Kawakami, Yufuin (the hillside on the south-facing slope above the basin)ENOWA YUFUIN

Enowa Yufuin

ENOWA Yufuin is a 19-room auberge opened in June 2023 on a 44,000 sq m hillside above the Yufuin basin in Oita, looking across to Mount Yufu and the town, with ten villas and a two-storey hotel wing, every room with its own hot-spring bath. It is built around its farm and the restaurant JIMGU, where Tibetan-born chef Tashi Gyamtso cooks a daily menu from what is harvested that morning, with a sauna in the woods and a spa.

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About the property

Rooms: 19
Bath in the room: Hot spring, every room
Dinner: In the restaurant
MICHELIN Keys: 2
Recognition: Relais & Châteaux member since 2025; Luxury Japan Award 2025, Best 10
Owned by: Eicos Co., Ltd. (株式会社エイコス), Osaka

Rooms and suites

Forest Side Villa (Forest View Room), nos. 05 to 08
108 sq m · Cedar woods, at sunset view · Four villas for two or three, with an open-air hot-spring bath and an infinity pool facing the cedar trees · two double beds.
Garden Side Villa: Zen Meditation Room, no. 09
108 sq m · Garden view · For two or three, with a stone 'cushion' set for meditation, an open-air hot-spring bath and a pool · two double beds.
Garden Side Villa: Mountain View Room, no. 10
108 sq m · The mountains around Yufuin view · For two or three, with an open-air hot-spring bath and a pool · two double beds.
The Rooms, nos. 101 to 103 and 201 to 206
78 sq m · Nine rooms for two in the two-storey hotel wing, in solid wood and earth-style plaster, with a semi-open-air hot-spring bath and no pool · two semi-double beds · no bathrobes.

Suites

Hill Top Sky Pavilion: Sunset City View Premium Suite, no. 01
165 sq m · Over Yufuin town view · High ceilings · the town is in view from the room, the open-air bath, the infinity pool and the indoor bathtub · for two, two queen beds.
Hill Top Sky Pavilion: Mt. Yufu Sunrise View Premium Suite, no. 02
165 sq m · Mount Yufu view · As no. 01 but facing Mount Yufu, seen from the room, the open-air bath, the infinity pool and the bathtub · for two, two queen beds.
Hill Side Waterfall Villa (Sky View Suite), nos. 03 and 04
108 sq m · Two villas for two or three, with high ceilings, an infinity pool spilling over as a waterfall, stone sculptures (a stone chair, stones that ring when touched) and an open-air hot-spring bath · two double beds.

Dining

A green course from the farm at JIMGU
JIMGU's farm-driven courses with the day's harvest
The JIMGU dining room around its planted centre
The farm breakfast, served among the greenery

JIMGU: farm-driven tasting menus · breakfast and dinner · dinner seatings 5.30pm, 6pm and 6.30pm
Farm Bar: cocktail bar

Where it is

Yufuin station: 5 min by the hotel’s car
Oita Airport: 50 min by car
Oita Airport: 55 min by bus
Fukuoka Airport: 1 h 30 by car

544 Kawakami, Yufuin-cho, Yufu

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Oita, about 50 minutes by car (airport limousine bus about 55 minutes to Yufuin bus terminal); Fukuoka, about 1 hour 30 minutes by car or 2 hours 30 minutes by bus.