Where to stay in Yamanashi

Three kinds of nightWhere to stay in Yamanashi

The choice is really about what kind of night you want. A hot-spring inn feeds you twice and stops you moving. A city hotel is the right answer if you are arriving late or leaving early.

A ryokan or hot-spring inn旅館・温泉宿

Dinner and breakfast brought to you, a bath, and floor bedding laid out while you eat. The price is per person and includes both meals.

Includes 2 meals Book ahead

See ryokan and onsen inns › How an onsen works

A city hotelホテル

Clean, small, reliable and priced per room. Right for early trains, late arrivals and anyone travelling with a large suitcase.

Per roomNear the station

See hotels in Yamanashi › Getting around

A guesthouse or minshuku民宿・ゲストハウス

Family-run, cheaper, and often the only option in the countryside.

Ask about cashRural areas

See guesthouses and minshuku ›

Our first choice in Yamanashi is named below.

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BookingSix things worth asking before you pay

Ask about these

Meals: Whether dinner and breakfast are included, and what time dinner is served. Inns often serve at a fixed time and will not wait
Tattoos: Ask whether the bath admits them, and ask about a private bath
Private bath: Kashikiri. Many inns have one, and it removes the question of bathing with strangers entirely
Payment: Card or cash. Rural inns are often cash only
Arrival time: Tell them. Inns lock up earlier than hotels
Luggage: They will hold it before check-in and after check-out. Just ask

What a night at an inn is like

Shoes: Off at the entrance. Slippers inside; nothing on the straw matting
The robe: A cotton yukata is provided and is worn to dinner and to the bath. Left side over right
Dinner: Many small dishes, often in your room or a dining room at a set time
Bedding: Laid out on the floor, usually while you are eating
Bathing: Before dinner and again before bed is normal here
Breakfast: Rice, fish, egg, pickles. Ask the night before if you need it early

How an onsen works

Our first choice hereThe one we would book

Kozantei Ubuya湖山亭うぶや — U-bu-ya

Mt. Fuji stands across the lake from the room and from the bath. At first light the water is flat.

On the north shore, which is the side the mountain is seen from.
The bath faces the lake.
The pagoda and the spring ponds are within twenty minutes.

Where: North shore of Lake Kawaguchi — the mountain is across the water from the window
Address: Asakawa 10, Fujikawaguchiko, Minamitsuru, Yamanashi 401-0303
Telephone: 0555-72-1145
Booking: Through the official site, or the booking services below

Worth knowing

The telephone is answered 11:00–18:00 only. The mountain is hidden on many days. Two nights doubles your chance.

Checked 2026-08-18

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