Awara Onsen Minoya Taiheikaku

Minoya Taiheikaku begins with a gate and stone-paved approach leading into a pure Japanese-style inn. The lobby looks across a garden, setting a calm visual rhythm before guests reach their tatami rooms.

Water from the inn’s own source flows through the large indoor and open-air baths. The bath design is traditional and garden-oriented, with the source providing a direct connection to Awara’s thermal landscape.

Dinner follows Fukui’s seasons, reaching its clearest expression in winter through Echizen crab. Seafood and mountain ingredients are joined by sake created through a collaboration between Awara’s proprietresses, local breweries and farmers. Minoya suits travellers who want a classic Japanese garden inn with genuine source water and a meal closely tied to Fukui’s calendar.