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Wasurenosato Gajoen
妙見温泉 忘れの里 雅叙苑
Foto de la zona, no del ryokan · Steam rising over the Kirishima hot springs, with Sakurajima beyond · 663highland / CC BY 2.5
A hamlet of thatched farmhouses where chickens roam and every room has a rock-hewn onsen — 'as if time stopped fifty years ago', and priced accordingly high
Gajoen was founded in 1970 by a former banker born in a Myoken Onsen bath-house inn, who moved old rural buildings to this riverside site and created what the inn calls Japan's first guest room with its own open-air bath. Today it's a cluster of about eight rooms — thatched houses with 'bath-living rooms', a two-storey cottage, and riverside suites — and since a 2023 renovation every room has its own onsen tub carved from rock. It holds two MICHELIN Keys (2025 and 2026), up from one in 2024. Japanese guests rate it 4.64 across 34 reviews on one leading site, with service at 4.76: they love the unhurried, 'neither clingy nor distant' hospitality, shochu by the irori after dinner, free-roaming chickens that greet you, and rice balls pressed into your hands as you leave. Food comes from the inn's own poultry farm and gardens — chicken sashimi 'with no gamey smell at all', a chicken hotpot simmered for hours, charcoal grilling — rustic rather than Kyoto-style. Critics point to value: at over ¥100,000 for two, some found the rooms dated, amenities basic, Wi-Fi weak, portions heavy, insects a summer problem, and the steep stairs and handrail-free stone baths hard on older guests. One 2024 guest called the price 'out of line with the stay'.
Últimas novedades
Lo que han añadido las crónicas de estancia, publicaciones y avisos oficiales japoneses más recientes desde que se escribió esta reseña
Re-checked against the official site, 一休 and 2025–2026 reviews: the inn was promoted from one MICHELIN Key (2024) to two Keys in 2025 and kept them in 2026, and its 一休 score is now 4.64. Recent guests remain warmly positive, though some older guests still find dinner portions large.
Guía para elegir habitación
Lo que recomiendan quienes se han alojado aquíRecomendadas
Kaze (かぜ) — the original open-air-bath room
Billed as Japan's first guest room with its own open-air bath: 6 + 4.5 tatami, a kotatsu living room and a wooden terrace with day bed and rock tub. A guest who spent two nights here at Hinamatsuri wrote that it felt as if time had stopped fifty years ago. From about ¥110,300 for two with two meals.
Hikari (光) and Sora (空) — riverside suites
Suites facing the river with a semi-open onsen bath, renovated around 2023. A repeat guest chose Hikari because it's flat — 'reassuring even for my elderly mother'. Sora has an extra outdoor bath; from about ¥220,300 for two.
Mejor evitar
Type B thatched rooms (Keyaki, Sakura, Momiji, Beni), for guests with bad knees
Charming 'bath-living' rooms (from about ¥105,900 for two), but a December 2024 guest with weak knees struggled with a high entrance step and steep attic stairs, wasn't warned in advance, and felt the price didn't match the stay. One blogger moved rooms after a night because the first was dark with no chairs.
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La cocina a fondo
Consenso sobre el desayuno
4.2/5Grilled fish and eggs cooked to order, served in the Icho-no-ma farmhouse — with rice balls and tamagoyaki to take with you when you leave
After dinner, go to the irori hut for warm kappo-zake (sake heated in bamboo) — and try the carbonated Ramune-yu by the river, free for private use until midnight.
Claves de la cena
4.3/5Served at tables in Icho-no-ma, the first thatched house moved to the site: chicken sashimi from the inn's own farm, a chicken hotpot simmered six-plus hours, Kagoshima black pork, local black beef, charcoal grilling, dago-jiru dumpling soup and country soba. Reviewers praise its local character; critics find it heavy on meat and portions too big for older guests, and in 2025 one found a third of the breakfast didn't match the printed menu and another that a late-night drink couldn't be made because staff were short.
Onsen y bienestar: la realidad
A bicarbonate spring, about 44°C; every in-room bath is 100% spring water in a rock basin, the inn says, with water added only in summer to adjust temperature (a regular guest reports). The Japan Spa Association lists it as clear; one blogger saw reddish-brown water.
Every room has its own rock-carved onsen tub. The shared baths are used privately when free: Takeru-yu, carved over six months from a single 20-tonne rock, and Ramune-yu, a naturally carbonated spring by the river (about 36°C, with a hotter tub next to it). There are no washing stations at these baths, no handrails in the stone tubs, and the riverside bath may be visible from across the river at night. Day visitors use Takeru-yu 12:00–15:00.
No policy found on the official or booking sites. With an onsen in every room and private use of the shared baths, you never need to share — ask the inn if unsure.
Advertencias y matices locales
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Getting there: about 15 minutes by car or 25 by bus (stop 'Gajoen-mae') from Kagoshima Airport; the inn can arrange a paid taxi (a 2020 guest paid ¥2,200 each way). The access road is narrow.
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Check-in 14:00, check-out 12:00 — a generous stay. Bookings open six months ahead; 50% cancellation fee from seven days out.
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Children are welcome, with child rates.
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Summer brings insects when doors are open, and older guests should ask about stairs before booking.
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It was once a Relais & Châteaux member, but it no longer appears in the association's current Kyushu listings. The MICHELIN Guide lists it as 'GAJOEN': one Key in 2024, two Keys in 2025 and again in 2026.
Antes de tu estancia
Recuerdos de Kirishima y ayuda práctica para tu viaje.
Recuerdos de Kirishima en Rakuten
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Fuentes
Los blogs y crónicas de estancia reales en los que se basa este artículo
- 忘れの里 雅叙苑 (りかおんの旅歩き・食べ歩き)
- 【鹿児島忘れの里雅叙苑】 (京都の達人 トッキー)
- 忘れの里雅叙苑 (表参道ECURA)
- 2024GW九州ちょこっと（5）ー 忘れの里 雅叙苑 客室編 その２ (Pockieのホテル宿フェチお気楽日記III)
- 鹿児島②霧島うろうろ (4travel.jp)
- 忘れの里 雅叙苑（鹿児島県霧島市） (note, Hotel lab)
- 忘れの里 雅叙苑 クチコミ (一休.com)
- 忘れの里 雅叙苑 (日本温泉協会)
- 妙見温泉 忘れの里 雅叙苑 (公式サイト)
- GAJOEN (MICHELIN Guide)
- Kyushu hotels earn top honours (e-Global Travel Media, 2024-07-24)
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Créditos de las fotos
- Gora Kadan — the former Kan'in-no-miya imperial villa, Hakone · 663highland / CC BY 2.5
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Créditos de las fotos: Steam rising over the Kirishima hot springs, with Sakurajima beyond · 663highland / CC BY 2.5 / Magoroku Onsen in 2020, before its 2025 renovation, Nyūtō Onsen-kyō · Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Autumn on the Sendatsu River, Nyuto Onsen, Akita · lumoplank / CC0 / Tsurunoyu — the gate and thatched honjin, Nyuto Onsen · lumoplank / CC0 / The Kamata River near Shinhotaka Onsen, Okuhida, Gifu · Tmv / CC BY 4.0
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