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Gekkoju
Minamioguni, Kumamoto, Japan · Independent · Grand Luxury
Gekkoju means moonlight tree, and the name suits an estate of about 4,500 tsubo, roughly fifteen thousand square metres, where only eight villas stand above Kurokawa Onsen village. Each has a moon-viewing terrace and its own indoor and open-air baths fed by free-flowing spring water, so no bath here is ever shared. It opened in 2016. Kurokawa's wooden bath pass, good for the village bathhouses, is the other way to soak.
- 8 rooms
- Neighborhood: Kurokawa Onsen
About Gekkoju
- Gekkoju translates as moonlight tree, and each of its eight villas is built around a moon-viewing terrace.
- The estate covers about 4,500 tsubo, roughly 15,000 square metres, for just eight villas.
- Every villa has both an indoor bath and an open-air bath fed by free-flowing hot spring water.
- Kurokawa Onsen sells a wooden pass that lets visitors soak in three of the village's public bathhouses.
History
Gekkoju in Kurokawa Onsen, Kumamoto, is an eight-villa mountain ryokan perched on a forested summit above the village, unrelated to Gekkoju Yufuin in Oita. The plan is moon-viewing terraces, open-air hot springs, and caldera views from the summit.
Amenities
- Eight summit villas only
- Moon-viewing terraces
- Private open-air onsen with caldera views
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