A hotel brand in Japan
Tsuruga Besso
The Tsuruga Group is a Hokkaido family company that began with the Akan Grand Hotel on Lake Akan in the mid-1950s, has used the Tsuruga name, after the red-crowned crane, since 1995, and has been led by Masayuki Onishi since 1989.
Tsuruga Besso is the name it gives to four of its smaller hot-spring inns, on Lake Akan, Lake Shikotsu and below Mount Yotei in Niseko.
- Ryokans
- 4
- With a hot spring in every room
- 3
What they share
- All in Hokkaido, each on a hot spring
- 24 or 25 rooms in each
- Dinner is a Japanese course of Hokkaido produce
- Check-out is at 11:00
How to choose
For adults only
Akan Tsuruga Bessou Hinanoza: suites on Lake Akan, junior-high age and over, with most drinks included
For a lake view from the bath
Lake Shikotsu Tsuruga Bessou Ao no Za: every suite has an open-air bath facing Lake Shikotsu
For the newest
Shikotsuko Tsuruga Besso Kohakunosho: opened in August 2026, with a hot-spring bath in every room
For Niseko, with children
Niseko Konbu Onsen Tsuruga Besso Moku no Sho: in the woods of Konbu Onsen, children welcome, with shared baths
4 ryokans
Akanko Onsen, Lake Akan
RyokanAkan Tsuruga Bessou Hinanoza
あかん鶴雅別荘 鄙の座
Adults-only suites on Lake Akan's south shore
Shikotsuko Onsen, Lake Shikotsu
RyokanLake Shikotsu Tsuruga Bessou Ao no Za
しこつ湖鶴雅別荘 碧の座
Twenty-five suites, each bath facing Lake Shikotsu
Konbu Onsen, Niseko
RyokanNiseko Konbu Onsen Tsuruga Besso Moku no Sho
ニセコ昆布温泉 鶴雅別荘 杢の抄
Jazz on JBL Paragons by a fire, beside the Momiji falls
Shikotsuko Onsen, Lake Shikotsu
RyokanShikotsuko Tsuruga Besso Kohakunosho
しこつ湖 鶴雅別荘 湖白の抄
All in lake white, with a waterfall corridor
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Q&A
Tsuruga Besso is the name on four of the group's inns, each of about 25 rooms; the group also runs larger hotels such as Akan Yuku no Sato Tsuruga. On our list are Hinanoza on Lake Akan, Ao no Za and Kohakunosho on Lake Shikotsu, and Moku no Sho in Niseko.
At Ao no Za and Moku no Sho, yes, at any age. Hinanoza takes guests of junior-high-school age and over and sends families to its sister hotels.
Ao no Za and Kohakunosho on Lake Shikotsu, about 40 minutes by car, with a free shuttle when booked ahead. Hinanoza is about an hour from Kushiro Airport, and Moku no Sho about two and a half hours from New Chitose.
Not the shared baths at Hinanoza or Moku no Sho, where tattoo stickers are barred too. Ao no Za and Kohakunosho have no shared bath, so you bathe in your room.