Fukuzumiro
福住楼- Say it
- foo·
koo· zoo· mee· roh - Also written
- Fukuzumi-ro, Fukuzumirou, Fukuzumi Ro
About Fukuzumiro
A three-storey wooden ryokan on the Hayakawa gorge in Tonosawa, founded in 1890 and a registered tangible cultural property. Kaiseki is served in your room, and all but one of the 17 rooms share baths and toilets.
- OnsenYesFlowing 24 hours; baths swap at 19:00
- Bath in your roomOnly the Sakura 2 deluxe roomOther rooms share baths and toilets
- Private bathYesBooked at check-in, by arrival order
- TattoosAllowedNo restrictions
- MealsKaiseki dinner and breakfast in your roomDinner from 18:00, breakfast from 8:00
- Dietary needsCatered forVegetarian menus and allergies
- ChildrenWelcome5 and over pay the adult rate
- Check-in and dinnerFrom 15:00; by 18:00 with dinner
- Getting there15-minute walk or ¥200 shared minibus
Good to know before you book
- No bath or toilet in 16 of the 17 roomsOnly Sakura 2 has its own bath and toilet; the other rooms use shared baths and the toilets down the corridor.
- Three storeys, no liftThe building has three floors of rooms and no lift.
- The baths close from 9:30 to 15:00The shared baths are closed for cleaning between 9:30 and 15:00.
- Rooms
- 17, every one different
- Building
- A sukiya-style wooden ryokan of three storeys, a registered tangible cultural property
Rooms and their baths
- Indoor bath
Sakura 2, the special room
Lie-down bath and toilet in the room
River side, 1st floor. Members of the imperial family stayed here in the Meiji era
- Shared baths
Sakura 1
No bath or toilet in the room; use the shared baths
River side, 1st floor
- Shared baths
Take 3
No bath or toilet in the room; use the shared baths
River side, 1st floor. Closed for renovation
- Shared baths
Ume 1
No bath or toilet in the room; use the shared baths
River side, 1st floor
- Shared baths
Ume 2
No bath or toilet in the room; use the shared baths
River side, 1st floor. At the centre of the ryokan, nearest the basement baths
- Shared baths
Seseragi
No bath or toilet in the room; use the shared baths
River side, 2nd floor
The fine print
Last checked November 12, 2026.
- Onsen
Yes. Hot-spring water, cooled with spring water, flowing 24 hours
Yumoto No. 37 spring, an alkaline simple spring. Two large baths, the Daimaru bath cut from a pine trunk and a rock bath, swap between men and women at 19:00; open 15:00 to 9:30.
- Bath in your room
Some rooms. Only the Sakura 2 deluxe room has its own bath and toilet
Other rooms share the ryokan's baths and toilets.
- Private bath
Yes. Private baths, booked at check-in in order of arrival
No advance booking. The FAQ says the family bath can be used whenever it is not in use, 15:00 to 9:30. The ryokan doesn't give a price.
- Tattoos
Allowed. No restrictions
- Meals
Included with some stays. Kaiseki dinner and breakfast, served in your room
Seafood-led. Dinner from 18:00, breakfast from 8:00; groups in several rooms may eat in the banquet hall. The ryokan's own rates all include both meals; Rakuten also sells breakfast-only plans.
- Dietary needs
Catered for. Vegetarian menus, preferences and allergies
The ryokan asks about meat, fish, stock, shellfish, eggs and dairy. It can't make baby food but will warm yours.
- Children
Welcome. Accepted; 5 and over pay the adult rate
Futons only, no cribs.
- Check-in and dinner
Check-in from 15:00; by 18:00 with dinner
Bags are held before check-in. Check-out 10:00 (Jalan).
- Getting there
15 minutes' walk from Hakone-Yumoto, or the ryokan’s shared minibus, ¥200
Cross Route 1 by the footbridge from the station; the orange minibus leaves from the square on the left. Take the Tonosawa line. Parking for 6 cars.
Meals
- Dinner
- Seafood-led kaiseki in your room, from 18:00. The basic course has eleven dishes
- Breakfast
- Japanese, in your room, from 8:00
- Groups
- Several rooms on one booking may be served together in the banquet hall if no room is big enough
- Rice
- Japanese Koshihikari
Who it suits
- Suits
- Guests drawn to the building: bamboo ceilings, Kitayama cedar and bat carvings. Several rooms are tied to the writers who stayed in them
- Less suited
- Anyone who needs a bath or toilet in the room, which only Sakura 2 has, or who can't manage stairs
- Smoking
- Not fully non-smoking; rooms are deodorised on request
History
- 1890
Founded in Tonosawa, one of the seven springs of Hakone.
- Meiji era
Members of the imperial family stay in the room now called Sakura 2.
- 1910
The Hayakawa flood washes the first building away. The ryokan reopens that December 200 m downstream in Senshinro Tamanoyu, an older building from the early Meiji era that it had bought.
- Past guests
Fukuzawa Yukichi, Natsume Soseki, Shimazaki Toson, Osaragi Jiro, Kawai Gyokudo and Bando Tsumasaburo, each with a favourite room.
- 2019
Featured in BS Asahi's programme Hyakunen Meika, in February.
- 2020
Bar Kikyo, named for the novel Osaragi Jiro wrote here, closes in April and has stayed closed.
- Today
A registered tangible cultural property, noted above all for its bamboo: smoked, square and black bamboo in coffered ceilings. ICOMOS Japan names it among the large wooden ryokan of Hakone in its 20 twentieth-century heritage sites.
Ryokan elsewhere to compare
Minakami
Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku
Also has rooms with their own bath, in Minakami, another mountain and lake resort, at about the same price.
Questions
Is there a bath in the room at Fukuzumiro?
Only in Sakura 2, which has a lie-down bath and a toilet. The other 16 rooms use the shared baths and toilets; the ryokan keeps them out of the rooms to protect the wooden building from damp.
Is Fukuzumiro a cultural property?
Yes. It is a registered tangible cultural property, a sukiya-style wooden ryokan known for its bamboo work. The ryokan was founded in 1890 and moved into its present building in 1910.
Is dinner served in the room?
Yes. Kaiseki dinner is served in your room from 18:00 and breakfast from 8:00. A group in several rooms may be served together in the banquet hall.
Is there a lift?
No. The building has three storeys and no lift, and two of the 17 rooms are on the third floor besides the closed Kiri 6.
Is Fukuzumiro non-smoking?
Not fully. The ryokan deodorises a room on request.