Yamagata ryokan Koyo remakes its Hana-no-Yakata wing around private open-air baths
Nihon no Yado Koyo is rebuilding its Hana-no-Yakata wing around sixteen rooms with private open-air baths — a bet that seclusion, not scale, will let a Tohoku onsen town command a resort-grade rate.
Nihon no Yado Koyo, a hot-spring ryokan in Kaminoyama Onsen, Yamagata, will reopen its Hana-no-Yakata ("Flower Hall") wing on September 14 with sixteen rebuilt rooms concentrated around private open-air baths, according to operator Koyo Holdings.