Journal | 2026
You do not have to line your diary up with anyone else's to travel. Some hours are only there when you are on your own. Mori no Auberge Mitsu takes bookings for a single guest, and this is how an evening alone here tends to go.
An inn where being alone is not awkward
The thing that worries people most when choosing an inn for a trip alone is probably the other guests. A single seat in the dining hall of a large hotel. That particular unease has nothing to do with this place.
Mitsu takes three groups a night. Neither the corridor nor the dining room is busy. Time on your own can be spent without minding anybody.
A full Japanese course, faced alone
Dinner is a Japanese creative course built from what the fishermen and farmers of Atsuma bring in. Mailabuta, the pork of Atsuma; the fish that is in season; Nanatsuboshi rice cooked in a clay pot. One plate at a time, at whatever pace is yours.
There is nobody to keep up with. Just the food, and your attention on it. Dinner alone may in fact be the most extravagant dinner there is.
The bath, and the morning, to yourself
The bath is not a shared large bath but a goemon-style tub in Shigaraki ceramic ware in your own room. There is no hour to keep and nobody to mind. Float the herbs of the season and look out at the forest while you soak. The water is heated; it is not a natural hot spring.
There is no television in the rooms, and only the sound of the forest carries. A book you are partway through, and a drink in the evening. In the morning you wake to birds, then a bath and a breakfast of rice from the clay pot. A day at Mitsu sets out how the hours run.
Thirty minutes from the airport, and the time is yours
Mitsu is about 30 minutes by car from New Chitose Airport. Step off the plane and be in the quiet of the forest the same day. Slipping a night like this into the first or the last day of a trip through Hokkaido is a good way to look after yourself.
The route is described in 30 minutes from New Chitose Airport, and where the quiet comes from in for anyone looking for a quiet inn.
Frequently asked questions
Q. Is there an inn in Hokkaido that takes a single guest?
Yes. Mori no Auberge Mitsu, in Atsuma, Hokkaido, takes bookings for one guest. In a quiet forest inn with three groups a night, both the Japanese creative course and the goemon-style bath in your own room can be taken slowly, on your own.
Q. How much is it for one person?
It changes with the room, the season and the plan, so any figure is a guide only. Current rates and availability are shown on our booking site (CHILLNN), which is where the final amount is confirmed. How the rates are put together is also explained on our rates page.
Q. Does eating alone feel awkward here?
Because this is a small inn with three groups a night, you are unlikely to find yourself the only single guest in the middle of a busy hall. The Japanese creative course can be taken slowly, at your own pace.