{
 "slug": "ryokan-nishiyama",
 "name": "Ryokan Nishiyama",
 "url": "https://ryokancatalog.com/inn/ryokan-nishiyama",
 "location": "Onomichi",
 "prefecture": "Hiroshima",
 "region": "Chugoku",
 "geo": {
  "lat": 34.4092,
  "lng": 133.2033
 },
 "tier": "B",
 "score": 7.6,
 "score_scale": "1-10",
 "unscored": false,
 "confidence": "low",
 "evidence": {
  "units": 1,
  "op_stays": 0,
  "member_stays": 1
 },
 "kinrt_rank_claim": null,
 "rooms": null,
 "property_type": "Traditional ryokan",
 "style": "Traditional ryokan (old+new wings)",
 "features": {
  "in_room_onsen": null,
  "meals_in_room": "Yes"
 },
 "summary": "A design-forward ryokan in suburban Onomichi, with standalone-house rooms up to 81 square metres, an all-day lounge of complimentary sake, beer and whisky, and a Japanese-French dinner with a wine pairing. The one party to review it, ten people at Christmas 2025, called it a highlight of their trip, with immaculate rooms and extremely high-level service. At $540–650 a night it is toward the affordable end for this quality; the suburban location, with no famous sights nearby, is the drawback, and that one enthusiastic stay is the only account so far.",
 "aspect_scale": "1-5",
 "aspects": {
  "cuisine": {
   "label": "Food",
   "score": 4,
   "text": "Dinner is modern Japanese-French cooking, served to OWHKG2016's party of ten in a private room in the old wing, with a wine pairing offered and every other drink free of charge. He never saw the wine list, though he spotted Cristal, Gaja, Burgundy and Bordeaux in the cellar, so it is surprisingly well stocked. He was a big fan of the food, his wife, a pickier eater, enjoyed it less, and breakfast is a more traditional spread."
  },
  "onsen": {
   "label": "Bath",
   "score": null,
   "text": "There is no hot spring, and the water is heated, but the top rooms have a real bath product. Kiri has a hinoki open-air bath and an indoor tub, Ume has an iron-kettle open-air bath and an indoor one, and the house bath is run as a bookable private bath for the rooms without their own. The one detailed stay was in Sakura, which has no in-room bath, and it never describes bathing, so there is no first-hand verdict."
  },
  "service": {
   "label": "Service",
   "score": 4.5,
   "text": "The manager, Son, received the party of ten warmly and led them to the lounge for matcha and snacks, and pre-arrival emails had always been promptly answered. OWHKG2016 called the service extremely high level, counted the stay among the highlights of a trip that also took in three Fufu hotels, and would not hesitate to return."
  },
  "room": {
   "label": "Room",
   "score": 4.5,
   "text": "Wara and Matsuzake are standalone houses of 81 and 63 square metres, extremely spacious and the favourite room type of OWHKG2016's wife, while Asahi and Sakura share a building with a connecting door that opens on request. He liked Asahi upstairs best, because its sitting room looks over the lovely garden, though Sakura below has the better layout and bathroom. Every room the party of ten took was in immaculate condition."
  },
  "setting": {
   "label": "Place",
   "score": 3.5,
   "text": "Nishiyama is in a suburban part of Onomichi with few famous sights nearby, and OWHKG2016 did not know what to expect. Inside, the design is stunning, the reception doubles as a guest lounge where sake, beer, whisky and gin are complimentary all day, there is a lovely garden that the Asahi sitting room looks onto, and dinner is served in the old wing. He recommends anyone in the area or passing through to stay at least a night."
  }
 },
 "transit": {
  "cities": [
   {
    "city": "Hiroshima",
    "hours": 1,
    "time": "1h",
    "transfers": 1,
    "estimated": false,
    "text": "Reverse of: JR Sanyo local Onomichi→Fukuyama (~15 min), Sanyo Shinkansen Fukuyama→Hiroshima (~25 min) — change at Fukuyama (faster than Shin-Onomichi, 3 km out of town)."
   },
   {
    "city": "Kyoto",
    "hours": 2.3,
    "time": "2h20",
    "transfers": 1,
    "estimated": false,
    "text": "Bookend down the Sanyo Shinkansen: 'Nozomi'/'Sakura' Kyoto→Fukuyama (~1h40), then JR local Fukuyama→Onomichi into town. (Shin-Onomichi is direct but sits ~3 km out, so Fukuyama-and-local lands you at the station.)"
   }
  ],
  "note": ""
 },
 "photos": [
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   "url": "/img/nishiyama-0-fd538b03.jpg",
   "tag": "setting",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 300
  },
  {
   "url": "/img/nishiyama-1-fe433018.jpg",
   "tag": "room",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 300
  },
  {
   "url": "/img/nishiyama-2-9f7b304a.jpg",
   "tag": "interior",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 300
  },
  {
   "url": "/img/nishiyama-3-0035d576.jpg",
   "tag": "room",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 300
  },
  {
   "url": "/img/nishiyama-4-f2212cfb.jpg",
   "tag": "food",
   "width": 400,
   "height": 300
  }
 ],
 "links": {
  "website": "https://o-nishiyama.co.jp/",
  "map": "https://www.google.com/maps?cid=581498688505450535",
  "jp_site": {
   "source": "Ikyu",
   "score": 4.3,
   "reviews": 62,
   "url": "https://www.ikyu.com/00003049/review/",
   "as_of": "2026-07-10"
  },
  "flyertalk_reviews": [
   {
    "post": 722,
    "author": "OWHKG2016",
    "url": "https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/37512641-post722.html"
   }
  ],
  "flyertalk_discussion": [],
  "tripadvisor": []
 },
 "as_of": "2026-09-07"
}