Takehara's Tourist Attractions
Hotel Kamogawaso (賀茂川荘) Takehara city center area
Hotel Kamogawaso is a hot spring resort hotel located about 20 minutes from Takehara Station by car or bus. The hotel’s entrance is surrounded by a beautiful Japanese-style garden that you pass through to reach the lobby. The outdoor environs feature Japanese maples (momiji), moss-covered grounds, stone lanterns, and a clear-running stream with koi carp.
Within the garden is the autumn room (koyo-tei), offering privacy from the other rooms as well as seasonal autumn colors. Guests in the autumn room can also enjoy authentic cuisine cooked on a hearth (irori) at Irori Sanso, a cooking and eating area within the garden.
The lobby has been recently renovated and provides views of the garden from the comfort of the hotel. There is also a counter bar and souvenir shop.
The rooms are a mix of Japanese and Western-style accommodation. They contain a tatami mat (washitsu) room and Western-style beds, a shower, and a bathroom. Guests can also use the hotel’s natural hot spring (onsen), which features both indoor and outdoor baths.
There is a fine collection of artwork in the hotel that was hung by the previous owner, an art enthusiast who created an art gallery in which visitors could also stay.
Outside the hotel is an area for noh classical Japanese dance-drama and kyogen (comic interludes of noh plays). Events are held throughout the year.