Gekkoju Yufuin

Five suites, a butler for each one, and an en suite soaking bath that competes with the volcanic peak visible from the window. Gekkoju Yufuin is a villa-scale retreat on the quiet edge of Yufu, close enough to the town's streets to explore but tucked away enough to ignore them entirely. The cuisine fuses Japanese and French traditions, and the furnishings lean Western and quietly lavish in a way that stops just short of absurd.