Bessho Sasa Fujisan Onsen

The Finest Special Floor at Hotel Kanezanen

Bessho Sasa is a special floor of 17 rooms set on the fourth and fifth floors of Sairyutei, the main building of Fujisan Onsen Hotel Kanezanen (operated by Chuo Kanko Co., Ltd.). Kanezanen, founded in 1951, carried out a renovation in 2014 so that Bessho Sasa offers a stay of its own. Being able to move between the liveliness of Kanezanen and the quiet reserved for the floor is something other onsen ryokan do not offer.

Every Room Has an Open-Air Bath Facing Mount Fuji

Room types include Mizuho, Asumi and Fukuchi, and every one of them has a Mount Fuji view and an open-air bath. At 42 to 100 sq m, the rooms are generously sized, with layouts that work well for families and for three generations traveling together. The open-air baths are fed by natural onsen water rising on the property, a sodium-calcium sulfate spring, so you can bathe whenever you like, as often as you like.

Kanezanen's Communal Baths and Garden, Yours to Roam

Step off the floor and you can use Kanezanen's communal baths: Akafuji (finished in granite), Teien-buro (the garden bath) and Otaki Iwaburo (the great-waterfall rock bath). Akafuji is a communal bath with separate sides for men and women; the men's bath is open from 5 a.m. and stays open until 2 a.m. the following morning, with an adjoining open-air bath looking toward Mount Fuji. Teien-buro and Otaki Iwaburo also have separate open-air baths for men and women, open from 6 to 11 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to midnight.

Points to Note for a Stay with Children

Elementary school children, preschool-age children and infants can all stay; the child rates are 70% of the adult rate for elementary school children and 50% for preschool-age children. Children aged 2 and under stay free of charge if they need neither bedding nor meals. Elementary school children are served a menu comparable to the adult one and preschool-age children a children's menu, and allergies can be accommodated if you contact the ryokan at least 3 days in advance. For the communal baths and the summer pool, however, the ryokan clearly asks that children who are not yet out of diapers (not yet toilet-trained) refrain from bathing or entering the water. Because the open-air bath in your room lets you soak in the onsen with a baby without worrying about other guests, a trip with children under school age is best built around the bath in the room.

Dinner in Your Room, and Plenty to Enjoy Indoors

Dinner is served in your room at Bessho Sasa, and breakfast is a Japanese and Western buffet at Kanezanen's restaurant, from 7 to 9 a.m. The Kanezanen side has a Japanese garden, a night bar lounge, seasonal ikebana flower arrangements, the Reiho Taiko drum show, a souvenir shop and a beauty salon, so everything you need during your stay is close at hand. In summer there are seasonal events too, including a wind-chime path, a Tanabata star festival and a firefly festival.

Access and Parking

A free shuttle bus runs from Fujisan Station on the Fujikyuko Line between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.; call when you arrive at the station, and the ride takes about 8 minutes. Return transfers the next day run every 30 minutes from 8 a.m. By car, it is about 15 minutes from the Kawaguchiko IC on the Chuo Expressway via Route 139. Parking is free for 500 cars and requires no reservation.