Which to choose
Benesse House or Naoshima Ryokan Roka?
Both are on the art island of Naoshima. Benesse House is Tadao Ando's museum and hotel on the south coast, with art on the walls and the museum open to guests late into the night; Roka is a modern ryokan in the hills near Honmura, opened in 2022, with an open-air bath on every suite's deck and dinner included.
Where
Naoshima
Naoshima
Kind
Hotel
Ryokan
Rooms
65
11
In the room
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Every room has an open-air bath on a deck
Shared baths
No hot-spring baths, shared or in the rooms
No hot spring and no shared baths
Dinner and breakfast
Dinner is extra; book it ahead
Kaiseki dinner included, in the restaurant EN
Children
Children welcome in Park and the Beach Suites
Guests 12 and over only
MICHELIN Keys
2
1
Booking from abroad
Rooms released on set dates, months ahead.
Rooms released on set dates, months ahead.
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Benesse House- Free entry to the museum and the Hiroshi Sugimoto Gallery until 23:00
- Four buildings by Tadao Ando, including Oval, reached by its own monorail
- French, kaiseki or an eight-seat sushi counter led by a chef formerly of Sushi Saito
Choose
Naoshima Ryokan Roka- Dinner and breakfast are included, in its own restaurant, EN
- An open-air bath on a wooden deck in every suite
- Contemporary Japanese art throughout, a five-minute walk from Honmura
The two
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Q&A
At Roka, yes: a sushi or table kaiseki, one course for the whole party. At Benesse House dinner is extra and booked in advance, and the Terrace and Issen serve hotel guests only.
No. Benesse House has no shared or in-room hot-spring baths, and Roka's open-air baths are not hot-spring water.