Miyahama Onsen, Hatsukaichi庭園の宿石亭

Sekitei

A 12-room ryokan on a slope at Miyahama Onsen in Hatsukaichi, looking across the strait to Miyajima, with rooms in a main house, sukiya villas and two garden pavilions set around a stroll garden with a central pond. Its salons, library and hideaways are furnished with mid-century and Scandinavian chairs, and dinner is kaiseki of Seto Inland Sea fish served in the room.

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About the property

Rooms: 12
Bath in the room: Every room
Dinner: In your room
MICHELIN Keys: 2
Recognition: Eighth in The Garden Rankings of Japan, chosen by international experts from about 1,000 gardens including ryokan and former villas
Owned by: The Ueno family (Junichi Ueno, who also runs Anagomeshi Ueno at Miyajimaguchi)

Rooms and suites

Tsuremai (連舞)
Main house, first floor · sea and garden from the centre of the house · sleeps 2
Basho (芭蕉)
Main house, first floor · bath open to the sky · sleeps 4
Yunagi (夕凪)
Main house, first floor · open deck with a 180-degree view of the Seto strait · sleeps 4
Koseki (苔石)
Sukiya villa with Larsen and Mogensen sofas · sleeps 3
Kozan (肱山)
Sukiya villa with a moon-viewing veranda · sleeps 4
Oimatsu (老松)
Sukiya villa, the inn's emblem · sleeps 4
Anan (安庵)
Two-storey garden pavilion with an open-air bath and a salon · sleeps 2
Kochuan (居中庵)
Garden pavilion facing the mountains · sleeps 2
Yusen (游僊)
Two-storey sukiya villa overlooking the garden · sleeps 4
Hogetsu (抱月)
Two-storey sukiya villa beside the pond · sleeps 4
Seizan (聖山)
Villa with a wisteria trellis and mountain views · sleeps 6
Taikan (大観)
Sukiya villa with a panorama of sea, mountains and garden · sleeps 8 (from 3 guests)

Dining and wellness

A table set for dinner, open to the lit garden
Breakfast laid out by the garden
Rolled omelette in a red lacquer bowl

In-room kaiseki: kaiseki in the room
Wellness: Public onsen baths with hinoki indoor and open-air tubs, a salon with a private bath, and Spa Suite Rin treatments in the Horaitei garden pavilion.

Where it is

Onoura station: 5 min by car
Miyajimaguchi station: 15 min by car
Hiroshima station: 44 min by train
Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport: 25 min by taxi
Hiroshima Airport: 1 h 29 by bus

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Tell us your dates and our team in Japan books it for you, at the inn’s own rate. We ask for the room we would choose and look after everything else with the inn on your behalf: your preferences and requests, any special arrangement, from a celebration to a car from the station, and whatever you need before and during your stay. The price and cancellation terms are confirmed with you first.

Hiroshima Airport: the direct Miyajimaguchi Airport Line bus to Miyajimaguchi, with luggage sent on to the inn free; Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport is 25 minutes by taxi.