Hot Spring / Hot Spring Ryokan Spots in Niigata Area

  • Unohama Ningyokan
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Niigata Joetsu-shi Ogata-ku Kudohama 241-8
    The full-fledged hot spring spa is outfitted with a natural hot spring indoor bath area, outdoor bath, and an array of heated pool facilities. The spa’s two indoor bathing areas, one with a sauna and one with a medicinal herb bath, both command views of the Sea of Japan. Which area is the men’s and which the women’s alternates daily, making it possible even for those only staying a few days in the area to enjoy both. The waters of the bathhouse’mildly alkalinehypertonic low temperature spring are said to treat such ailments as nerve pain, muscle soreness, and chronic digestive diseases. Meanwhile, in the heated pool facility, there’s a 50-meter-long waterslide which can only be used for 15 minutes every hour. Customers rave that the fast and thrilling water slide is just like something from an amusement park.

    日本海の絶景を見ながら温泉に入れるという日帰り温泉施設です。ちょっとの差でお風呂から見ることはできませんでしたが夕陽が素晴らしいところなので時間に合わせてお風呂に入ると良いと思います。海に近いせいか塩分の強い温まるお湯でした。プールやカラオケもあります。半官半民でしょうか、料金も手頃でいい施設と思います。夜はライトアップをしていました。

  • Spa resort Kurhaus Tsunan
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    3.5
    5 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Nigata Pref. Nakauonumaguntsunanmachi Ashigasaki Otsu 203
    This is a health promotion facility located in Tsunan Town, Nakauonuma County, Niigata Prefecture. There is a variety of hot springs and visitors can enjoy hot spring baths as well as a swimming pool using the water from the hot spring. The Bade zone bath includes a “Togoru” mineral hot spring, “Utase-yu” waterfall bath, laying bath, and sauna. In the pool zone there is a 25 meter pool, a children’s pool, a water slide, and swimming classes are also held. There is also a training room and a lounge in the facility. This facility requiring visitors to wear swimsuits also attracts couples and families.

    プールは温泉です!結構長い、大人も楽しめるスライダー付きです。 浅い、子供用のプールと、真ん中が深いプールで140cm未満の子供は大人がつかなくてはならないようです。 小さいながら温泉の浴場つきなので遊んだ後もすっかりスッキリして出られます。 食堂付の休憩する場所があり、見学もできます。

  • Nagamine Onsen Yuttari-no-Sato
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Nigata Pref. Jouetsushi Yoshikawa-ku Nagamine 100
    A day-trip hot spring facility in Yoshikawa Ward, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture. There are two main bathrooms, a Japanese style and a Roman style bathroom, which visitors can enjoy on a daily rotating basis. Each of the baths has a spacious indoor bath, a medicinal herb bath, a natural radium ore bath, as well as an outdoor bath from where visitors can enjoy the wide open views of Mt. Yoneyama and Mt. Ogamidake. At extra cost visitors can also use the enzyme bath with naturally fermented enzymes of hinoki cypress sawdust and medicinal herbs. There is also a restaurant which serves dishes using homegrown organic vegetables, and a rest area.

    地元の方たちが利用する、温泉施設のようです。脱衣場は、ちょっと手狭な感じがしましたが、浴室内はかなり広く、露天風呂も開放的で、快適に過ごせました。少ししょっぱいお湯はとても温まって、しばらく後までポカポカしていました。近くに行くようでしたら、お薦めです。

  • Shio no Yu Onsen Fureai Kan
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    4.5
    3 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Niigata Tainai Muramatsuhama 840-8
    The famous Shio no Yu Onsen water, which pumps forth in huge quantities and is believed to be even more healthful for its salt content, is uses in two hot spring facilities here: Fureaikan and Sunset Nakajo. The salt-rich chloride springs are believed to be effective in treating cuts, burns, and chronic women’s diseases, and you can visit either facility you wish to partake in the baths. The large public baths can accommodate 30 people at once, so there's plenty of space. The wide windows offer a beautiful view of the sun setting over the Sea of Japan. You can refresh body and soul at the connected Sunset Nakajo hot spring facility.

    温泉で350円はお安い。 温泉は厚いが塩分濃度が高く、湯上りも全然湯冷めしません。 風呂上りも汗だらだらでした。 駐車場も広くて便利。

  • Suginosawa Hot Spring - Naena no Yu
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    3.0
    4 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Nigata Pref. Myoukoushi Suginosawa 2030
    The Suginosawa region is the gateway to Sasagamine Plateau at the southern foot of Mt. Myoko and the mountain path leading up Mt. Hiuchi. Naena no Yu is a public hot spring facility located in the center of this region. It is a transparent, sulphate - hydrogen carbonate hot spring. There is a free rest area with tatami flooring, which is often used by customers visiting the hot spring for a day trip, and with tourist attractions rich in natural beauty, such as Naena Falls-one of Japan's top 100 waterfalls -nearby, it is the perfect place to relieve fatigue after a day of trekking. Also, to the north of the town is the Myoko Suginohara Ski Resort, which is a very popular destination for skiers in the winter.

    火打山登山の帰りに汗を流すために立ち寄りました。2日ぶりの風呂としては申し分なしです。 ロビーは広々としており寛げました。 登山後にプログラム入って冷たいジュースを飲みましたが生き返りました。

  • Ryujin no Yakata
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Nigata Pref. Nakauonumaguntsunanmachi Yachi 7031
    Ryujin no Yakata is a hot spring facility for day use in the town of Tsunan, Naka-uonuma County, Niigata Prefecture. It is located near Ryugakubo Spring, renowned as one of the 100 finest natural springs in Japan, and it is one spot where visitors can experience the abundant water from this spring. There is a long, narrow, dragon-shaped rock bath called Ryujin no Yu and a wooden bath patterned after a shrine forest called Jomon no Yu. Men and women trade places every Wednesday. A spacious tatami room where customers can relax after bathing is available at no charge, and individual rooms are available for a fee. There is even a restaurant where visitors can enjoy set meals or noodles.

    毎年キャンプの時に利用しています。 こじんまりとしていますが、とても気に入っています。火焔型土器からお湯があふれる内風呂には縄文好きも私も娘も大変興奮し、外風呂には内風呂の窓にある小さなドアをおして出るのも楽しかったです。外の休憩所も大きくは無いけど、すごく心地良い空間でした。

  • Gatsugi Yurihana Hot Spring
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Nigata Pref. Murakamishi Gatsugi 862
    This municipal bathhouse is located at the intersection of National Route 7 and National Route 345. Its reasonable pricing is one of its characteristics, and children not yet in elementary school can enter for free, making it suitable for the whole family to go together. The school building was closed in 1996, and then later renovated. It has large bathing rooms and outdoor baths. Because there are meeting rooms and accommodation facilities, this facility also functions as a place for the locals to mingle. It is a sodium calcium sulfate spring, and its weak alkaline properties are good for softening the skin.

    新潟県と山形県の県境に近いかなり上の方にある温泉施設です。入浴料が350円とお安くなっているので利用しやすいです。しかも露天風呂までついているのでゆったりと入ることができます。お湯の温度も露天は42.5度、内湯は43度とちょうど入りやすい温度で設定してくれていました。

  • Niigata City Iwamuro Tourist Information Center Iwamuroya
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Nishikan-ku Iwamuronsen 96-1
    This sightseeing facility in Nishikan Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture provides information on the Iwamuro Onsen (hot spring) region’s history, traditions, culture, and tourist spots. There’s a tourism information area, a rest area, a footbath, a dining hall serving local cuisine such as the famous “kensayaki” and “rice flour ramen,” making it great as a pit stop on drives. There are also regional specialty products and souvenirs for sale. The plaza and exhibition room of the “Dento Bunka Denshokan (Traditional Culture Museum)” host various seasonal events.

    Love this little bungalow near the main onsen hotels in Iwamuro. This location captures the essence of Niigata. There are many locally sourced fruits and vegetables available for purchase as well...

  • Osaki Onsen Yukiwariso no Yu
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Niigata Kashiwazaki-shi Nishiyamacho Osaki 1190
    A day-use hot spring bathhouse which commands a view of the Sea of Japan. Here customers can soak in a spacious, clean and hygienic tub filled with the iron-rich waters of a hypertonic mildly alkaline cold mineral spring. Notable for their pale yellow color and smooth texture, these waters also contain an abundance of heat radiating bicarbonate ions, and customers rave that even after sitting in them for long periods, they don’t experience heat-induced dizziness. Customers can take in a view of the azure Sea of Japan and the sun setting on the ocean not only from the bathhouse’ outdoor bath but also the indoor bathing area. Adjoining Osaki Yukiwariso-no-Sato, an area where many Primula modesta grow, many customers stop by this bathhouse after viewing the flowers.

    地元のおじいちゃんおばあちゃんがいっぱい(*^^*) のんびりした雰囲気です。 お風呂は一つには露天風呂が付いていて日替わりです。 食堂が意外と(失礼)美味しいのです。 昔懐かしい素朴な味でほんと和みます。 我が家のオススメはエビの唐揚げ(o^^o) ゆったりしたい人におすすめ。

  • Landmark Myoko Kogen
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Niigata Prefecture Myoko City Ikenohei Onsen 2413-11
    This day trip hot spring resort is near the Ike-no-Taira Onsen Ski Area. The resort has both saunas and baths as well as a special black mud spring open air bath which mixes the spring water with mud from Myoko's Southern Jigokudani (Hell Valley) raising the mineral composition of the spring water and making this the perfect place to rest your tired body after a day of skiing or hiking. A low temperature charcoal sauna has a temperature of approximately 40 degrees Celsius and is available for women only for an additional fee. Along with an internet cafe and comic library with over 10,000 volumes there is a restaurant which serves Myoko Kogen beer delivered straight from the brewery.
  • Matsuyama Hot Spring Center, Taka no Yu
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Nigata Pref. Tokamachishi Matsunoyamayumoto 18-1
    To reach this municipal hot spring center take the bus from Matsudai Station on the Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line for 25 minutes and get off at the Matsu-no-Yama Onsen bus stop. Both indoor and outdoor baths are available. Matsunoyama Onsen is counted as one of Echigo's top three most famous hot springs and draws its water from one of seven wellsprings. The spring is known to have a strong medical benefit and due to its high salinity, you won't feel a chill after leaving the baths even in the winter. The spring contains both sulfur and calcium chloride and is said to have the highest content of boric acid in Japan.
  • Futai Shukuba no Yu
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Niigata Minamiuonuma-gun Yuzawamachi Mikuni 537
    A day-use hot spring bathhouse in a little township, Futai on Mikuni Kaido, ancient highway. It is located 30 minutes from the Yuzawa Interchange. This is the only publicly managed hot spring bathhouse in Yuzawa with a jacuzzi and sauna. The bathhouse only has a men’s and a women’s indoor bathing area, but each is equipped with two tubs and a sauna, and customers can enjoy a relaxing soak in the spacious rooms. The bathhouse is also replete with a variety of other facilities, including a restaurant, rest lounge, and permanent children’s art exhibition. Located close to Kagura Tashiro, Kagura Mitsumata, and other area ski resorts, as well, the bathhouse bustles with skiers in winter.

    田代スキー場駐車場近くにある日帰り温泉。露天はなく小さめの作りですが清潔感があり、スキー帰りに立ち寄るのに悪くない。料金はいくら忘れましたが、かなり安かったと思います。畳の休憩所があります。

  • Fureai Park Temari-no-Yu
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Nigata Pref. Tsubameshi Choushin 7550-3
    This hot spring recreation center is located in the Roadside Station Kugami with a very reasonable entrance fee. After 5 p.m. the fee drops even further drawing many families to the baths. The entrance fee also includes towel rental making this a great place to come and bathe empty handed. There's a large hall that you can relax in for free and pre-booked bento lunches are available. Located at the foot of Mt. Kugamiyama during the fall season you get a great view of the autumn colors from the outdoor baths. Check out Shuten-doji's spring, a free foot bath which is the perfect place to stop after hiking on Mt. Kugamiyama.

    露天風呂もあり、香りをつけたお風呂もあります。お盆やゴールデンウイークなど、混んでいるときは、脱衣室が手狭ですが、それ以外は楽々利用できます。道の駅の脇の道を登って行くとあり、地元の方から、道の駅を訪れた方と、幅広くいます。 利用料金も、5時以降になると割り引かれ、スタンプカードで、サービスも受けられ、大変お得に利用できます。

  • Yukura Tsumari
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Niigata Tokamachi-shi Imogawa Otsu 3267
    A day-use hot spring bathhouse whose baths are constantly replenished “kakenagashi” style from a source spring and never with re-heated or re-circulated water. Customers can relax and unwind in the bathhouse’ outdoor bath, which boasts an expansive view of the Kiyotsu River terrace. Because the baths are filled directly from the spring, their waters change slightly depending on the season and weather. Because you can experience these natural spring waters completely unprocessed, the bathhouse has many customers hailing from across the prefecture and beyond who come back here again and again. The bathhouse also adjoins the beautiful green lawn of Kiyotsugawa Fresh Park, and many people stop by to take a bath after playing in the river and enjoying a day of sports.

    ニューグリーンピア津南スキー場の帰りに寄った温泉施設。 館内には休憩所やレストランもあるので、ゆっくり過ごす事ができる。 温泉ははかけ流し温泉で、加熱も循環もしておらず温泉をそのまま湯船に引き込んでいるタイプ。内湯・洗い場・露天の構成でサウナや特殊湯(電気とか水風呂)などはない。 露天は絶景が見えるという訳ではなく、4、5人がせいぜいの小さなモノ。43.5℃とやや高めだった。内湯は42.5...

  • Yugan no Yu - Yorinare
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    2.0
    1 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Nishikan-ku Ishize 3331-1
    This day trip hot spring, managed by Niigata City, is about 20 minutes by car from the Hokuriku Expressway's Maki-Katahigashi Interchange. It is a sodium - calcium chloride hot spring, which is effective for cuts, burns, chronic skin disease, infirmness in children, chronic gynecological disorders, and the like. The open-air Tree Bath is made from cypress wood and has a marvelous view of Mt. Kakudayama and the Echigo Plains, while the marble Rock Bath looks out to Mt. Matsutake, the symbol of Iwamuro Hot Spring. The two baths alternate daily between men's and women's baths. The facility restaurant also offers a seasonal menu, unique to Iwamuro, from the bounty of the sea and the mountains.

    岩室温泉にある日帰り専用の温泉です。 内湯は水道水の沸かし湯で、露天のみが源泉だそうです。 基本的に、地域のお年寄り達が利用されており、浴室内で(当然マスクはしていません)皆さん大きな声で会話をされています。 内湯も露天も狭いので、彼らが会話(ほとんどが予防接種の話)をしていると、時節柄、なんとなく近寄れません。 狭い露天風呂が数人で独占されてしますので、仕方なく沸かし湯の内湯に浸かるしかありませ...

  • Exchange Center Yupio
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    2.0
    1 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Nigata Pref. Uonumashi Oyuonsen 182-1
    This pyramid-shaped hot spring facility is located in Uonuma City's Oyu Park. The hot spring's simple weak alkaline water is known as beauty water. It is kind to the skin and can be safely enjoyed by people of all ages, from babies to the elderly. There are a variety of different areas within the park, from an area which can be used for a variety of purposes from sports to lectures, a community hall, which can be used for table tennis and aerobics, and a multipurpose athletics hall. And, after enjoying events and working up a sweat with the sports in the park, visitors can wash it off in the hot spring.

    新潟県魚沼市、奥只見シルバーラインの入り口を入らず、1km程直進した所にある大湯温泉にある、公共温泉です。体育館に併設されていました。 建物の大きさの割には、浴室はやや小さめ。温泉も循環で利用され、消毒臭が気になりました。

  • Yu-Park Yakushi
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Niigata Uonuma-shi Nanokaichishinden 643-1
    A day-use hot spring bathhouse located a five-minute drive from the Koide Interchange on the Kan-Etsu Expressway. The bathhouse has two bathing areas with a variety of facilities for customers to enjoy, including an outdoor bath, air bubble bath, and cascade bath; which area is the men’s and which the women’s alternates on a daily basis. Customers rave that the waters of the bathhouse’mildly alkalinehypotonicsimple hot spring warm you to the core, and they are said to treat a variety of cold-induced ailments, including nerve pain, muscle soreness, joint stiffness, and fatigue. The bathhouse’ restaurant offers an array of family-oriented dishes; the soba noodles, made with flour from crops grown right on the ski slope visible from the bathing area windows, are particularly popular.
  • Kurtherme Sado, Hamochi Onsen
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Niigata Sado-shi Hamochi Iioka 170-1
    A day-use bathhouse at Hamochi Onsen where the tubs' hot spring source is changed every day. Kurtherme means “Recreational Hot Spring” in German, and the facility's natural hot spring flows freely from the source. It's a hypotonic alkaline simple hot spring and the water's relatively low temperature at 34 degrees Celsius. As such, you don't get dizzy from staying in for extended periods. People like it for the variety of facilities including a bubbling bath, jet bath, and reclining bath. The Danran-no-Ie multi-purpose break facility is a great place for a free rest after your bath. Rooms can also be reserved for private use by individuals and groups.
  • Yudokoro Chijimi no Sato
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Niigata Ojiya-shi Hiu Kabuto 1670-1
    A day-use hot spring bathhouse adjoining Roadside Station Chijimi no Sato Ojiya. The bathhouse’ two bathing areas are each replete with a large indoor bath, outdoor bath, sauna, and jacuzzi. The waters of the bathhouse’sodium hydrogen carbonate spring have a viscous texture and are renowned for relieving nerve pain and muscle soreness. The baths are also on the lukewarm side, making it possible to enjoy a truly relaxing, long soak in comfort. Some of the bathhouse’ full array of other facilities includes a large reception hall where meals can be eaten, a movie room with a 120 inch screen, and separate men’s and women’s relaxation rooms.
  • Echigo Kawaguchi Onsen
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Kawaguchinakayama 2515-3
    Echigo Kawaguchi Onsen is a hot spring facility for day use in the city of Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture. It boasts a splendid view of the Shinano River and the mystical three great mountains of Echigo. The water has a high level of osmotic pressure, so the natural spring water components beneficial for the skin are easily absorbed. The outdoor scenic bath, filled with brownish spring water, is a place where customers can bathe while breathing in pure, natural air. Inside are reclining baths, baths with flowing water, electric baths, and saunas. The building also contains a lounge with a scenic view, an exercise room, and a restaurant.

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Found along the northwestern coast of Japan, Niigata prefecture is celebrated for its high-quality rice and breathtaking nature, most notably its spectacular mountains, whose white peaks draw in snow sports lovers from far and wide over the winter months. Hit the slopes at Yuzawa, pick out your favourite modern artist at Echigo Tsumari, or take a ferry over to Sado Island for an extra adventure.

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