The second picture above shows the Executive Room with Open-Air Bath – Annex room, which also offers one-of-a-kind views of Yufuin’s nature. Surrounded by nature, each one comes equipped with an open-air bath fed directly from a hot spring source and features its own unique design so that guests can choose a room that best suits them. The picture above shows the luxury-type Satsuma Villa 5, which includes a pool with unparalleled views of the bay and Amami massage Ibusuki City. There isn’t a sight more Japanese than a one-story, thatched roof house surrounded by rice fields and mountain forest. Every one of its guest cottages comes with a semi-open-air bath or semi + full open-air bath combo, all filled with simple hot spring water that’s safe to use by adults, children, and the elderly. This auberge (French-style) resort merges high-class hospitality with the natural World Heritage spoils of Yakushima.
The first picture above shows the Yumihari, a modern Japanese-style room that’s as elegant as it is cozy. The second picture above shows the open-air bath at the Yumemi, which also features a hearth for that added touch of Japanese charm. This vast hotel features 27 private cottages with their own open-air baths, offering guests such beautiful sights as early morning mist with the spectacular Mt. Yufu in the background. The hotel also has a “Four Season Forest” strolling area where guests can enjoy the beauty of Japan’s four seasons. Located in the center of Oita Prefecture , Yufuin stretches around the foot of Mt. Yufu , also known as the area's Mt. Fuji.
Please check the flower catalog.The photo showing red fish instead of flowers is under image preparation. There is the POOL VILLA which comes with a private pool and observation platform offering panoramic views of the sea and the chain of mountains across the bay. There is also the OCEAN VILLA, located right on the spacious waterfront, or the STANDARD VILLA, perched on a small hill. Takachiho, located in north Miyazaki Prefecture , is perhaps best known for the Takachiho Gorge .
Work hard on weekdays and immerse yourself in your hobbies on weekends. From that time, he was interested in herbs, medicinal herbs, dyed goods, textiles, etc. and enjoyed it as a hobby. With my life on Kakeromajima, I have more and more opportunities to come into contact with natural plants.
If you love being close to the sea, we highly recommend this option since even the bedroom offers great ocean views alongside soothing sound of waves. When night falls, hotel guests can enjoy the moon and the star-studded sky above them. It’s been said that this is the most beautiful view of the moon in all of Japan, so don’t miss a chance to witness it for yourself. The hotel offers five types of rooms, from 126 m² suites to 53 m² villas. Whichever you choose, you’ll be able to fully enjoy the natural wonders of Yakushima.
Do you want to explore Japan, but are concerned about contact with other travelers? If so, we recommend heading for the less-frequented island of Kyushu! We've put together a list of Kyushu’s must-see highlights together with nearby luxury accommodations, so that you can enjoy a visit in safety and style. Furthermore, in order to grow indigo by ourselves, we rented land for cultivation and created a field starting from mowing.
These are just examples of some of the many activities available on Amami Oshima. Above is the open-air Yamabuki bath, named for the Yamabuki deciduous shrub rose of the genus kerria. The bath is filled with sacred spring water from the Takachiho Gorge’s Tamadare Falls, allowing guests to cleanse their spirits along with their bodies.
Kurokawa Onsen Gosyo Gekkoujyu is a vast 13,000 m² forest complex housing only eight guest cottages, each of which offers beautiful views of the night sky above this little hot spring town. The hotel was built with the goal of allowing guests to gaze upon the moon in the middle of the forest, losing track of time to fully experience the splendor of nature. The second kanji in the name “Ikkoten” (一壷天) means “pot” or “vase” and refers to a passage from the Book of the Later Han about finding pleasures from another world inside such a container.
Right now, the survival of Amami’s Aizen is in a critical situation. The reality that the culture of indigo dyeing, which we have steadily built up sincerely, is once again cut off, made us feel uncomfortable. Mr. Yoshikawa cultivates Ryukyu indigo in his own field, collects it to make traditional natural dyes, and has been involved in indigo dyeing here for about 40 years. At one point, we visited “Yoshikawa Kobo” in Katoku, Setouchi Town. At the age of 48, his husband, Yoshihiro Yoshikawa, went into the mountains and searched for Ryukyu indigo for many years. A passionate craftsman who worked on the revival of Amami’s Aizen.
In Amami, indigo dyeing seems to have been popular from the end of the Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji era. In Kakeromajima , there is a description that indigo leaves are harvested around August of the lunar calendar, soaked in water for about 2 days, pulled up, and then mixed with baked coral to make dye. At one point, Rika witnesses a pile of “medicinal herbs called weeds” that are piled up by mowing several times a year. From that time on, I took over the fact that I couldn’t stand being thrown away as it was, and I began to enjoy using it for herbal teas and bath herbs. Gradually, I began to wonder if I could create something that made me feel more like an island. Until then, Rika had worked for a music-related company in Tokyo for many years.
There is an indigo field on the island, and there is also an indigo dyeing workshop and an atelier for writers in the elementary school, so it is an environment where it is easy to move in cooperation. This elementary school was set up by Aya Sada of “Natural Nunodokoro no Ya”, a weaving and dyeing artist living in Kakei Roma, as “Kakeroma Handwork Studio”, and several creators used the classroom as an atelier. It is also being used, and we have the island’s handicraft writers get involved in indigo dyeing together, which is useful for making works.