Guest House & Restaurant

Watanuki Pension

Japan's first Bed and Breakfast

Opening in 1969, Watanuki Pension was Japan's first Pension. Please enjoy a lush green environment where you can rest your mind, an onsen with water from the Kusatsu spring, and meals made with wild plants, mushrooms, and other seasonal ingredients.

About the Pension
Watanuki Pension

An Italian restaurant which uses only local ingredients

At the restaurant, which operates within the Pension, you can enjoy a course meal made by a chef who has spent 3 years studying in Italy and France. We provide cuisine utilizing in-season ingredients such as wild plants in the spring and wild game in the winter.
* You can dine here even if you are not lodging.

About the restaurant
Ristorante Al Rododendro

We hope you will come visit us.