Mifuneyama Rakuen, Takeo Onsen御宿竹林亭

Onyado Chikurintei

Onyado Chikurintei is an eleven-room ryokan of sukiya buildings inside Mifuneyama Rakuen, the strolling garden that Nabeshima Shigeyoshi, lord of Takeo, completed in 1845 against the cliffs of Mount Mifune, 3 km from Takeo-Onsen station in Saga. Every room has its own open-air hot-spring bath, four open straight onto the garden by private paths, and kaiseki is served in the room.

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About the property

Rooms: 11
Bath in the room: Hot spring, every room
Dinner: In your room
MICHELIN Keys: 2
Recognition: Top comfort rating in red (five red pavilions) in the MICHELIN Guide Fukuoka-Saga 2014 Special Edition, kept in the Fukuoka-Saga-Nagasaki 2019 Special Edition; the Emperor and Empress stayed in 1992 and the Crown Prince in 2007

Rooms and suites

Gochiku (Japanese and Western room)
128 sq m including a 50 sq m moon-viewing deck; main room 10 tatami, second room 4 tatami, Western-style room · Mifuneyama Rakuen from a corner on high ground view · Timber open-air bath beside an Oshima cherry · direct path into the garden · up to 4 guests
Kasho (Japanese and Western room)
103 sq m including a 25 sq m moon-viewing deck with the bath; main room 10 tatami, second room 4 tatami, Western-style room · Mount Mifune view · Open-air bath set into the deck, one door from the indoor bathroom · direct path into the garden · up to 2 guests
Shakunage (Japanese and Western room)
110 sq m including a 15 sq m moon-viewing deck; main room 10 tatami, second room 3 tatami, Western-style room · Down to the Hizen-no-kami teahouse by the garden pond view · Corner room · open-air bath in a cedar-bark-roofed hut reached by stepping stones · direct path into the garden · up to 4 guests
Yamazakura (Japanese and Western room)
78 sq m; main room 10 tatami, second room 4 tatami, Western-style room · Mount Mifune, an old cherry and the azaleas below view · Stone open-air standing bath, 110 cm at its deepest, jutting over the courtyard · direct path into the garden · up to 2 guests
Ajisai (Japanese and Western room)
100 sq m; main room 10 tatami, second room 3 tatami, Western-style room · Mount Mifune and the garden's hydrangeas, cherries and maples view · Modern interior with a white-wood deck · open-air bath with an automatic canopy roof · up to 4 guests
Takasago (Japanese-style room)
95 sq m; main room 15 tatami, second room 5 tatami · Mount Mifune view · 20 sq m open-air bath added in 2015 · the room where the Emperor and Empress dined in 1992 · up to 3 guests
Sazanka (Japanese-style room)
70 sq m; main room 8 tatami, bedroom 6 tatami · Mifuneyama Rakuen through trees; a maple lit at night view · Open-air bath of stacked stone slabs · up to 2 guests
Suehiro (Japanese-style room)
58 sq m; main room 10 tatami, second room 4 tatami · The white-sand courtyard and the mountain ridge through one large pane view · Open-air bath · up to 2 guests
Hagoromo (Japanese-style room)
100 sq m including 40 sq m of moon-viewing deck and open-air bath; main room 10 tatami, second room 3 tatami · The white-sand courtyard with its five-tier stone lantern view · Corner room nearest the Take no Yu bath · up to 2 guests
Senjaku (Japanese-style room)
68 sq m including a 10 sq m moon-viewing deck; main room 10 tatami, second room 3 tatami · The 150-tsubo white-sand courtyard and the garden beyond; morning sun view · Corner room · open-air bath · up to 2 guests

Suites

Shuho (VIP room)
250 sq m; main room 13 tatami, second room 6 tatami, third room 8 tatami, dressing room 3 tatami, Western-style room · Mount Mifune, the closest of any room view · The largest in-room open-air bath, big enough for four · where the Emperor and Empress stayed in 1992 · up to 4 guests

Dining and wellness

Kihin kaiseki, with spiny lobster
Chikurin kaiseki, the monthly menu
Breakfast, with a warmed hot-pot, by the garden

In-room kaiseki: kaiseki in the room · breakfast
Chaya Bar: bar · Hagino-o teahouse · 1 Mar–31 Dec, closed Mon
Wellness: Takeo Onsen water in every room's open-air bath, two large baths and two open-air baths in the ryokan, and free use of Rakan no Yu with its sauna at Mifuneyama Rakuen Hotel nearby; no spa or gym.

Where it is

Takeo-Onsen station: 5 min by the hotel’s car
Hakata station: 1 h 15 by train
Nagasaki Airport: 40 min by car
Saga Airport: 50 min by car

4100 Takeo, Takeo-cho, Takeo

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Nagasaki Airport, about 40 minutes by car; Fukuoka Airport about 1 hour 10 minutes by car; Saga Airport about 50 minutes.