Which to choose
Kamenoi Bessou or Sanso Murata?
Both are inns of detached houses in the woods of Yufuin, each house with its own hot-spring bath. Kamenoi Bessou began in 1921 as the villa of the man who made Beppu a resort, beside Lake Kinrin; Sanso Murata is a set of old farmhouses, moved and rebuilt in the woods at Kawakami.
Where
Lake Kinrin, Yufuin
Kawakami, Yufuin
Kind
Ryokan
Ryokan
Rooms
17
12
In the room
Every room has its own hot-spring bath
Every house has its own indoor hot-spring bath
Shared baths
Hot-spring water from a source in the grounds
No large or shared open-air baths
Dinner and breakfast
Kaiseki dinner included, in-room for cottage guests
Dinner included, mostly served in your house
Children
Cottages welcome children
Children welcome
MICHELIN Keys
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Straightforward
Straightforward
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Kamenoi Bessou- Cottages in a 1921 villa's wooded garden on Lake Kinrin
- Most cottages have an open-air bath, fed straight from a source in the grounds
- Juban-kan, a counter where the head chef cooks for three parties a night, Tuesday to Thursday
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Sanso Murata- Twelve houses, most of them old farmhouses moved and rebuilt
- Free-flowing Yufuin spring water in every house
- Saryo Saibido's satoyama cooking in private rooms, for staying guests
The two
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Q&A
At Kamenoi Bessou, eight of the eleven cottages have an open-air bath. Sanso Murata's houses have indoor hot-spring baths only, and there is no shared open-air bath.
At Kamenoi Bessou, cottage guests dine in their cottage and main-building guests in the restaurant Keikaen. At Sanso Murata most houses dine at home, and four in private rooms of the main building.