A facility offering authentic hospitality and exceptional comfort that has been maintained for over 300 years.
Enjoy a relaxing time with the natural hot spring water and delicious food at Rakuzan Rakusui.
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- This facility offers authentic hospitality and outstanding comfort that has been maintained for over 300 years. Enjoy a relaxing time with the hot spring water flowing directly from the source and the delicious cuisine of "Rakuzan Rakusui."
- A large public bath filled with historical hot springs and an open-air garden bath. Kaiseki cuisine where you can enjoy seasonal ingredients from the sea, mountains, and rivers.
Sakura no Yu is an open-air garden bath where you can enjoy the hot spring water with a thousand years of history, flowing directly from the source. It feels especially special as darkness falls.
Bankokuya has been standing by the Atsumi River for 300 years. Its front entrance exudes a sense of tradition and dignity.
This guest room comes with a 12 tatami Japanese-style room and a ceramic open-air bath with natural hot spring water. The photo shows a ceramic bath modeled after the Four Waterfalls on Mt. Atsumi, made by the "Tsugiyoshigama" kiln of Oishida ware in Yamagata Prefecture. Other ceramic baths include those made to represent the Sea of Japan from Nezumigaseki, the rice terraces of Kuretsubo, and the four seasons of Mt. Maya.
A facility offering authentic hospitality and exceptional comfort that has been maintained for over 300 years.
Enjoy a relaxing time with the natural hot spring water and delicious cuisine at Rakuzan Rakusui.
Located in Atsumi Onsen with over 1,000 years of history, Bankokuya has been providing hospitality for over 300 years. The dignified appearance and the interior decorated casually with seasonal flowers, as well as the sense of security that comes with being surrounded by heartfelt hospitality, are things that only a long-established inn can provide.
The three suites on the top floor, each with an open-air bath fed directly from the source, offer a class-above stay. The Royal Suite and Premium Suite, which can accommodate 10 people and feature a 15-tatami main room, a 6-tatami side room, and a 10-tatami twin bedroom, are popular for their open-air baths that fill the windows and make you feel as if you are surrounded by nature. In 2021, four guest rooms were opened with open-air baths fed directly from the source, each with a ceramic bath made by Jinenkogama, a maker of Oishida ware in Yamagata Prefecture. The rooms are available in both Japanese modern and Japanese-style rooms. The ceramic baths in each of the four rooms are designed to evoke a sense of nostalgia, with the bathtub designed to represent the four seasons and scenic spots of Yamagata, allowing you to soak in the comfortable hot spring water. They are also particularly impressive.
A 12-tatami Japanese-style room with an open-air bath. You can enjoy a relaxing time while looking out at the surrounding countryside from the ceramic bath or from inside the room.
A large public bath filled with historical hot springs and an open-air garden bath. Kaiseki cuisine where you can enjoy seasonal ingredients from the sea, mountains, and rivers.
The large public baths where you can enjoy the hot springs to the fullest, enjoyed by writers such as Basho and Yosano Akiko, are the large baths "Rakuzan" and "Rakusui" which are alternated for men and women, and the charming open-air garden baths "Sakura-no-yu" and "Sato-no-yu". Rakuzan has an indoor silk bath that uses microscopic bubbles to eliminate waste and beautify the skin, and you can expect a double effect with the beneficial spring water. Rakusui is a bath so spacious that you will want to swim in it. You can enjoy the famous hot spring that has been loved throughout the ages with a generous heart. "Sakura-no-yu", which was renovated and reopened in 2023 in the garden, also has a new "barrel sauna" originating from Finland, where you can refresh yourself with a self-louver.
The large public bath and open-air garden bath are some of the largest in Shonai. Atsumi Onsen has thrived as a hot spring resort for over a thousand years. Many writers and artists have visited this famous, historic hot spring, and you can enjoy the natural hot spring water.
A barrel-shaped sauna attached to Sakura no Yu.
The theme of the meals is also "Rakuzan Rakusui." The basic kaiseki course at Wa Dining Fuyou is the "Bankokuya Seasonal Bankokuya," where you can enjoy seasonal ingredients from the sea, mountains, and rivers, but we also highly recommend the "Taste Comparison Kaiseki of Premium Steamed Yamagata Beef in Hot Springs and Live Abalone," and the "Bankokuya Gourmet Kaiseki," which offers a luxurious taste of seasonal special ingredients such as crab, Yamagata beef, and abalone. For breakfast, the popular "Taimeshi Breakfast," which uses a generous amount of locally caught red sea bream, is a triple-delicious treat. This inn has long been renowned for the deliciousness of its breakfasts, and it is no wonder. The impression of this inn's attentive hospitality continues even after you return home. Whether it's the hot springs, the rooms, or the fine food, Japanese inns are great after all.
The Japanese breakfast set menu includes a bowl of "Taimeshi" cooked in sea bream broth. Two bowls of fresh wild red sea bream and delicious Yamagata rice. A third bowl with plenty of broth and seasonings. You can enjoy the bliss of a full stomach.
An example of the Bankokuya most popular seasonal course meal, Bankokuya, which is a feast for the eyes and the palate.
More Information
| building | Main building: 10-story reinforced concrete building; Central building: 6-story reinforced concrete building |
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| Rooms | (Total 97 rooms) / 79 Japanese-style rooms, 18 Japanese-Western style rooms (6 of which have open-air baths) |
| meal | Dinner and breakfast: Japanese cuisine |
| Facilities | Baths: Large bath, open-air bath, loyly sauna (direct from the source/open-air bath), banquet hall (18 rooms, 28-304 tatami mats), tea lounge, shop |
| Fee | 16,500 to 66,000 yen (tax included, bathing tax not included) |
| Check-in and check-out | Check-in 15:00 Check-out 10:00 |
| Wifi | Lobby and Guest Rooms |
| Smoking and non-smoking | All rooms are non-smoking |
| Hot spring quality | Sodium-calcium chloride-sulfate spring |
Facility information / Access
| location | 1 Yutomicho, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, 999-7204 |
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| Railway | Get off at Atsumi Onsen Onsen Station on the JR Uetsu Line, then take a taxi for about 10 minutes |
| bus | From Atsumi Onsen Station, take the Atsumi Onsen for about 15 minutes, get off at the Ashiyu Anbe-yu-mae stop, and then walk for about 5 minutes. |
| car | From Atsumi Onsen IC on the Japan Sea Coast Expressway, take Prefectural Route 44 for about 5 minutes |
| plane | About 50 minutes by taxi from Oishii Shonai Airport |
| parking | 280 passenger cars and 20 large cars |
| Shuttle bus | From Atsumi Onsen Station (reservation required, no need to call after arrival) |
| TEL | 0570-00-8598 |
| FAX | 023-672-5459 |
| URL | https://www.bankokuya.jp |