Forest Resort Yugawara Mizunokaori
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Rakuten Travel rating 3.97 out of 5 (1,091 reviews). Guests traveling with children often say they were happy that both dinner and breakfast are served in a semi-private setting where they could take their time without worrying about other diners, and that the meals were generous with plenty of dishes. Some guests did find the small number of power outlets in the rooms inconvenient, which is worth noting on a family trip with plenty of devices to charge.
Kids Facilities
Playroom
Playroom
- paymentsPrice:Free for guests
A spacious playroom is permanently set up inside the building, stocked with toys, stuffed animals and other things children can enjoy. It gives them somewhere to move around after check-in or before and after meals, and somewhere to play indoors on a rainy day. The ryokan's rules ask that a parent or guardian accompany children when they play in the kids' space.
Baby items including a baby bath
Baby items including a baby bath
The ryokan says that trips with young children are very welcome, and it provides baby items such as a baby bath. That means you can wash a baby who is still too young for the bathtub in your room. Quantities and whether a reservation is needed are not stated, so please confirm in advance.
Private-hire baths
Private-hire baths
Two private-hire baths were added in the renovation of March 15, 2024. They are by reservation, for a charge of 2,750 yen including tax per 45 minutes. You can enjoy the Yugawara onsen in a private space with just your family, which makes it a good option for bathing together with your children or for traveling with a child at an age when using the communal bath is difficult.
- •A charge of 2,750 yen including tax per 45 minutes applies
- •Reservations are required
Saikai, the semi-private dining room
Saikai, the semi-private dining room
Dinner and breakfast are both served at chairs and tables in the dining area, either at Saikai, the semi-private dining room renovated in 2024, or in the banquet room. It is laid out so you can enjoy both meals without worrying about other guests, which suits families concerned about how much noise their children make. You cannot specify which venue you use.
- •You cannot specify the dining venue; the ryokan decides
In-room dining
In-room dining
Some room types can also have dinner served in the room, which is specified by room type when you book. Because of the size of the rooms, in-room dining is limited to a maximum of 7 people per room, counting adults, children and young children together. It suits families who want to eat while their child sleeps, but guests are asked to refrain from bringing in food or drinks bought at convenience stores or elsewhere, so please confirm in advance if you would like to bring baby food.
- •You need to specify a room type that offers in-room dining when you book
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Overview
Forest Resort Yugawara Mizunokaori is a 27-room Japanese-style ryokan in the heart of the Yugawara Onsen hot-spring town. It has a communal bath and a panoramic open-air bath fed by its own spring source on the grounds, an alkaline simple onsen, plus 2 private-hire baths added in March 2024, which the family can use to themselves for 2,750 yen per 45 minutes. There is a permanent playroom stocked with toys and stuffed animals, and baby items such as a baby bath are on hand. The building is barrier-free, with ramps at steps and wheelchairs available to borrow, and it is easy to move around with a stroller. Some room types also allow dinner to be served in your room.
Rooms
There are 27 rooms in all: 10-tatami Japanese-style tatami rooms, Japanese-style tatami rooms with a broad window-side space, Japanese-Western rooms, a special Japanese-Western room, and a barrier-free Western-style twin room. The 10-tatami Japanese-style rooms take 1 to 5 guests and the Japanese-Western rooms take 2 to 6, so you can choose to match your family's size. The barrier-free Western-style twin takes 1 to 2 guests and is a spacious room with sliding doors designed with guests with disabilities in mind, a toilet and bath fitted with grab bars for easy use, and plenty of space to move around in a wheelchair. It is an easy room to get around in for families pushing a stroller too. Room equipment includes a television, an electric hot-water kettle, a tea set, a refrigerator, a hair dryer, a humidifier (available to borrow), individually controlled air conditioning and a toilet with a washing function, so you can borrow a humidifier in the drier seasons. Cribs and baby futons are not stated, so please confirm bedding for infants with the ryokan.
Dining
Dinner and breakfast are both served at chairs and tables in the dining area, either at Saikai, the semi-private dining room renovated in March 2024, or in the banquet room. You cannot specify which venue you use; the ryokan decides. Because the seating is at chairs, it works well for children who cannot yet sit still on tatami floor seating. Some room types can also have dinner served in the room, which is specified by room type when you book. Because of the size of the rooms, in-room dining is limited to a maximum of 7 people per room, counting adults, children and young children together. Dinner is a seasonal kaiseki course whose menu changes every 2 months, and breakfast is a Japanese breakfast that includes dried horse mackerel, a Yugawara specialty. Dinner normally starts at 6 p.m. and finishes by 8 p.m., and breakfast runs from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. On plans that include steak, the sirloin steak is for adults only and is not served to children. Guests are asked to refrain from bringing in food or drinks bought at convenience stores or elsewhere to have with their meal, and the same applies to in-room dining, where bringing in drinks or food is likewise declined. If you would like to bring baby food or your child's usual drinks, please confirm in advance. Kids' menus, allergy accommodation and children's chairs are not stated, so please confirm with the ryokan.
Baths and Onsen
The water is an alkaline simple onsen drawn from the ryokan's own spring source, Well No. 11, a hot-spring well dug on the grounds in the Meiji era. There are three kinds of baths: a communal bath, a panoramic open-air bath that is open to the sky and feels wonderfully spacious, and the private-hire baths added in March 2024. Bathing hours are 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to midnight. There are 2 private-hire baths, by reservation, for a charge of 2,750 yen including tax per 45 minutes. They are useful when you want to bathe just as a family, or when you would rather not have to think about the other bathers in the communal bath. Whether children who are not yet out of diapers may use the communal bath is not stated, so please confirm in advance. Staying guests may also use the communal bath at Yumoto Komachikan, a sister ryokan in the same Forest Group, though that bath is in a separate building from this one. Under the ryokan's rules, guests with tattoos cannot use the hot-spring facilities.
Family-Friendly Features
The playroom is stocked with toys and stuffed animals, and baby items such as a baby bath are on hand. The ryokan's rules require a parent or guardian to accompany children when they are exploring the grounds or playing in the kids' space. The building is barrier-free, with ramps at steps, grab bars at the bathtubs, wheelchairs and folding beds available to borrow, and a raised bath stool in the bathing area. As for children's rates, children are charged from age 3, while children aged 0 to 2 stay free of charge when booked without futon bedding or meals; they are not counted in the number of guests but written in the notes field. The bathing tax is 150 yen for adults and free for children aged 0 to 12. From April 1, 2026 an accommodation tax also applies: 300 yen per person per night for stays under 50,000 yen and 500 yen per person per night for stays of 50,000 yen or more (how children are treated is not stated in the ryokan's information, so please confirm when you book).
Access
The ryokan is at 614 Miyakami, Yugawara-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa. Take the bus bound for Fudotaki or Okuyugawara and get off at the Onsenba Chuo bus stop, which is right in front of the ryokan, so you have only a short way to carry your bags with children in tow. Parking is free for 9 cars; the ryokan's information says it is first-come, first-served with a reservation required, and once that number is exceeded, parking is charged at 1,000 yen per day. Check-in is at 2 p.m., the latest check-in is 10 p.m., and checkout is at 10 a.m. Since dinner begins at 6 p.m., please contact the ryokan if you are going to arrive later than planned.
Access & Information
| location_onAddress | 614 Miyakami, Yugawara-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa 259-0314 |
|---|---|
| directions_carAccess | Take the bus bound for Fudotaki or Okuyugawara and get off at the Onsenba Chuo bus stop, which is right in front of the ryokan. |
| trainNearest station | Yugawara Station |
| local_parkingParking | Parking is available for 9 cars, free of charge, on a first-come, first-served basis. Once that number is exceeded, parking is charged at 1,000 yen per day. |
| callPhone | +81-465-62-1830 |
| paymentsCards | VISA, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, UC, DC, Discover, AEON, ANA |
| languageOfficial site | https://www.mizunokaori.com/open_in_new |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What ages is Forest Resort Yugawara Mizunokaori best suited to?
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It has facilities that work especially well for babies and toddlers (ages 0 to 2) and children aged 3 and over. There is no age limit, and families with children of any age can stay.
Is there parking at Forest Resort Yugawara Mizunokaori?
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Parking: Parking is available for 9 cars, free of charge, on a first-come, first-served basis. Once that number is exceeded, parking is charged at 1,000 yen per day.
How do you get to Forest Resort Yugawara Mizunokaori?
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Take the bus bound for Fudotaki or Okuyugawara and get off at the Onsenba Chuo bus stop, which is right in front of the ryokan.
What is in the playroom?
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There is a playroom with toys and stuffed animals, and baby items such as a baby bath are provided as well.
Is there a limit on the number of people for in-room dining with children?
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Because of the size of the rooms, in-room dining is limited to a maximum of 7 people per room, counting adults, children and young children together.
Do we need to include a child aged 0 to 2 in the number of guests when booking?
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Children aged 0 to 2 are not counted in the number of guests; you write them in the notes field instead.
Can we bring food bought at a convenience store to have with our meal?
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No. Guests are advised that items bought at convenience stores or elsewhere cannot be brought in to have with meals.
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