Which to choose
Gora Kadan or Gora Kadan Fuji?
Gora Kadan is the original, an inn since 1948 in the former summer villa of Prince Kan'in at Gora in Hakone, with baths from its own three springs. Gora Kadan Fuji, its second house, opened in July 2025 at Subashiri, with every suite looking towards the summit of Mount Fuji. The first is an old house where dinner comes to your room; the second is a new building with several restaurants, a pool and a separate bath house.
Where
Gora, Hakone
Subashiri, Mount Fuji
Kind
Ryokan
Ryokan
Rooms
42
42
In the room
Every room has its own bath
Every room has a private bath
Shared baths
Indoor baths from its own three springs
Indoor and open-air hot-spring baths, with saunas
Dinner and breakfast
Kaiseki dinner in your room, included
Kaiseki dinner, plus sushi, kappo and teppanyaki
Children
All ages welcome
No age limit
Tattoos
Small tattoos are fine in the public baths
Tattoos must be covered in the baths and pool
MICHELIN Keys
3
2
Booking from abroad
Some rooms booked only by telephone, in Japanese. Rooms released on set dates, months ahead.
Straightforward
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Gora Kadan- It stands in the Kan'in imperial summer villa, an inn since 1948
- Its water comes from three sources of its own, two rising in the garden
- A private open-air bath, fed straight from the source, is free to book
Choose
Gora Kadan Fuji- Every suite looks towards the summit of Mount Fuji
- Besides the kaiseki, there is sushi in the line of Sushi Sho, a kappo counter and teppanyaki with Nihonryori Kanda
- A heated pool facing Fuji, and hot-spring baths with saunas
The two
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Q&A
It is the same house's second ryokan, opened in July 2025 at Subashiri, at the foot of Mount Fuji. It is a new building, with Kaiseki KADAN and three other restaurants on one floor, rather than an old villa.
At Gora Kadan the kaiseki is generally served in the room, except in the Meigetsu and Senshin annexes, which dine in Kaiseki Kadan. At Gora Kadan Fuji dinner is taken in the restaurants, with seatings from 18:00 to 19:00.
Gora Kadan opens its rooms on set dates months ahead, some by telephone only, and Gora Kadan Fuji now opens new bookings the same way. Our team in Japan books both at the hotel's own rate.