One of the well known Onsen hotel in Hakone, Hotel Kowakien, will close its door on Jan. 10, 2018 the owner of the hotel, Fujita Kanko, has announced.

Hotel Kowakien was opened on 1959 and the building was showing its age, along with the redevelopment plan in the area, the owner of the hotel decided to close the business.

Theme park based facility located next to the hotel, Kowakien Yunessun, will continue to operate. Yunessun is a coed facility so bathing suites are required.

The new lodging facility which will be built as a part of the redevelopment of the area is planned as Japanese ryokan type facility, not European hotel type facility.