Hotel Kazura-bashi

Shikoku


This lovely hotel not far from Kazura-bashi offers spacious, comfortable, Japanese-style rooms with mountain views. Beautifully prepared traditional meals are served by attentive staff. A funky cable car ferries guests up to the hotel's highlight: a gorgeous, open-air onsen on the hill. Nonguests are welcome to use the onsen (¥1200) between 10am to 4pm.


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