Breakfast was amazing, buffet with local dishes and two extra courses simmering in front of you on your table, highly recommend! We stayed in genkai apartment house with garden view and enjoyed it a lot, felt like in a honeymoon suit, with the nice private spa bathroom, toilet playing you classical music, foot masks and matcha tea set, equipped to relax you to your core. Great value!

“A really good stay with room for improvement”

Die Staff was really nice even though english is not that common in that area. We had a wonderful supper, it was the best omakase menu we ever had and we were in a really beautiful private dining room. The dinner was autumn themed and we could see and taste it in every dish. Our room was huge and beautiful, the futon beds were very comfortable and the pillows were surprisingly great. There were more futons in the cupboard so I placed one more under mine to make it less firm. It rained with nice sounds and a great view in the garden, so I slept like a queen. Go ahead and book this, you won't regret it.

“Relaxing, comfortable stay in a beautiful and unique cultural location in kokura”

The room was registered as a cultural heritage building and has a lot of history and a beautiful view of the stone bridge. The garden had butterflies dragonflies lots of birds, carp in the pond and a resident heron. The room "kiku" has a wooden tub for bathing and and is spacious comfortable and immaculate

“I don’t understand the great reviews”

Dinner in the room was nice. Staff was apologetic and allowed us to check out one night earlier.

“Charming escape from the city within in a beautiful garden”

Tranquil and charming ryokan set within a hotel - felt like a secret garden. Room was very generous with nice views and lovely bathtub. Breakfast and dinner was amazing! Spoilt by quality and choice.

“A wonderful experience and would like to thank the staff for all the help provided . Breakfast was the best to start the”

The breakfast and dinner were fantastic . Staff are friendly .

Authentic ryokan with a scenic view.

Beautiful old ryokan with everything you need

“A relaxing stay for the family!”

The beautiful and historic garden, the delicious meals, and the spacious room with very comfortable futons. We enjoyed gazing out into the garden and pond, seeing fish swim by. The kids also enjoyed feeding the fish after breakfast (with fish food provided by the restaurant).

“It's a great place to stay”

Although it is located in the city center, it was nice to find peace of mind as it was surrounded by a garden.

“Beautiful ryokan with really good service”

The Ryokan was so beautiful! We really loved the small balconies in each room that give us a view of the Japanese garden. The futon were very comfortable to sleep in, although it would be a concern for persons with accessibility requirements. The bathroom was well-designed, and I liked that it had a separate shower and bath. Location was great - easy to get to and near the nice areas of Kokura, yet quiet and safe. Staff were super helpful with our requests and made this experience wonderful. We really enjoyed the breakfast every morning - good spread with very fresh fruits and vegetables. Some alcoholic drinks and sweets were provided in the room - we were very pleasantly surprised!

“love the morning where I wake up to a beautiful garden”

Is near to the city centre

“AMAZING garden stay in the city”

We travelled as a family of 6 pax so this was one of the few properties which could accommodate us in their Ryokan wing of the hotel. It's like an annex. I suspect the ryokan was here and the hotel built around it. Anyway it turned out to be absolutely amazing as it looks out directly into a pond and into a garden that is on #39 on a list of 50 (or more?) top gardens in Japan, and not all on the list are places to stay. The garden is small but very picturesque and the breakfast restaurant provides fish food for their numerous koi. My kids loved roaming around the garden every morning after breakfast. We chose a package that included breakfast which turned out to be sukiyaki or shabu shabu + full on buffet breakfast (which was the same on both days, but we were just staying 2 nights anyway). Definitely stay here if you want to explore north eastern Kyushu and even Yamaguchi.