Makiba-no-ie

There's atmosphere aplenty in these dozen thatched-roof huts with Japanese rooms, sink and toilet surrounding a beautiful rotemburo. The antique-filled, garden-view restaurant offers jidori (local chicken) and Bungō-gyū teishoku (local-beef set meals) from ¥1600. Lunch, by reservation only, includes bath admission. Otherwise, visitors can use the rotemburo (¥600, until 5pm daily) and the eight family (private) baths (from ¥1800).