Kisui no Yado Monya

A play lounge inside the ryokan where babies and their parents can play to their hearts' content. It is generously sized and well stocked with toys, and because so many families with babies spend their time here during their stay, there is less worry about a child crying in the lobby - part of what makes Monya what it is.

Without charging any separate facility fee, the ryokan lends out dozens of baby and kids' items free of charge. The lineup lets you travel with a very young baby while carrying far less, and it even includes a baby-bottle washing and sterilizing service.

Baby food whose recipes the head chef supervised is prepared in an early stage (vegetable purees) and a mid-to-late stage (simmered white fish and vegetables, among other dishes). None of it uses egg or dairy. With a baby plan the baby food is free of charge, and rice, soft-cooked rice or rice porridge is also prepared free of charge to go with the dishes. Kids' meals and celebration menus such as an okuizome first-meal tray and an issho-mochi rice cake are available as well.

There are two onsen bathhouses: the view bath Hikari no Yu, looking out toward the Nojimazaki Lighthouse, and the garden bath Toki no Yu, which overlooks a small courtyard garden. Hikari no Yu is a shallow 45 cm deep, so you can lie back in it and younger children can bathe with peace of mind. The spring water is a sodium chloride and bicarbonate spring. Baby items are provided at the baths as well.

An onsen family bath on the first floor. Flooring the washing area with tatami helps prevent injuries if a child falls, as well as heat shock, so the whole family can bathe with peace of mind - from babies to anyone unsteady on their feet. There is no charge to use it, and it is booked on a first-come, first-served self-service system by writing your preferred time on the chart at the bathroom entrance.