和raku-Tei
北海道美瑛町美沢早崎
A four-room inn in Biei looking out to the Tokachi range. Both baths are reserved room by room, and the inn is set up for adults, not accepting children aged 12 or under.
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Key facts
Size and setting
A small four-room inn in Biei, looking out to the Tokachi mountain range.
Check-in and check-out
Check-in is from 16:00 with a final check-in at 21:00, and check-out is by 10:00.
Age condition for guests
Built around the idea of a grown-ups' retreat, the inn does not accept children aged 12 or under.
縁 Enishi
A twin room with raised semi-double beds, furnished in water hyacinth, 10 tatami in a Japanese-modern style, for two guests.
紬 Tsumugi
A twin room with semi-double beds and a balcony looking out to the Tokachi range, for two guests.
和 Nagomi
A two-room Japanese suite of six and 4.5 tatami with a hirouen alcove, for two to four guests.
楽 Raku
A western-style single room with a semi-double bed for one guest. It has no toilet and no television.
Room equipment
Television, free Wi-Fi, humidifier, hairdryer, kettle, washbasin and washlet toilet, the washlet being in every room except 楽.
Amenities
Face towel, bath towel, toothbrush set, comb, soap, yukata and samue.
Non-smoking
The whole building is non-smoking.
Private baths
Two baths, each reserved room by room: one with a small radium open-air tub, and one in Japanese style finished mainly in white tile.
Bathing hours and winter condition
Bathing runs 18:00 to 23:00, with 7:00 to 9:00 also available in summer only. The open-air tub alone cannot be used in winter.
Bath amenities
Shampoo, conditioner, body soap, face wash, lotion and milky lotion.
Dining room
On clear days it looks out to the Tokachi range, and the raised area has a sunken kotatsu.
Approach to cooking
The kitchen looks back to long-standing Japanese cooking and uses additive-free ingredients as far as it can.
Breakfast
Made with Hokkaido ingredients including Yumepirika rice, seasonal fish and Biei vegetables. On a second consecutive night it becomes a western breakfast with French toast. Breakfast starts at 7:30.
Winter dinner
In winter only, a shabu-shabu using Biei-branded pork from the local area.
Ordering dinner outside winter
Outside winter, dinner can still be arranged on request as the kitchen's set menu, which varies by day, ordered up to three days before the stay.
Times to nearby places
About 10 minutes by car to the Shirogane Blue Pond, 15 to Shirahige Falls, 15 to Shikisai-no-oka, 35 to Farm Tomita and 40 to Asahiyama Zoo.
Rooms
縁 Enishi
A twin room with raised semi-double beds, 10 tatami in Japanese-modern style, for two guests.
紬 Tsumugi
A twin room with semi-double beds and a balcony looking to the Tokachi range, for two guests.
和 Nagomi
A two-room Japanese suite of six and 4.5 tatami with a hirouen alcove, for two to four guests.
楽 Raku
A western-style single with a semi-double bed for one guest, without a toilet or television.
At the property
Bath with a radium open-air tub
A private bath with a small open-air tub; the open-air part alone is unavailable in winter.
Japanese-style bath
A private bath finished mainly in white tile, open 18:00 to 23:00 with a morning slot in summer only.
Dining room
On clear days it looks out to the Tokachi range, and the raised area has a sunken kotatsu.
Approach to cooking
The kitchen looks back to long-standing Japanese cooking and uses additive-free ingredients as far as it can.
Breakfast
Made with Hokkaido ingredients including Yumepirika rice, seasonal fish and Biei vegetables. On a second consecutive night it becomes a western breakfast with French toast. Breakfast starts at 7:30.
About 10 minutes by car to the Shirogane Blue Pond, and about 15 to Shirahige Falls and Shikisai-no-oka.
About 35 minutes to Farm Tomita and about 40 to Asahiyama Zoo.
Arrival
Drive times to nearby places
About 10 minutes by car to the Shirogane Blue Pond, and about 15 to Shirahige Falls and Shikisai-no-oka.
About 35 minutes to Farm Tomita and about 40 to Asahiyama Zoo.
Before your stay
Children aged 12 or under are not accepted
Built around the idea of a grown-ups' retreat, the inn does not accept children aged 12 or under.
Final check-in is 21:00
Check-in runs from 16:00 with a final check-in at 21:00, and check-out is by 10:00.
Bathing hours and the open-air tub in winter
Bathing runs 18:00 to 23:00, with a 7:00 to 9:00 slot in summer only, and the open-air tub is closed in winter.
Dinner outside winter needs three days' notice
Outside winter, dinner is on request and must be ordered up to three days before the stay, as a set menu that varies by day.
What differs in room 楽
Room 楽 has no toilet and no television, and the washlet toilets are fitted in the other rooms.
The whole building is non-smoking
So that guests can take in the surroundings, the whole building is non-smoking.
Source
Based on Hokkaido Government, “Hokkaido prefectural health-office environmental health facility lists (Ryokan Business Act)” (2026-08-08); modified and translated. CC-BY-4.0.
2026-08-08