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Ibusuki Shusuien
Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Japan · Independent · Core Luxury
Ibusuki Shusuien is a culinary inn: its cuisine has been chosen best in Japan for forty years in the 100 Best Inns in Japan awards, and guests dine on kaiseki in classic sukiya-style rooms overlooking a Japanese garden. It is three minutes' walk from Ibusuki's sand baths, where guests are buried in warm volcanic sand, and the kitchen is the reason to book.
About Ibusuki Shusuien
- Ibusuki Shusuien's cuisine has been selected as the best in Japan for 40 years in the 100 Best Inns in Japan.
- Rooms are classic sukiya-style Japanese rooms with garden views, and Japanese-Western rooms with beds.
- It is a three-minute walk from the sand baths of Ibusuki.
- The inn is known as a culinary ryokan, with kaiseki as the centrepiece of the stay.
History
Ibusuki Shusuien is a sukiya-style ryokan on Kagoshima's Ibusuki coast whose reputation is culinary: national Ryori Ryokan awards for kaiseki excellence, served with white-glove pacing. Distinct from the larger Hakusuikan sand-bath complex nearby.
Restaurants and bars
- Shusuien kaiseki — Restaurant · Kaiseki
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More hotels in Ibusuki
- Hakusuikan Ryugu Annex — Independent · High Luxury
- Ibusuki Hakusuikan — Independent · Near Luxury