{
 "slug": "fuefukigawa-onsen-zabou",
 "name": "Fuefukigawa Onsen Zabou",
 "url": "https://ryokancatalog.com/inn/fuefukigawa-onsen-zabou",
 "location": "Koshu",
 "prefecture": "Yamanashi",
 "region": "Chubu",
 "geo": {
  "lat": 35.7167,
  "lng": 138.6333
 },
 "tier": "B",
 "score": 7.5,
 "score_scale": "1-10",
 "unscored": false,
 "confidence": "med",
 "evidence": {
  "units": 3,
  "op_stays": 1,
  "member_stays": 1
 },
 "kinrt_rank_claim": null,
 "rooms": null,
 "property_type": "Onsen ryokan",
 "style": "Kaiseki",
 "features": {
  "in_room_onsen": "Yes",
  "meals_in_room": "No"
 },
 "summary": "A winery-owned Koshu ryokan that gave KI-NRT a \"fairy tale-like\" stay, with mesmerizing pond-and-garden grounds and glorious bathing, let down by middling cha-kaiseki, the one flaw he wished away. Both reviewers agree the magic lives in the Kotogawa and Tsuzumigawa suites, and in a lesser room it is a different inn. At $450–650 a night it is near the bottom of this collection's range, which makes the food an easy flaw to accept.",
 "aspect_scale": "1-5",
 "aspects": {
  "cuisine": {
   "label": "Food",
   "score": 3,
   "text": "Dinner is cha-kaiseki in a restored kominka farmhouse, with Maruki wines and a pairing option. KI-NRT found the food the weakest point of his stay: the clear soup with a chicken-stuffed lily-bulb manju and abalone was delicious and the handmade soba delightful, but the grilled amberjack was nothing special, the cedar-grilled Koshu beef tough and short on flavor, and the portions small. A 2024 guest also called it decent but not outstanding."
  },
  "onsen": {
   "label": "Bath",
   "score": 4.5,
   "text": "The outdoor communal bath is a massive hybrid of pool and river that you can swim in, with a cave at the far end reached by wading up the onsen stream, and at night the whole area is lit up and hauntingly beautiful, so KI-NRT called it one of the most atmospheric onsen he has ever seen. Its water ran a bit lukewarm for him. Indoors is a large onsen, and the two top suites have a hinoki hot-spring tub on the balcony above the koi pond."
  },
  "service": {
   "label": "Service",
   "score": 4,
   "text": "Service is elegant and graceful, and many of the staff were born and raised locally, take pride in their work and know the area in depth. KI-NRT spoke Japanese with them, so he cannot say how it goes in English, but a 2024 couple who spoke none found the language gap no problem at all because the staff tried so hard, and their winery tour was well organized, with a detailed translation of the Japanese-language guide."
  },
  "room": {
   "label": "Room",
   "score": 3.5,
   "text": "Kotogawa and Tsuzumigawa, the two 73-square-metre suites, are the only rooms of 23 with the garden and lake view, each with a hinoki onsen tub on the balcony. The room itself does the job, tastefully furnished in muted tones, but has one sink, an older washlet and a deck shower with the head low on the railing, so KI-NRT crouched to rinse (a 2024 guest found that no chore). Entry rooms are not special in any way, so book a suite if you can."
  },
  "setting": {
   "label": "Place",
   "score": 4.5,
   "text": "A manicured garden and small koi lake, home to a pair of ducks, is the centre of the property, seen from the lounge and best of all from the two top suites, and all around are Yamanashi mountains and hills that are lush and rugged at once. The grounds are compact but artfully crafted, and KI-NRT found them mesmerizing and the inn unique and mystical. The salon pours unlimited free Maruki wine with wagashi, and the inn runs a winery tour."
  }
 },
 "transit": {
  "cities": [
   {
    "city": "Tokyo",
    "hours": 1.5,
    "time": "1h30",
    "transfers": 0,
    "estimated": false,
    "text": "Ltd Exp 'Kaiji' Shinjuku→Enzan (~1h30), then ~10-min drive — inn pickup from Enzan Station (reserve)."
   },
   {
    "city": "Kyoto",
    "hours": 3.75,
    "time": "3h45",
    "transfers": 2,
    "estimated": false,
    "text": "Reverse of: The long way round: Ltd Exp 'Shinano' route west via Kōfu to Nagoya (~2.5h), Tōkaidō Shinkansen→Kyoto (~1h) — a genuine transit day."
   }
  ],
  "note": ""
 },
 "photos": [
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   "url": "/img/fuefukigawa-0-ef4e64be.jpg",
   "tag": "setting",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 300
  },
  {
   "url": "/img/fuefukigawa-1-785fe32f.jpg",
   "tag": "room",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 246
  },
  {
   "url": "/img/fuefukigawa-2-6862c557.jpg",
   "tag": "bath",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 300
  },
  {
   "url": "/img/fuefukigawa-3-6cfa195f.jpg",
   "tag": "food",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 246
  }
 ],
 "links": {
  "website": "https://www.zabou-yamanashi.com/",
  "map": "https://www.google.com/maps?cid=12387618309547959151",
  "jp_site": {
   "source": "Ikyu",
   "score": 4.83,
   "reviews": 278,
   "url": "https://www.ikyu.com/00001645/review/",
   "as_of": "2026-07-10"
  },
  "flyertalk_reviews": [
   {
    "post": 207,
    "author": "KI-NRT",
    "url": "https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/35830940-post207.html"
   },
   {
    "post": 438,
    "author": "OWHKG2016",
    "url": "https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/36730667-post438.html"
   }
  ],
  "flyertalk_discussion": [],
  "tripadvisor": [
   {
    "rating": 4,
    "stay": "October 2023",
    "url": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g1021453-d1111162-r930068529-Zabou-Koshu_Yamanashi_Prefecture_Koshinetsu_Chubu.html"
   }
  ]
 },
 "as_of": "2026-09-07"
}