Boutique hotel • Yugawara
Luxury auberge
BOSCAGE, 'forest' in English, opened in 2019 and occupies a wooded position in Miyakami, Yugawara's innermost valley. At five rooms, it is the smallest property in this guide and also the most expensive. Every room is a suite with its own private open-air bath using source-fed Yugawara spring water. There is no shared bath, no day-use access, and no children under 10.
The dining concept is owner-driven: each morning, the chef selects fish personally from Odawara's public market, and the kaiseki dinner is built around that day's catch plus seasonal mountain vegetables. The menu is not fixed in advance and will not be identical two nights running. This auberge model - small, market-driven, no shared public spaces - places BOSCAGE closer to a high-end French auberge operating under Japanese kaiseki logic than it does to a conventional hotel.
At ¥117,000+ for two guests including meals and tax, BOSCAGE is priced at the same level as Yugawara's established ultra-luxury ryokan tier (Sekiyo, Hakuunsou). The trade-off: complete privacy and a personalized seafood-forward menu, versus 10 minutes by car from the station (no shuttle confirmed), and a contemporary aesthetic rather than a generations-old literary lineage.
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What to know
Stay details
Address: 〒259-0314 Miyakami, Yugawara, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa 683-2
Access: Approximately 10 minutes by car from JR Yugawara Station. No shuttle service confirmed; taxi or own vehicle recommended.
Rooms: 5 rooms (all suite-style). Adults only; children under 10 not permitted.
Price range: From ¥117,000 (tax included) for 2 guests per night with kaiseki dinner and breakfast, April 2026. Additional: onsen tax ¥150/person + accommodation tax ¥300-500/person.
Dining: Japanese seafood auberge; kaiseki dinner based on owner's daily selection from Odawara fish market. Full-board (dinner + breakfast) included.
Onsen access: Yugawara hot spring with source-fed flow in all five private open-air baths. No shared bath facilities.
Founded: 2019
Highlights:
- All 5 rooms have private source-fed outdoor baths
- Daily-market-driven kaiseki - menu changes based on Odawara morning catch
- Adults-only (children under 10 not permitted)
- 5 rooms - highest privacy ratio in the guide
- Opened 2019 - contemporary design in forested Miyakami setting
Where our sources disagree
Data notes
These are points where the platforms and official pages we consulted gave us conflicting information.
- Classification: Listed under Hotels in this guide but operates as an ultra-luxury auberge at ~¥58,500/person/night with full-board and private source-fed baths; structurally closer to a ryokan model than a hotel.
- Shuttle service: No shuttle confirmed in available sources. Car or taxi from Yugawara Station (~10 min) is the implied access mode.
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