Mountain Villa on a Romantic Plateau

The Tazawako Kogen Plateau is known as a hot spring resort overflowing with a resort atmosphere. There are many large-sized hotels, and modern and distinctive lodges. Among them, "Yupopo Sanso" is a little mountain villa and may be the best bet for you to spend a holiday.

Boast local seasonal dishes

The villa is nicely located near Lake Tazawa and Mt. Komagatake. As an additional plus, the environment is surrounded by beech trees, baths that warm your body well and neat, clean guest rooms. These are spaces where you can relax in comfort. The best of this hotel is the variety of delightful savory dishes. A brief explanation of the menu in the photograph: local delicacies of Akita; hot pot of kiritanpo (rice dumpling) and deep-fried sand fish, and bean paste fries of akebi, creamed turnip, sliced raw horsemeat, baked salmon on a magnolia leaf (hoba) and small grilled char in hot sake (Iwana-no-kotsuzake). Although there is no gaiety in the appearance, each dish is first class. You can satisfy your appetite with seasonal home cooking using local natural gradients such as wild plants, mushrooms.

Exterior of Yupopo Sanso
Exterior of Yupopo Sanso
Exterior of Yupopo Sanso

The interior of the dining-room is finished with a natural Akita cedar. You can feel cozy and fully enjoy a mountain villa atmosphere.

Surrounding beech grove
Nearby Lake Tazawa

[Medicinal benefit]
High blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, rheumatism, etc.
 
[Yupopo Sanso]

2, Komagatake, Obonai, Tazawako-machi, Senboku-gun, Akita 014-1201
Tel: 0187-46-2533 Fax: 050-5501-8467
URL http://www.warabi.or.jp/sanso/ E-mail hideko@warabi.or.jp

Charge: 8,000 yen (with 2 meals)



[Access]
Take the JR Akita Shinkansen and go to Tazawako Station. From this station, take a bus to Nyuto Onsen. Get off the bus at Tazawako Kogen after about a 30 minute drive.