station.
🚖How to get there by car? Traffic information and surrounding environment of Kaiseki Ryoan Aしか里
Kaiseki Ryoan Ashikari is located in the Yugawara hot spring area. The nearest railway station is Yugawara Station. The one-way fare of a taxi from the station is about 1 yen. The hotel also provides a free shuttle bus. You can call the hotel to and from the station There is free pick-up and drop-off by car, and there are 10 parking spaces in front of the hotel.
There is a bus stop along the main road in Yugawara Onsen area. The Hakone Tozan Bus and Izu Hakone Bus's Okuyugawara line bus route passes here. The nearest stop sign in Ashikari is Daozhong Station, but the hotel is located on the mountain, and you can walk from the hot spring area It takes a long hike to get there.
▲ The nearest railway station to Yugawara Hot Spring Area is Yugawara Station. (source:Yugawara Onsen Tourist Association)
▲ There are bus stop signs along the main road of Yugawara Hot Spring Area. (source:Yugawara Onsen Tourist Association)
▲ The waiting space in front of Yugawara Station is quite comfortable, and there is a taxi waiting station in front of it.
▲ The hand soup in front of Yugawara Station should be very useful in winter, not the foot bath!
▲ During the daytime on the second day after staying at the hotel, take the JR Tokaido to Yamakita Station to enjoy the cherry blossoms.
▲ The cherry blossom scenery along the railway and iron bridge at Yamakita Station is quite beautiful.
▲ On the third day, we walked down the mountain from the hotel and went to Manyo Park and the open-air hot spring for a walk, but we had to be mentally prepared to climb the mountain on the return trip.
▲ The tourist service center of Manyo Park, the cherry blossoms are in full bloom in front of the door, and there is a free foot bath next to it.
▲ The tourist service center in Manyo Park serves light meals, coffee and soft drinks.
▲ The Ryusumen concept restaurant in front of Manyo Park.
🏨In-depth understanding: The brand story of Kaiseki Ryoan Akori
Yugawara Co., Ltd. (Limited company ゆがわら) was founded in August 2012. The representative of the company is Hagiwara Jotaro. In 8, it launched its first base in Yugawara Town - Kaiseki Ryoan Ashikari, and subsequently opened Baitan and Genji in Hakone Gora. All the bases are refurbished and remodeled the original buildings, and reopened after changing the name.
The hotel base managed by Yugawara Co., Ltd. focuses on large-scale guest rooms and kaiseki cuisine. The hotel has hot spring resources flowing directly from the source. The rooms are large and equipped with open-air baths, and there are also semi-outdoor rooms. The large public bath also serves kaiseki cuisine that changes with the seasons.
- Yugawara Onsen:Ashikari(2012)
- Hakone Gora:Sandalwood(2016)｜Xuan(2021)
✅Comprehensive evaluation: Yugawara’s luxurious kaiseki cuisine and parent-child friendly large space rooms
Axi Kari is located in the Yugawara hot spring area in Kanagawa County, Kanto. In 2012, it was established in 80. From the XNUMX-year-old traditional ryokan, it was changed and rebuilt into a luxury ryokan. It has weak alkaline hot spring water from the source, and each room is There is an open-air bath, and kaiseki cuisine with a menu that changes with the seasons is provided, creating a family-friendly accommodation atmosphere.
Kaiseki Brigade Ashikari·Ashikari.Ashikari
- Reservation:agoda discount rate|booking.com
- Phone: +81 465 624151
- Official website: https://www.ashikari.com/
- Address: 〒259-0314 734 Miyakami, Yugawara-cho, Ashigarashita-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture
