Guests of Takefue arrive via one of the most beautiful roads in Japan, with breathtaking views of the mountains of central Kyushu's Mt. Aso range on one side and vast ocean vistas on the other.
Those arriving at night are treated to both the lights of the towns in the valleys and, in clear weather, a blazing expanse of stars. Takefue maintains a refined rustic style, the farm-type buildings all black beams and straw-and-plaster stucco.
Interiors are likewise rustic, but with modern amenities and huge windows giving access to the lovely surrounding forest.
The onsen hot springs are generated by the same geological processes that keep nearby Mt. Aso rumbling.
There are numerous ryokan in the neighborhood, but the bamboo forest effectively muffles all sounds from outside the grounds, preserving the feeling of deep-forest privacy. Most of the rooms boast their own private rotemburo outdoor baths - some of which are huge. There is also an enormous public rotemburo, which can be reserved for private bathing. The cuisine is kaiseki haute cuisine, incorporating inaka ryori, or country fare, and taking full advantage of the delicate and delicious mountain vegetables of the area. Takefue's location, nestled in a large bamboo grove, gives it a unique otherworldly air; this and its exquisite food, beautiful outdoor baths, rustic authenticity and premium service make this an outstanding ryokan.
Takefue is surrounded by bamboo forest without any adjacent buildings and its pleasure to offer a time that is not interfering with anyone in around.
Please heal yourself while the sound enters the open-air bath, relax in your room, usually never quite notice leaves of the wind, rubbing of bamboo leaves, in the winter of snowing sound, in spring feeling in the whole body of the nightingale singing.
Takefue has just 12 lodges within 16,500 square meters of rich nature land nestled in the lush bamboo forest.
Experience the hospitality and nature which you cannot have anywhere but Takefue.
All of the rooms has different type of sink over source bath style and you can enjoy your "private space" where nobody cannot disturb you.
Deference to Forrest Gump, Takefue maintains what matters most, the ultimate comfort of each guest so you'll feel "welcome home".
This is another deluxe suite with twin beds and a tatami living/sitting room, as well as an irori dining room.
Sleeping arrangements are twin beds in a quiet, restful bedroom, as well as futon on tatami mats in the living/sleeping room. Kokyu-an's rotemburo is a huge rock pool with maple boughs hanging over it;
with its surroundings of cedar forest, the bathers feel they have discovered a hitherto unknown hot spring in the woods. The suite also has a lovely wooden indoor bath.
This suite boasts a separate living/sleeping room and irori dining room. A small door leads to living room from the irori room, like the tiny door in tea house.
Made that way to encourage samurai to remove their swords, thereby helping to ensure spiritual ease within. This room boasts two baths, one a huge stone rotemburo big enough to swim laps in, the other an indoor in-suite bath.
Also big and beautiful, the tub and walls made of the same lovely pale wood.
The suite also has a separate TV/theater room equipped with a 52-inch plasma TV, leather couches and a B&O sound system.
Another beautiful suite, Amato's inviting rocky rotemburo and indoor bath are designed to put guests at their ease. The sitting/dining room centers around a irori in the shape of a hyotan, or gourd, and graced by an enormous window looking out onto the garden.
The hot water in the rock-pool rotemburo bubbles up from a central spout, then overflows infinity-style, complemented by a wooden indoor tub.
Twin beds and a tatami and futon sleeping room invite restful sleep.
One interesting touch is a glass window in the floor by the entrance to the sitting room, under which is a diorama of a childlike miniature ryokan world.
Similar to Shien-an, Bijo-an features a pretty rock pool rotemburo, as well as low, crooked internal entranceways and a beautiful view over the surrounding forest.
A large irori dining room allows large groups such as families to gather together for meals, and later sleep on the traditional tatami and futon.
This room is smaller in scale than many of the others, with a generous ofuro, accessed via a stone staircase that leads down to a private rocky grotto.
The living room/bedroom is traditional tatami and futon, which one enters through a small, crooked doorway.
This suite has an interesting rustic touch, with huge boulders incorporated into structure of the building. The sleeping arrangements consist of twin beds and a large tatami sitting room that can be turned into a futon sleeping room. Omachi-an's huge rotemburo is overhung with maple boughs.
And the forest beyond is tastefully lit with lanterns amid the trees. The small irori table by the rotemburo is a delightful surprise - the leg space underneath is a foot spa flowing with hot onsen water. The room also boasts a big wooden indoor bath.
Shien-an is a rustic, family-style room, with a big irori fireplace for gathering around and a loft space above accessed by steep stairs.
Sleeping arrangements are traditional tatami-and-futon style, and meals are eaten around the irori in the dining room.
The rotemburo is designed as a natural rocky pond overlooking cedar and maple woods.
And the indoor ofuro is a black-walled rocky grotto with boulders piled to form a cave.
The view, while still bamboo groves, gives the feeling of being high off the ground in a bamboo treehouse-like aerie, where guests can contemplate their midair existence.
A sort of mirror image to Tsukikage, this room nevertheless has a much different feel to it.
This room is much like Mone, a rustic suite with a tatami-and-futon sleeping area that doubles, Japanese-style, as the living room.
The generous rotemburo features a sitting area overlooking a bamboo grove, with comfortable wicker chairs.
Like many of the rooms, Yuzuki-an has a sumi bamboo arrangement in the genkan entranceway to both provide a touch of beauty and to naturally deodorize the room. Twin beds and a large tatami room invite relaxation.
Indoor and outdoor baths in this beautiful room encourage the guest to tarry and savor the forest view and wonderful breezes wafting through the bamboo groves.
Takefue provide seasonal food materials and fresh Kumamoto local ingredients for original dishes on each month.
Please enjoy an extremely refined delicacy of creative cuisine at Takefue to the full.
Please let the staff know if you have allergic to some ingredients or request for food at the time you book a room.
In addition, if you stay nights, you can enjoy different menu for breakfast and dinner.
An additional menu of goods to you separate from creative Kaiseki dishes during time is alsoavailable.
There are sake, wine and shochu beside drink menu in your refrigerator. It is also possible to order bottle of those.
Please feel free to contact the staff for order or questions.
It is also available to order birthday, wedding or anniversary cakes for additional charges.
Please enjoy the Takefue's specious time and feel the wind, listening to a rustle of bamboo forest and waterfall at The Garden Takezono.
It is available for cafe during the day time and bar at night.
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Takefue has autologous source boasts of a rich hot water, with a purity of 100% of hot water flowing over a deep source component, available hot spring bath at 29 Public and Private space without adding water.
Source of the Takefue is "fountain medical treatment" medically effective treatment even during the hot spring.
Clear,colorless, odorless, tasteless hot water contains a lot of sodium, effect to sedative lowers blood pressure, relieve the pain. In addition, hydrogen carbonate spring and sulfate spring called "quality three large beautiful fountain" is included can be obtained "beautiful skin effect".
Specifically, it has the effect of decomposing the melanin takes the dirt of pores effects and create a "smooth skin" takes the excess oil.
There is the lodge house dedicated to the hotel, spa Zen in Takefue.
On site you will find open-air bath and a private room overlooking the treatment of Mousouchiku. Come and spend a moment of bliss not please on this occasion.
ZEN AND SPA
Zen the spa at the spa is not common in "healing" aims to "treatment" that the purpose of health. Tends to be a repeat of that, also restored immediately undergo treatment at the spa feeling of the moment.
Counseling will be comprehensive, including the "sleep", "spa", "meal" at the spa.
Enjoy treatments in the techniques of "pressure adjustment Zen" concept to master the mind and body healthy to healthy beauty, body should not make disease by symptoms painful disease to the guests.
The main attraction at Takefue is the famous onsen hot spring baths, which have their source on the premises. It actually consists of several baths, hidden amongst piles of boulders strewn about.
You will find "Chikurin no Yu" surrounded by foliage and filled with rustic bamboo when you step up stairs from the passage of the front desk. Experience four seasons at largest open air bath of Takefue.
It is a playful tickle the bath like a secret base.
Has led to the "Oku no Yu" when you go back through the corridor from Chikurin no Yu. Enjoy your bath time while listening to the murmur of a small waterfall gracefully flowing down.
Takefue's spa, Zen, offers full-body massages, as well as facials and other spa treatments.
A Japanese style room on the first floor is available for groups of up to 20 people.
From May until early June, you can see blowing bamboo that grow and become tinged with rain night out bamboo shoots everywhere in Takefue, Bamboo is the growth around a meter in one day they will grow to heights of 15 to 20 meters in 60 days.
There is a piece of original artwork made of plaster and shaped by the use of a trowel on a big wall.
Kumamoto region live only underground natural water are said to No.1 groundwater city in Japan.Kumamoto city's public water using ground water 100%. Aso there is Takefue called jar of middle Kyusyu. Aso it is the world's largest volcanic caldera
TAKEFUE
5725 ManganjiMinamioguni, Aso District Kumamoto Prefecture 869-2402Japan