Hot Spring / Hot Spring Bath Spots in Japan

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Category

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Hot Spring / Hot Spring Ryokan

Myoban Yu no Sato

4.0

107 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Oita Beppushi-shi Myoban 6 Kumi

A facility which makes and sells medicinal Yakuyo Yunohana hot spring mineral salts situated along National Route 500 in Myoban Onsen in Beppu City. Here you can purchase natural Yakuyo Yunohana bath salts created according to a process which has been designated a National Important Intangible Folk-Cultural Property. The facility is adjoined by a large rock outdoor bath situated on a hill, as well as private family baths modeled after the huts used to make the bath salts. Visitors can also view the production process, check out a shop selling local specialty products and goods made with the bath salts, and dine in a restaurant serving local cuisine.

You’ve got to go to this Onsen up in Myoban. Really. Immediately off the highway in the Myoban area , there’s a little tourist stop where you can buy souvenirs and in particular the bath salts that...
Ichinoyu

4.0

170 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Hyogo Pref. Toyokashi Kinosakichouyushima 415-1

The name (meaning “the Best Hot Spring”) of this historic hot spring bath facility is derived from the Yakusen, a book written by mid-Edo period doctor Kagawa Shutoku, who wrote that it was the best hot spring bath in the world. The Yumepa bath ticket allows purchasers to visit bathe as much as they like at seven different hot spring facilities, including Ichinoyu, whose waters have are said to bring good fortune. The facility is famous for its rock cavern bath, which was naturally carved out of the bare mountain and whose water quality is said to be the best in the country. The magnificent building, reminiscent of a Momoyama-style kabuki theater, has become a symbol of the Kinosaki Onsen area.

This is the onsen with the outdoor cave pool. It’s pretty cool to soak in a mock cave but I actually preferred the indoor pool and the jets.... plus the indoor pool is a degree or so hotter. Both...
Sengawa Yukemurinosato

3.5

82 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Tokyo Choufushi Wakabachou 2-11-2

This is a day-trip onsen facility located about five minutes on foot from Sengawa Station and is a spot that guests can enjoy for its natural hot spring water available at a reasonable price. Guests can enjoy 12 types of baths including a rotenburo (out-door bath), jet bath and relaxation bath, as well a large sauna. The ganban yoku (bedrock bath) that uses ore is popular among women, and 5,000 manga novels are available to peruse in the lounge space. This is a well-equipped establishment with a relaxation facility and an on-site restaurant offering many items from which to choose.

タトゥーは禁止だ。酷いね。おもてなしがない所だ。Tattoos are not allowed. Not even seals to cover tattoos. This is not a culture issue. This is a discrimination issue. When will places like this wake up?
Noboribetsu Onsen

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Hokkaido Noboribetsu-shi Noboribetsuonsencho

This hot spring area, one of the country’s foremost, is blessed with an abundance of high quality hot spring waters. There are nine varieties of source springs found in the area, each with its own coloration and purported health benefits, including sulfur springs, chloride springs, alum springs, sulfate springs, melanterite springs, iron springs, acidic springs, alkaline springs, and radium springs. In the indigenous Ainu language, “nupur pet” means “white, cloudy river” or “dark colored river;” believed to be the phrase from which the Japanese place name “Noboribetsu” is derived. It also alludes to the area’s abundance of hot water, which is so great that it even changes the color of the river. Many people come here to enjoy the area’s distinctive and atmospheric hot spring hotels and inns, and to enjoy a day trip spent sampling different bathhouses. The area offers plenty of opportunities for sightseeing, including picturesque Noboribetsu Jigokudani (Hell Valley), Oyunuma Pond, and Tessen Pond, plus destinations like famous scenery, historic sites, and theme parks.
Kusatsu Onsen Yubatake

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Gunma Pref. Agatsumagunkusatsumachi Kusatsu

This facility is at the center of the Kusatsu Onsen resort and regulates the temperature of the water as well as acquires samples of the flowers that bloom in the area. The nearly 32,300 liters of water gushing every minute have come to symbolize the resort. You’ll find a walkway and benches set up around the area, perfect for a stroll after a dip in the springs. The area is illuminated at night, creating a totally different atmosphere. In winter, you can enjoy events such as the “Kusatsu Onsen Yubatake Illumination” and the “Yubatake Special Lightup.”
Koshu City Katsunuma Budo no Oka

4.0

82 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Yamanashi Pref. Koushushi Katsunumachouhishiyama 5093

This tourist facility in Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture is focused on grapes and wine. The underground wine cave offers brands of wines that have passed the wine quality screening organized by the city. In addition to wine tastings, the facility also offers an area where guests can enjoy wine as part of a meal or a barbeque. The hot springs spa featuring views of Southern Japan Alps, the Kofu Basin, and the Misaka Mountains is also popular.

I dont know if we were unlucky because we went on a week day, but the place seemed to be half abandoned. You pass by a first building literally abandoned, and then go to the main building were you...
Kanawa Mushiyu (Ironwheel Mushi)

4.5

94 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Oita Pref. Beppushi Kannawakami 1 set

Visitors to this municipal hot spring facility can enjoy a steam bath which involves wearing a robe and lying in a stone hut blanketed with medicinal plants as hot spring steam warms their entire body. The facility was remodeled in 2006 but its history is ancient, having been established by the Buddhist priest Ippen in 1276 and thereafter coming to be known as a health spa. The facility also features an indoor bath where you can wash away the sweat from the steam bath, and an outdoor foot bath which is free to all.

This was a new experience for me. You first go onsen, and then you go to a small room and stay there for 8 min. It was not like a sauna, this was more comfortable. And the onsen was also clean and...
Tsurutsuru Onsen

4.0

80 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Tokyo Nishitamagunhinodemachi Oguno 4718

A day trip hot spring bath facility opened in 1996 in Hinode Town, Nishitama County, Tokyo. “Tsurutsuru” means ‘smooth’ in Japanese, and just as its name implies, the highly alkaline waters of the facility’s baths, drawn from 1,500 meters below the ground, will make your skin noticeably smoother. In the bathhouse’s spacious, 108 tatami mat-sized “panorama” restaurant, sunlight filters in between the trees outdoors through large windows; here you can enjoy a set which comes with Akigawa beef served on a Japanese hackberry leaf or Masakado nabe hotpot with Ome pork.

ハイキング仲間で「つるつる温泉」はいいよと聞きました。なので実際に行ってみました。山間にある建物です。浴室全体はウッドを主体とした建物で風情を感じます。ドーンと内湯とこじんまりとした露天風呂。透明の温泉質ですが確かにつるっとした温泉。湯あたりがよいというか。巷で「つるつる温泉いいよ」というのが風情ある建物と温泉質でわかります。興味ある人は一度は行ってほしいかな。温泉単独で行くよりもハ...
Kurone Iwaburo

4.0

88 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Kitagawa Onsen, Higashiizu-cho, Kamo-gun, Shizuoka Prefecture

Located on the coast in Shizuoka Prefecture’s Kamo County, Higashiizu Town, this is a publicly managed open-air bath right on the edge of the ocean. Just as its catch phrase of “bathing in an open-air bath while looking at America” implies, the view is outstanding. One can enjoy bathing with the ocean at eye level, and it is a popular spot that attracts hot spring lovers from all over the country. One of the three bathtubs is exclusively for women, and it is possible to enter the bath while wearing a bath towel. From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. all of the baths are women-only.

I spoke with the proprietors. In the past year (2018) the baths have been redone such that there is a permanent womens bath and mens bath, both opening to the sea. As such, this is not a mixed...
Gozanoyu

4.0

152 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Gunma Pref. Agatsumagunkusatsumachi Kusatsu 421

A hot spring bath near the yubatake (hot water field and spring source) in Kusatsu, Kusatsu Town. Visitors can enjoy two baths, Ki-no-Yu and Seki-no-Yu, which are each fed by two springs, the Yubatake and Bandai sources, and which alternate each day for men and women. Gozanoyu is a public bath reconstructed around the historical yubatake from the Edo to Meiji periods.

This new, large bath is right next to the Yubatake. Before you enter the lobby area, you put your shoes in the locked shoe boxes by the entrance. Then, as you check in and pay your entry fee, the...
Sansou Murata

4.5

122 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami 1264-2

This lodging facility in Yufuin, Oita Prefecture has select shops, restaurants and bars. It has the concept of doing all they can to satisfy customers and to value all encounters. The guest rooms are also distinctive and many are in renovated kominka (old houses) from the Meiji period (1868-1912) and Showa period (1926-1989). The facility offers a select menu of dishes with the most delicious seasonal ingredients. Its appeal is the ability to spend time surrounded by nature in the remote Yufuin basin. In addition, there is also good access to nearby tourist attractions and leisure facilities.

I finally get the chance to stay in Sansou Murata with my mother once the pandemic has been treated as endemic. I book again this time for a few accommodations that I stayed in my 2019 trip, only...
Arima Hot Spring Gin no Yu

3.5

73 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Kita-ku Arimachou 1039-1

This is a city-managed day trip bathing facility in the Arima Onsen area, famous as a place loved by chancellor Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It is located in a quiet spot a little removed from the town and surrounded by many temples and shrines. The building is rich with Japanese-style onsen atmosphere, and inside one can enjoy Arima’s famous carbonated radium hot spring Ginsen. The nearest station is Arima Onsen Station. At the Tansan Sengen Koen park just a five-minute walk away, there is a place where one can drink carbonated spring water.

There was just one pool, a sauna and a pressure shower. The pool had silver coloured water. It was quite nice and the water was bubbling up at one end of the pool. There were far fewer people in this...
Hirado Kaijo Hotel

3.5

110 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Nagasaki Pref. Hiradoshi Okubochou 2231-3

"This hotel is located in Okubo-cho, Hirado City. The baths can be used even for day-trips, and use sodium - hydrogen carbonate spring water from the Hirado Onsen that is good for nerve pain, lower back pain, hemorrhoids, rheumatism and fatigue. It has an open ocean-facing outdoor bath, the aquarium bath ""Ryugu"" equipped with a tank with swimming fish and turtles, rental open-air baths, rental observation baths, and various other baths. There is also a resting area where you can relax after bathing."

Pluses for this hotel - wonderful views and all rooms have a view! Such a friendly, helpful staff. We were not sure where the room for breakfast was and the lady at the front desk walked us to it...
Dogo Onsen Annex Asuka-no-Yu

4.0

81 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Ehime Matsuyama-shi Dogoyunomachi 19-22

The third of the Dogo Onsen bathhouses after Dogo Onsen Tsubaki-no-Yu. The bathhouse is built to encapsulate the concept of Asuka period architecture including ornamental ridge end rooftiles resembling historical structures such as Nara's Todaiji temple and a vivid outward appearance of contrasting red and white to draw the eye. Along with the large indoor public baths decorated with Tobe-ware walls they also have an outdoor bath unlike the Honkan Main Building and you can relax in the high-quality spring water to your heart's content.

This onsen operated like a high end bathing house . The onsen is building is beautiful built and they are for a purpose of admiring the building more than just for a onsen visit . First , the onsen...
Tennen Onsen Nobeha no Yu (Habikino Main Branch)

4.5

26 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Osaka Habikinoshi Hirose 186-3

This day hot spring facility is located three minutes away from the Habikino Interchange. It is a healing space with highly unique baths and saunas designed to make you feel like you are surrounded by nature. There are six main rotenburo open-air baths, and you can enjoy their health effects at three different temperatures. The most popular one is luxurious natural hot spring where you can freely use source water that gushes directly from underground. In addition, there are a rich number of varieties including iwaburo (onsen made of rocks) and kosoburo (onsen with fragrant grasses and herbs). There are three kinds of saunas, and the Yakuseki Hanjunbo is recommended. Using ten types of yakuseki (medicinal elements) such as germanium and rock salt, it has a detox effect.

広い駐車場に車を停め受付に行きました。受付で決済機能付きのロッカーキーを渡されて入浴場に入りました。入浴料は千円でした。ただ岩盤浴などの付加サービスには追加料金が必要だったと思います。露天風呂がとても広くて充実していました。温度は熱過ぎずちょうど良かったです。そしてサウナもたくさんありました。総合的に大人も子供も楽しめる温泉施設でした。私たちは飲食せずにこちらの施設を後にしましたが、飲食や休憩を...
Tamatsukuri Onsen Yu-yu

4.0

69 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Shimane Matsue-shi Tamayucho Tamatsukuri 255

this place is for local people. they enjoy onsen after work. Real hot spring but please follow the instruction. dont run inside.
Yumenoi

3.5

85 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Hyougo Pref. Himejishi Yumesakichoumaenoshou 187

A hot spring hotel located in Maenosho, Yumesaki-cho, Himeji City. Facilities include the indoor Mantenboshi and outdoor Tenshu-no-Yu bathing areas, a medicinal bath, lie down bath, jet bath, micro bubble bath, carbonated bath, jacuzzi, and other baths, plus a sauna. Located on a hill, customers can also enjoy the bathhouse' sweeping view of the surrounding mountains. The hotel's bathhouse is also open to non-guests. The hotel's casual restaurant serves reasonably priced lunches, while its more formal restaurant offers a kaiseki course cuisine lunch (advance reservation required).

There are quite a few onsen hotels in the area but I found Yumenoi a very nice hotel in the area. It is located up on the low hill over looking some beautiful farm lands. There are ample parking in...
Kamigata Onsen Ikkyu

4.0

47 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Osaka Osakashi Konohana-ku Torishima 5-9-31

KamigataOnsenIkkyu is a hot spring facility for day use, just a two-minute walk from the NishijimaGochome bus stop, a rather convenient location for visitors to Universal Studios Japan. The water Is piped in directly from a simple hot spring with a low alkaline level in the city, and it boasts a number one ranking from an MBS Network television program about hot spring facilities in Kansai. Whether it's the Ki no Yu (Wood Bath), with the soothing fragrance of wood, or the Ishi no Yu (Stone Bath) with artfully arranged stone, visitors can enjoy a variety of bathing experiences to their heart's content in either setting. The facility also contains a restaurant that serves authentic Japanese, Western, and Chinese cuisine, a rest area with tatami mats where guests can relax after bathing, and even a feature rare in hot spring facilities, a hair salon.

This is a really nice onsen with about eight different baths at various temperatures. A few of them are outside and there is a flat area for sunbathing. There are two saunas and a steam room. There’s...
Tennen Onsen Gokurakuyu Wako Branch

3.5

41 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Saitama Pref. Wakoushi Shirako 1-7-6

A hot spring bathhouse situated along Sasame-dori Avenue in Shirako, Wako City. Facilities include an outdoor bathing area with a natural hot spring rock bath, hinoki cypress bath, and lie down bath; while the indoor bathing area has a large natural hot spring tub, jet bath, far infrared tiered sauna, and steam bath. There are also relaxation facilities and a hair salon. The bathhouse' restaurant serves noodles such as soba noodles made with 100% buckwheat flour, set meals, rice bowls, a la carte dishes such as sashimi and deep-fried food, as well as seasonal menu selections.

平日に一人で行きましたが、ボロいし、狭いし、高い。全体的に風呂もぬるめ。マナーも悪い。リピートはしないです。
CITY SPA Tenku

4.5

112 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Oita Oita-shi Kanamemachi 1-14 JR Oita City 19-21F

It is a bathing facility on the top floor of Blossom Hotel, run by JR group. From the ground floor of Amu Plaza, you can use a direct elevator. Remarkable is the view from bathroom, especially the...