Man’yō no Sato Hakuunsou万葉の里 白雲荘

Hakuunsou is a ten-room inn built around a single organising principle: every guest has exclusive access to a private open-air bath, drawn from the spring via source-fed flow, on their own terrace. The public baths function as a secondary amenity rather than the main bath experience. This is the opposite of the Sansuirou model where the 8F public bath is a destination - here, the destination is in your room.

The dining programme is Michelin-starred kaiseki. The menu rotates monthly and leans on Sagami Bay seafood and local mountain ingredients. The pacing is slower and more formal than at Sansuirou - fewer guests, fewer simultaneous covers, more deliberate courses. Meals are served in a mix of in-room and private-dining formats depending on the plan; confirm at booking.

The building sits directly over the Chitose River in the upper valley. From some rooms you hear the river without any intermediate sound. The architecture is contemporary-traditional: wood, stone, glass, with the river as the central visual anchor. This is not a historical ryokan - it is a contemporary luxury inn in the Japanese ryokan format.

International presence on Agoda and Booking.com is unusual for a Yugawara ryokan at this tier. The official site has an English version. Reservations run 8-12 weeks out for peak weekends (Golden Week, autumn colours, New Year). Cancellation policy is strict; read it on the booking platform before confirming.

住所: Upper Chitose River area, Yugawara, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa

アクセス: About 10 minutes by taxi from Yugawara Station. Shuttle available; confirm pickup when booking.

ランク: ultra-luxury

客室数: 10 rooms

価格帯: ¥40,000-¥80,000 per person (plan dependent)

食事: Michelin-starred kaiseki, monthly rotating menu

ハイライト:

• Private outdoor source-flow bath in every room
• Michelin-starred kaiseki
• 10 rooms only - very low-density
• Directly over the Chitose River
• English booking via Agoda + official site

源泉: Yugawara Onsen spring, with source-fed flow confirmed in all rooms.

浴槽: Private source-fed outdoor bath in every room, plus common public baths.

• 万葉の里白雲荘 - official English site
• Hakuunsou - Agoda listing