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Rakuten Travel rating 4.5 out of 5 (10 reviews). Guests praise the location in the heart of the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter, which is handy between sightseeing stops. Dinner, with flavors befitting a long-established ryokan, earns high satisfaction, and some say they enjoyed it right through to the oyster rice that finishes the meal. The staff are also praised as attentive and warm. On the other hand, some guests felt breakfast was lacking.
Kids Facilities
Hanare-yu (private-hire bath)
Hanare-yu (private-hire bath)
- paymentsPrice:Free for guests
A semi-open-air private-hire bath housing an Aji-stone tub handed down from the previous generation, where you can bathe while looking out at a lush courtyard garden. It is not an onsen. Each group can use it for 50 minutes within the hours of 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Time slots are reserved at check-in on a first-come, first-served basis, and the 50 minutes per group is free of charge.
- •Each group can use the bath for 50 minutes within the hours of 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.
- •Reservations are first-come, first-served: tell the staff your preferred time when you check in (your preferred time may not always be available)
- •It is not an onsen, the water is not free-flowing from a source, and it is not cloudy spring water
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Overview
Ryokan Kurashiki is an 8-room ryokan known for its cuisine, standing at the foot of the Nakabashi bridge over the Kurashiki River in the heart of the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter. It opened in 1957 in the restored main house and storehouses of a sugar wholesaler from the late Edo period, and every room has its own character. Of these, only three rooms (Kura no Ma, Nishi no Ma and Yu no Ma) are listed as rooms where families with children can stay, so checking before you book is essential. There is no onsen or communal bath. For bathing, there is Hanare-yu, a semi-open-air private-hire bath that each group can use for 50 minutes free of charge, plus the baths in the guest rooms. Dinner is a kaiseki meal served in a restaurant overlooking the garden.
Rooms
Each of the 8 rooms has its own character, and some are conversions of the merchant house and storehouses of a sugar wholesaler built in the Edo period. Of the three rooms listed as available for children, Nishi no Ma sits on the second floor of the former sugar wholesaler's building, which is more than 170 years old. At 46.7 sq m, it has an 8-tatami-mat Japanese-style tatami room, a Western-style bedroom, a bath and a toilet, and sleeps 1 to 4 guests. Kura no Ma is a maisonette-style conversion of a tool storehouse more than 300 years old. It measures 64.9 sq m, with sunken-floor (horigotatsu) seating in the Japanese-style tatami room and one 180 cm-wide king bed in the Western-style bedroom, and sleeps 1 to 2 guests. Yu no Ma is a 33.3 sq m Japanese-style tatami room of 10.5 tatami mats. It has no bed; instead you sleep on two sets of futon bedding measuring 120 cm wide by 195 cm long, and it sleeps 1 to 2 guests. Okuzashiki, the largest room in the ryokan at 81.5 sq m, has a kitchen in its earthen-floored entry area, an 8-tatami-mat Japanese-style tatami room, and a Western-style bedroom adjoining a shower room and toilet. A separate building a 3-minute walk away holds two whole-house rentals, each limited to one group at a time: Omoya (80.6 sq m, sleeping 1 to 4 guests) and Hanare (37.1 sq m, sleeping 1 to 2 guests). Both have a kitchen equipped with an induction cooktop, a convection microwave oven and cooking utensils.
Before Booking With Children
Of the 8 rooms in the main building, only three (Kura no Ma, Nishi no Ma and Yu no Ma) are listed as rooms where children can stay. On plans that include kaiseki, children in the upper grades of elementary school pay 70% of the adult rate and those in the lower grades pay 50%. Babies and toddlers pay 50% with meals and bedding, or 3,450 yen with no meals and no bedding. Bookings with bedding but no meals, or with meals but no bedding, are not accepted. Co-sleeping is limited to one child. On the room-only plans for the separate whole-house rentals (Omoya and Hanare), elementary school children and babies and toddlers alike pay the same rate as an adult, and only babies and toddlers taking neither meals nor bedding stay free of charge. Room amenities include a refrigerator, a kettle, a humidifier and individually controlled air conditioning. Kura no Ma also has a convection microwave oven and a toaster, while a microwave and a mini kitchen are available only in some rooms, and both require advance reservation. Room service is available from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. There is no communal bath, no pool and no babysitting service.
Baths
Rather than an onsen, there is a single semi-open-air private-hire bath, Hanare-yu, built around an Aji-stone tub handed down from the previous generation. Bathing hours are 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and within those hours each group has 50 minutes. Time slots are reserved at check-in on a first-come, first-served basis, and the 50 minutes per group is free of charge. The guest rooms have their own baths as well: Nishi no Ma and Yu no Ma both come with a bath and a toilet, and the tubs in Yu no Ma and Okuzashiki are made of koyamaki (Japanese umbrella pine).
Dining
Dinner is a kaiseki meal in the restaurant facing the Yozen no Niwa garden, with a start time you choose between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. On some accommodation plans, it is served as in-room dining in Nishi no Ma or Yu no Ma, which are also two of the rooms listed as available for children. You can discuss likes, dislikes and allergies, and the ryokan states that meals prepared with allergies in mind can be accommodated. Breakfast is also served in the restaurant, with a start time you choose between 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m., and a Western breakfast can be prepared if you let the ryokan know in advance. There is also the Kurashiki Local Dining Experience, in which dinner from the second night of your stay onward is taken at a nearby restaurant.
Access and Facilities
About a 15-minute walk from JR Kurashiki Station. The guests-only parking lot was discontinued in July 2025, and guests now use the nearby municipal parking instead. The ryokan provides a 1,000 yen parking voucher per room per day, and any amount above that is at your own expense; guests of the separate whole-house rentals, RYOKAN KURASHIKI + Residence, can use a dedicated parking lot. Inside the ryokan there is a guests-only lounge, Terrace, where coffee, tea, matcha and sweets are offered free of charge, along with a small library.
Access & Information
| location_onAddress | 4-1 Honmachi, Kurashiki, Okayama 710-0054 |
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| directions_carAccess | About a 15-minute walk from Kurashiki Station, or about 20 minutes by car from the Kurashiki Interchange on the Sanyo Expressway. |
| trainNearest station | Kurashiki Station |
| local_parkingParking | The guests-only parking lot was discontinued in July 2025, and guests now use the nearby municipal parking. The ryokan provides a 1,000 yen parking voucher per room per day, and any amount above that is at your own expense. Guests staying in the separate whole-house rentals can use a dedicated parking lot. |
| paymentsCards | VISA, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, UC, DC, NICOS, OMC, Bank Card, UFJ Card, Mastercard, Discover, Saison, AEON, JACCS, APLUS, CF, LIFE, ORICO, TOP, View, West, JTB, Daimaru, Takashimaya, Rakuten Card, ANA, JAS, JAL, MEDIA |
| languageOfficial site | https://www.ryokan-kurashiki.jp/open_in_new |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What ages is Ryokan Kurashiki 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 Ryokan Kurashiki?
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Parking: The guests-only parking lot was discontinued in July 2025, and guests now use the nearby municipal parking. The ryokan provides a 1,000 yen parking voucher per room per day, and any amount above that is at your own expense. Guests staying in the separate whole-house rentals can use a dedicated parking lot.
How do you get to Ryokan Kurashiki?
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About a 15-minute walk from Kurashiki Station, or about 20 minutes by car from the Kurashiki Interchange on the Sanyo Expressway.
Can babies and toddlers who don't need meals or bedding stay for free?
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Depending on the plan, babies and toddlers who use neither meals nor bedding can stay free of charge.
How much does it cost for an elementary school child to stay?
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Depending on the plan, children in the upper grades of elementary school pay 70% to 100% of the adult rate, and those in the lower grades pay 50% to 100%.
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