Ryokan Information

Chain: Relais & Chateaux (Member since 2015)
Style: Luxurious ryokan inn
Address: 4230 Shukukubota Makizonocho, Kirishima 899-6507 Kagoshima
Telephone: 0995-77-2114

Social Media
Website: https://www.gajoen.jp/en/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wasurenosato.gajoen/
Instagram: @gajoen2114

Location
Wasurenosato Gajoen is one of the best luxurious ryokans inn in Kagoshima, where most of the area’s rich volcanic activity and onsen hot springs. Kagoshima is famous for its natural spots such as waterfalls, shrines and sites of historical and cultural site. It is a place to explore at your own pace and recharge in the natural environment.   

Rooms
Wasurenosato Gajoen is a small size ryokan with total 10 guest rooms, designed in 5 different types. Each room features charming futons and breathtaking views of the surrounding forest and river. Some of the rooms come with open-air, private hot spring stone baths – a traditional and ideal element for romantic relaxation.

Dining
Wasurenosato Gajoen is well-known for the use of home-grown, pesticide-free ingredients, and chicken and vegetables come from their own private farm and garden. This produce is used to serve up healthy, traditional Japanese cuisine, with items to be found on the menu including salt-roasted sweetfish, hearty dago-jiru dumpling soup, and sticky rice with mountain vegetables. You’ll start the day off right with a traditional Japanese breakfast, with fresh vegetables, miso soup and rice cooked over a firewood stove.

Onsen
There are two main baths in Wasurenosato Gajoen, one for men and one for women. The baths ware hewn out of solid 20-ton rocks by Tateo Tajima, taking half a year. As you soak in the water, you get a real sense of the bath being a part of the land.

Utase-yu and Ramune-yu are the two private onses are in Wasurenosato Gajoen. The onsen take their water from a geothermal well that has been naturally producing fresh water since long ago. In addition to improving blood circulation, the carbon dioxide in the water feels good on the skin.