Hakone
Private Resort Senkyo
プライベートリゾート仙居 ＾
Katsushika Hokusai, “Kajikazawa in Kai Province (Kōshū Kajikazawa), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)” — The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0
Private Resort Senkyo is a 一棟貸し — a whole-house rental — in the hills of Gora, Hakone. Its own site says the building sleeps up to 16. Check-in is self-service, worked with a keypad lock, at any time from 16:00, and access and entry details are sent three days before arrival; check-out is by 10:00.
Two ground-floor bathrooms are described by the house as carrying Hakone hot spring water, each sized for about two people, and there is a sauna with a cold plunge and shower. Some bedrooms have baths of their own: one a half-open-air tub (半露天風呂) on its veranda, one a hinoki tub, another a shower room. Walls and ceilings use solid timber alongside lattice screens, shoji and plastered walls; the dining room is tatami-floored, and the ground-floor lounge has a large screen and speakers.
No meals are served. The kitchen is stocked with pans, a rice cooker, knives, crockery, glasses and a coffee set, so cooking is yours to do.
Gora Station is a 17-minute walk away, or four minutes by taxi. Parking is one car at the front entrance plus about three below the building. Pets cannot stay, the building is non-smoking, fireworks on the grounds are prohibited, and the house asks that it not be used for parties or events; minors may not stay unaccompanied.
Why we chose it
The draw is the water and the privacy together: two ground-floor bathrooms the house describes as Hakone hot spring, a sauna with a cold plunge, and further tubs in the bedrooms — a half-open-air one on a veranda, a hinoki one indoors. You let yourself in with a keypad from 16:00 and cook your own meals in a well-equipped kitchen, and the house rules are stated plainly: no pets, no parties, no unaccompanied minors.
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Sources
- Official site (Japanese)
- Official site — facilities, check-in and house rules (Japanese)
- Official site — FAQ (Japanese)
- Official site — terms of use (Japanese)
- Official site — legal/company details (Japanese)
- Rakuten Travel: plan description written by the property (Japanese)
- Rakuten Travel listing: property details (Japanese)