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Book Tendoso in Tendo Onsen (Yamagata)―― The ryokan features a total of 11 guest rooms, each with its own hot spring. These include detached single-story accommodations in the Sukiya-zukuri style and rooms with gardens featuring cherry blossoms. Dinner features kaiseki cuisine, including grilled eel—a nod to the ryokan’s history as an eel restaurant—alongside local brand beef such as Yonezawa beef. Breakfast also includes traditional Japanese dishes. A highly rated inn located in Tendo Onsen, midway between Ginzan Onsen and Zao.
Access: 20 minutes by shared-taxi from Yamagata Airport (Advance booking required)
(1) Rooms with open-air/semi-open-air hot spring baths available: 10 rooms
(2) Room with indoor hot spring bath available: 1 room
Sulfate spring
Ginzan Onsen, Okama Crater and Mount Zao, Zao Snow Monsters (late January to early March), Yamadera Temple
11 rooms
*Smoking is prohibited in all rooms
*These links will go to the travel agencys’ reservation website.
50,600 - 141,200 yen per guest per night
The price includes one dinner and one breakfast
2-2-18 Kamata, Tendo-shi, Yamagata, Japan Show map
(1) 20 minutes by shared-taxi from Yamagata Airport (Advance booking required)
(2) Three hours by JR Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Tendo Station, then 5 minutes by taxi (or 20 minutes on foot)
The required times may slightly vary depending on the time of day.