Tateo TAJIMA
Tateo Tajima was born in 1945 in a spa ryokan at Myoken Onsen in Makizono, Kagoshima Prefecture. Graduating from Toyo University, he worked as a banker before establishing Wasurenosato Gajoen in 1970, modeled on the traditional villages that were being forgotten. In 1994 he started to clear bamboo forest for a new project, which eventually opened in 2004 as Tenku, a hilltop resort designed to delight all the senses with its natural beauty, richness, and its clear views of the Kirishima mountain range. Tajima sees the business of resorts as making guests human again, and aims at providing an out-of-the-ordinary luxury experience that would be unthinkable elsewhere.
A hotel consisting of a scattering of traditional thatched-roof structures, giving the appearance of a small community of rural houses that used to be a common sight in old Japan. Each has its own onsen with 100% fresh spring water.
A hot spring hotel that has been operating for 130 years alongside the Amorigawa river in the south of the Kirishima Onsenkyo hot spring village. Its includes three different types of hot spring, beneficial for neuralgia, stomach flu, and surface wounds.