Yukairo Kikuya (Kyoritsu Resort)

Hanare Sōan detached rooms (離れ 草庵, 53㎡) and the Kura maisonette (蔵, 104㎡)

The only rooms with a free-flowing onsen bath: eight 53㎡ rooms in a large garden, each with a terrace and an open-air tub of hinoki or stone, plus Kura, a converted old Western-style building for 2–6 guests with beds on two floors (one booking a day). A December 2025 4travel blogger in a Sōan room found the tub already full, the temperature just right, and bamboo and river sounds outside; a March 2023 Ameba blogger in Kura found the bath big enough for the whole family. An Ikyu reviewer warned that the free-flowing water is quite hot, so add water and stir it first. Jalan listed two-meal rates from ¥77,620 for two in Sōan and ¥95,040 for Kura in October 2026; a May 2025 Rakuten reviewer paid about ¥50,000 per person for Kura and gave the stay one star, mainly for service. In winter you walk outside to reach the main building.

Bettei Mizu no Kataribe river-side rooms (別邸 水の語り部, 20–40㎡)

The 2021 annexe across the Katsura River, reached by a red suspension bridge used only by its guests: Japanese rooms with low twin beds on tatami and a semi-open-air hinoki tub fed with onsen water, and a self-service bar with beer and soft drinks. It is the 2026 reviewers' favourite: a May 2026 Jalan regular, who always books it, enjoyed the sound of the river, and a May 2026 guest saw fireflies from the room. The tub fills with very hot water that is not free-flowing: one June 2026 guest filled it and waited two hours, and a January 2022 blogger called it 'extremely hot'. One blogger paid ¥37,200 for two with two meals (October 2023, 27㎡ room with no view); Jalan listed ¥57,820–69,700 for two in October 2026. There are no children in this wing.

Kaze no Kataribe garden-side twins (新館 風の語り部, 29㎡) and some Mizu no Kataribe rooms, for light sleepers

Kaze no Kataribe rooms are the cheapest (from ¥57,820 for two with meals on Jalan, October 2026) and have a terrace and their own lounge, but no bathtub, only a shower booth, so you rely on the shared and private baths. In Mizu no Kataribe, a May 2026 guest in a ground-floor room could hear footsteps from the floor above, bath taps, stairs and corridor talk, and a 2023 blogger noted that rooms 106–108 open onto a roofed but open-air corridor that is likely cold in winter, and met a cricket there at night (each room has an insect kit). The bridge to the main building closes from 1:30 to 4:30, and you need your room key to pass between the buildings. Main-building rooms (54㎡, in-room bath is ordinary heated water, not onsen) are mostly off sale: only three reopened on 20 April 2026, and the Sōseki Room is not sold.