Dogokan

Book Dogokan in Dogo Onsen (Ehime)―― Enjoy a unique atmosphere in this hot spring ryokan with designing by famous Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa. It features a tea ceremony room constructed with Japanese architecture that faces a Japanese garden.

Access: 40 minutes by bus from Matsuyama Airport to Dogo Onsen Station, then 7 minutes on foot

Private Onsens (For couple, family, tatoo)

Rooms with open-air hot spring baths available: 9 rooms

Spring quality/qualities (Please refer to this page for the health merits)

Simple hot spring

Tourist spots nearby

Dogo Onsen Main Building, Matsuyama Castle, Itoyama Observatory, Kurushima Kaikyo SA (Nishi Seto Expressway), Shimanami Kaido

Top hot spring resort – Dogo

With 3,000 years of history, this is one of Japan’s oldest hot springs. It even appears in the “Nihon Shoki” (a collection of ancient myths). Many past Emperors of Japan have visited here starting 1,500 years ago, including Emperor Showa. It also is home to Yushinden, the only bathing room in Japan specially set aside for the Imperial Family.

Year of establishment

1989

Number of rooms

90 rooms

*Smoking is prohibited in all rooms