Awara Onsen光風湯圃べにや
Kofuyuden Beniya
A ryokan of 17 rooms in the onsen town of Awara in northern Fukui, founded in 1884 and rebuilt by architect Tetsuo Kobori after the old inn, a registered tangible cultural property, burned in 2018. Every room has a different plan, a small courtyard and its own partly open-air bath of free-flowing spring water, and dinner and breakfast are served in the room.
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About the property
- Rooms
- 17
- Bath in the room
- Every room
- Dinner
- In your room
- MICHELIN Keys
- 1
- Recognition
- Semi-Grand Prix (runner-up), 6th Japan Wabunka Grand Prix (2026), space and architecture category, shared by architect Tetsuo Kobori and the inn for its building; the previous building was a registered tangible cultural property (2015), and in 1951 Beniya was the first government-registered international tourist ryokan in Hokuriku and the fifth in Japan
- Owned by
- Takashi Okumura (representative) and Chiyo Okumura (okami)
Rooms and suites
Superior Room (bed)
8–10 tatami + 6–8 tatami, with beds · Three rooms, each styled differently · up to five guests.
Superior Room (futon)
60.4 sq m; 10 + 8 tatami with a dining room · Up to three guests · the partly open-air bath is lined in blue Shakudani stone from Fukui.
Superior Room for two (bed)
57.9 sq m; 8-tatami bedroom and 10-tatami dining room · Wooden floors with a raised tatami corner · suited to older guests. Named Otowa · closed for refurbishment from mid-August to mid-October 2026.
Standard Room (bed)
8 tatami with a dining room · Up to three guests · the dining room can be entered without passing through the bedroom.
Standard Room (futon)
8 tatami with a dining room · Up to three guests · each room has a different interior, and the dining room can be entered without passing through the bedroom.
Standard Room with an extra room (bed)
52.6 sq m; 8 + 6 tatami · a small tsuboniwa courtyard garden view · Up to four guests.
Standard Room with an extra room (futon)
8–10 tatami + 6 tatami · Up to six guests · the sliding doors come out to make one room for a family or group.
Suites
The Suite (Tokubetsu-shitsu)
86.2 sq m; 12.5 + 8 tatami · views from the partly open-air bath view · Sukiya-style, with a counter and a sitting room · beds of Yoshino cypress from Nara.
Dining and wellness
Echizen crab grilled over charcoal, from the winter crab kaiseki
Hassun of the seasonal Echizen kaiseki
Echizen crab served raw and steamed, from the crab kaiseki
Breakfast of local produce and free-range eggs, set at the table in the room
- In-room kaiseki
- kaiseki in the room
- Lobby lounge
- lobby lounge
- Wellness
- Large spring baths (15:00–10:00), a spring-water bath in every room and massage in the room on request; no spa, sauna or gym is listed.
Where it is
- Tokyo station
- 2 h 51 by train
- Fukui station
- 40 min by train
- Kanazu interchange
- 15 min by car
- Komatsu Airport
- 35 min by train
4-510 Onsen, Awara
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Tell us your dates and our team in Japan books it for you, at the inn’s own rate. We ask for the room we would choose and look after everything else with the inn on your behalf: your preferences and requests, any special arrangement, from a celebration to a car from the station, and whatever you need before and during your stay. The price and cancellation terms are confirmed with you first.
Guests with tattoos, including body paint, may not use the large baths; every room has its own spring-water bath.
Komatsu Airport: bus to Komatsu station (about 15 minutes), then JR to Ashiharaonsen (about 20 minutes by limited express), where the inn's shuttle meets guests.
