Ryoan Fukinotou

😊: Is a very traditional ryokan stay with traditional meals prepared for you for breakfast and dinner. We stayed for 2 nights and the meals are different for both. This is a very quiet place and if you are looking for activities around, there isn’t much. However if you drive, then you can move around to enjoy some nice places. 😢: The driveway and parking place are quite small and narrow. Need to be extra careful moving around the place. Also there is no attached toilet and you will bathe in the in-house onsen..

We stayed here for 2 nights. Its an amazing experience. The room, food and ambience is just fantastic. Would give 6 stars if it was available.

😊: Excellent location. Meals were fabulous.. 😢: The onsen was closed one afternoon for cleaning..

Fantastic staff, great rooms, phenomenal food. Can't speak highly enough of this venue. The ofuro was lukewarm on entry but turning the hot tap on worked. That's my biggest criticism.

This ryokan, loosely affiliated with neighboring Fukinoji Temple, was great! The staff were friendly and laid on a sumptuous dinner as well as a tasty breakfast. My ensuite room was spacious and overlooked a small private garden. I was able to relax completely and soak up the peace and tranquility (both in the hot spring bath and out of it). In the morning, I awoke to the song of nightingales. I don't think it could have been better.

This is one of the most beautiful small traditional Japanese Inn in all of Kyushu. The food is exceptional, cooked by a monk at the nearby temple Fukiji. The Onsen is small but clean and relaxing. Perfect for couples or small families. Staff is attentive and welcoming. Please visit!

This minshuku (a ryokan where you lay your own bed) is run by the family of the abbot of the famous Fuki shrine next door. It is simple (smallish rooms with no private bath in most of them, small onsen), but the hosts are delightful. The abbot's wife is the manager/receptionist, and their son - a former soba master and a priest himself - is the chef. Meals are delicious. Free and fast WiFi. If the priest is free, you can ask him to conduct a meditation session in the morning.

An atmospheric little place adjacent to Fukiji Temple which offers nourishment for both body and soul. Before heading to sample their delicious breakfast, you can take party in a meditation session led by the abbot in the main temple building below. Before starting, we were instructed on seiza, the correct floor sitting position in Japan (which curiously is frown upon in Korea as over there this manner of sitting is reserved for criminals). If your legs go numb half way through, don't worry, the abbot promises not to whack you with a wooden stick to correct your posture (apparently they do that to regular monks). The food is fabulous, very varied and beautifully presented. Their signature ginger ale is made by the owners and definitely worth trying. The onsen is a bit small but totally adequate as the whole place has only 12 rooms.