Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan

In Hayakawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan is a hot spring hotel. Since Kong Gumi was acquired in 2006, it is a long-established business (shinise) as the oldest hotel and possibly the oldest independent corporation in operation, having been founded in 705 AD by Fujiwara Mahito. Guinness World Records certified the hotel as the world's oldest hotel in 2011.

Since its inception, the hotel has gotten all of its hot water from the nearby Hakuho Springs. For over 1,300 years, it has been run by 52 generations of the same family (including adopted heirs). Fujiwara Mahito, the son of an adviser to Emperor Tenji, the 38th Emperor of Japan, designed the onsen.

There are 37 rooms at the hotel, as well as a kaiseki restaurant and a moon-viewing platform. As of 2019, all of the hotel's rooms and facilities include password-free Wi-Fi. The rooms are decorated with tatami mats and vintage art. The employees dress in nibu-shiki kimonos. The technology in the hot baths pumps 1,000 liters of naturally heated water every minute, with ambitions to quadruple that capacity. There are both public and private hot spring spas at the hotel (onsen). On the first floor, there are two private ones, and on the fourth floor, there are two public ones. The lobby and entrance are on the third floor.

Location: Hayakawa, Yamanashi, Japan

Phone: +0556 - 48 -2111

Website: keiunkan.co.jp