Shimojohoji, Eiheiji歓宿縁 ESHIKOTO

Kanshukuen Eshikoto

Kanshukuen ESHIKOTO, run by Aquaignis, is an auberge of eight black villas, opened in November 2024 at the foot of Mount Johoji facing the Kuzuryu River, next to ESHIKOTO, the sake complex of the company behind the Kokuryu brewery, and about 15 minutes by car from Eiheiji temple. Each villa has a hot-spring bath and terrace and is furnished by the ceramicist Koichi Uchida with antiques, Fukui crafts and modern art; dinner is at its Japanese restaurant En or its French restaurant cadre. A ninth villa, TSUDOI, with two Finnish saunas, takes guests from 31 October 2026.

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About the property

Rooms: 9
Dinner: Private dining room
Recognition: Luxury Japan Award 2026, The 10 Best Hotels in Japan (announced December 2025); iF Design Award 2026 Gold for Bar Toki's architecture

Rooms and suites

JOU (I Bamboo / Craft; II Elegant pursuits / Universal; III Red-vermilion / Glamour)
103.52 sq m · rice fields, closest to the Kuzuryu River view · Three villas for one or two · semi-open-air hot-spring bath and terrace. I has bamboo antiques and old Echizen jars, II Joseon (Yi dynasty) porcelain and chests, III Negoro lacquer and red furnishings.
RYU (I Japanese Modern / Art Deco; II Japanese / Mingei; III Inishie / Ancient)
99.04 sq m · Three villas halfway up the slope, for up to four, with a tatami room · semi-open-air hot-spring bath and terrace. II has mingei pieces by Keisuke Serizawa and Shoji Hamada, III primitive art.
ZEN (I ART / Simple; II Climate / Land)
108.40 sq m · a small enclosed garden view · The two largest villas, for up to four, with a tatami living room and a tsubo-niwa garden · semi-open-air hot-spring bath and terrace. II holds a Muromachi-period Echizen jar, Echizen chests and Echizen washi lighting.

Suites

TSUDOI (聚)
the Kuzuryu River and the hills view · Villa for up to eight, from 31 October 2026, with two Finnish saunas (Kuohu and Rauha) designed by Studio Puisto, a cold plunge and a wooden deck · its bath is not hot-spring water.

Dining and wellness

Echizen crab, the winter dish of Nihon Ryori En
Courses of cadre's French menu on Fukui produce
The twelve-seat counter of Nihon Ryori En
Breakfast at acoya, with clay-pot Koshihikari rice

Nihon Ryori En: Japanese restaurant
cadre: French restaurant · a few days a month
Bar Toki: cocktail bar · glass room over a pool
Apéro & Pâtisserie acoya: pâtisserie · ESHIKOTO complex next door · breakfast
Wellness: A private semi-open-air hot-spring bath in each of the eight onsen villas and no shared baths; the TSUDOI villa has two Finnish saunas from 31 October 2026.

Where it is

Eiheijiguchi station: 6 min by taxi
Fukui station: 25 min by train
Fukui station: 27 min by car
Eiheiji-Sando IC: 10 min by car

10-15-1 Shimojohoji, Eiheiji-cho, Fukui

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Komatsu (KMQ) is the nearest airport; from JR Fukui station the inn is about 27 minutes by car.