Tobira Onsen, Iriyamabe, Matsumoto扉温泉明神館

Tobira Onsen Myojinkan

Tobira Onsen Myojinkan is a ryokan of 39 rooms on its own at Tobira Onsen, a forested valley 1,050 m up in the Iriyamabe district east of Matsumoto, opened in 1931. Rooms run from Japanese and twin-bedded rooms in the Otaka wing to the modern Zen suites with hot-spring baths, and dinner is French or Japanese in one of two restaurants.

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About the property

Rooms: 39
Dinner: In the restaurant
MICHELIN Keys: 1
Recognition: One MICHELIN Key, new in the 2026 selection; Relais & Châteaux member since 2008; Green Key certified, the first inn in Japan to be
Owned by: Myojinkan Co., Ltd.

Rooms and suites

Otaka Western
56 sq m · Susukigawa river view · Twelve rooms with a sitting room in the Otaka wing along the headwaters of the Susukigawa · Hollywood twin beds · hot-spring bath in the room · no children.
Otaka Japanese
60 sq m · Forest view · Six rooms with a 10-tatami room and a Western-style sitting area by a large window · hot-spring bath in the room.
Yamashina
70 sq m · Forest view · Two Japanese-style rooms with beds and a shower booth, no bathtub · recently renewed. The translator Itsuro Mukosaka stayed and wrote at the inn for months at a time from the 1940s.
Seiryu-an
60 to 63 sq m · Forest and river confluence view · Four twin rooms with beds · two with a half-open-air bath, two with a roofed open-air bath · no children.
Zen Standard
59 to 62 sq m · Forest view · Three rooms with a king bed and half-open-air bath.
Zen SPA Living
70 sq m · Forest view · Four rooms added in spring 2021, tatami floor with beds and a hot-spring tub in the middle of the living room, in grey or white.
Hachinoki
92 sq m · Forest view · Sukiya-style room of 18.5 tatami with beds, a small courtyard garden, veranda and roofed open-air bath.

Suites

Zen-Sasa and Zen-Taki
85 sq m · Forest view · Corner rooms of local timber, walls and ceilings finished with knotweed, persimmon-leaf and mugwort plasters · half-open-air bath.
Zen-Yuya
92 sq m (including a 20 sq m terrace) · Forest view · King bed · open-air bath on the terrace.
Zen-Toji (Nekohama Room)
112 sq m · Forest view · Three rooms with a tatami corner, a 14 sq m viewing bath facing the forest and matcha by Nekohama · projector · no television.
Zen-Shirakaba
160 sq m (including a 53 sq m terrace) · Forest view · The largest room, with a king bed and an open-air bath on the terrace.

Dining and wellness

Beef and young carrots, from Nature French SAI
A Shinshu hassun on red lacquer
Spring vegetables of Shinshu on a bamboo leaf

Nature French SAI: bistro-style French · breakfast and dinner · dinner 6pm–9.30pm (last entry 7.30pm), breakfast 8am–10.30am
Shinshu Dining TOBIRA: modern Shinshu cuisine · breakfast and dinner · dinner 6pm–9.30pm (last entry 7.30pm)
Salon 1050: café and bar · mornings 8.30am–12pm, café 3pm–6pm, bar 6pm–11pm
Wellness: Three hot-spring baths (standing, open-air and lie-down), private baths in most suites and Natura, a treatment room offering treatments based on yin-yang and the five elements, 10:00 to 23:00.

Where it is

Matsumoto station: 35 min by the hotel’s car
Matsumoto station: 30 min by taxi
Shinjuku station: 2 h 40 by train
Shinshu Matsumoto Airport: 50 min by the hotel’s car

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Shinshu Matsumoto airport, about 50 minutes, with a free bus booked at least three days ahead; or Tokyo Haneda or Narita and the train via Shinjuku.