Hot Spring / Hot Spring Ryokan Spots in Gifu Area
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Gifu
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- Omeiso
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Pref. Tokishi Tsurusatochou Kakino 1718-5
- "Omeiso is a ryokan (traditional inn) located in the Kakino Onsen area of the city of Toki, Gifu Prefecture. Its special feature is a hot spring at the foot of Mt. Mikuni that contains large amounts of radium, and with its purported ability to produce glowing skin, it is called ""the Beauty Spring."" It can be enjoyed all year round. During the fall, the autumn leaves are illuminated, allowing guests to enjoy Kyoto-style kaiseki cuisine or wild boar stew in a relaxing atmosphere. Omeiso is a perfect base for other leisure activities, with a golf course and an outlet mall nearby and kilns for pottery tours."
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- Tanokami no Ashiyu Footbath
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Gero-shi Mori
- This footbath is an easy way to enjoy Gero Onsen, one of Japan's top three hot springs along with Arima Onsen in Hyogo Prefecture and Kusatsu Onsen in Gunma Prefecture. Popular with locals and tourists alike, it's in a fine location about a 17-minute walk from Gero Station in the park next to the Gero City Hall. The name is associated with the Tanokami Festival held at the local Mori Hachiman Shrine. There's a hot spring fountain in front of it. Made of stone from Mt. Ontake and the nearby Ogawa River, it's good for hand baths.
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- Geruma no Ashiyu Footbath
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Gero-shi Mori 2519-1
- "A hot spring footbath with germanium in the water, unlike the rest of Gero Onsen. This area was originally called ""Shimodomari"" as Japanese reading, but later called ""Geru"" as Chinese reading, and finally is called ""Gero"". Located a bit away from central Gero near Kaiseki Yado and Suihouen, it has an off-the-beaten-track feel. It's a great place to unwind while gazing at Gero Onsen Gassho Village, the 10 gassho-style houses that have been relocated from Shirakawa-go."
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- Sagi no Ashiyu Footbath
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Gero-shi Yunoshima
- This was Gero Onsen's first footbath. The name derives from a 700-year-old legend of a white crane (sagi) that descended on the spot, letting the villagers know where the hot spring welled up. The cypress wood footbath is across from Kaeru Shrine, on a street lined with restaurants and old-style inns. The clean facility can accommodate five people sitting side-by-side, relaxing and easing their fatigue away. It's just a simple bath, bench, and a roof, but as it's right next to the central parking lot, someone always seems to be there.
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- Sarubobo Ogon Ashiyu Footbath
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Gero-shi Yunoshima 758-15
- "A footbath on the grounds of the Gero Royal Hotel Miyabitei, a seven-minute walk from Gero Station. The gold colored bath has a motif of money and the Seven Lucky Gods in the form of Sarubobo, a mascot of the Hida region. Lots of people take their pictures with these gods on their ""treasure ship."" Drawing on a natural hot spring, it has properties such as improving blood circulation and easing the fatigue of tired feet. It's open to hotel guests and non-guests alike."
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- Miyabi no Ashiyu Footbath
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Gero-shi Yunoshima 758-15
- A footbath in front of the entrance to Gero Royal Hotel Miyabitei in the center of town. It's free and open to everyone whether staying at the hotel or not. The baths have a curved bench and can be used by up to eight people at a time. Small balls made of cypress wood at the bottom of the bath help undo the tension in the soles of tired feet. It's a little up from the stairs at the hotel entrance, so you can take a time and relax without caring about the comings and goings of the visitors . The shop behind it sells soft serve ice cream.
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- Yunoshima Radium Kosen Hoyojo (Rosoku Onsen)
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Nakatsugawa-shi Takayama 2200-2
- This hot spring boasts having one of the highest radium contents in Japan. The mineral spring has an old history, and it is said that the fallen warriors chased by Shingen Takeda were hiding when they found this spring and used it to heal their wounds. The hot spring has been used for various treatments, such as chronic rheumatoid arthritis, uric acid diathesis, anemia and menopausal disorders. The vast site of over 250 square meters is located in a valley with rivers running through it, surrounded by clean air and abundant nature. The atmosphere is perfect for a refreshing walk after bathing. Because radium is released into the air, it naturally leads to good health.
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- Nuku Mori no Yu Spafuru
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Hida-shi Furukawacho Kurochi 1407
- This natural hot spring is located a 15-minute drive from Hida-Furukawa Station. With a sweet scent from one part of the orchards surrounding you, you can enjoy this natural hot spring that has a smooth and gentle feel to it. This simple alkaline hot spring has water that easily penetrates your body due to its low tonicity. It is popular as a bath with skin beautifying properties for its ability to give you beautiful skin from removing dead skin cells. It also has effects to promote health such as relieving muscle soreness, aiding recovery from fatigue, sensitivity to cold and chronic digestive diseases. The medicinal herb bath constructed from cypress wood uses medicinal herbs with various characteristic effects that are changed monthly, and a lot of people use it to maintain and promote health.
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- Wariishi Onsen
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Hida-shi Kamiokacho Wariishi 291
- This day-use hot spring is located in Kamioka-cho, long known as a mining town. People say that the spring suddenly burst out from 850 meters underground during ore exploration in 1976. A simple sulfur spring recognized as being effective for nerve pain, rheumatism, movement disorders and insomnia, it is not only local people who go but also many repeat customers who come from far away. Rail-MTB Gattan Go!! (canyon course), where you can bike on the rails of the former Kamioka Railway by mountain bike, is only a ten-minute drive away, and bathing in hot springs is great to wash away sweat after exercising. It has a big room filled with tatami mats.
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- Nagareha Onsen M Plaza
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Hida-shi Kamiokacho Fusegata 150
- This information base plays a central role in Hida Nagareha Natural Rest Garden. The building with a unique triangle roof as a landmark has a natural hot spring, restaurants, shops and rest area. Neutrino is a full-scale bathing facility which has an outdoor bath, Jacuzzi and sauna. It is said that the alkaline simple springs is effective for nerve pain, muscle soreness, joint pain and aids recovery from fatigue. This place is the best for relaxing after skiing, with the entrance on the second floor which you can get into the building directly from the ski slopes and which has a nice fireplace. People also like that it can be used during the off-season as well.
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- Shinzanso
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Okuhidaonsengoukansaka 720-1
- Shinzanso’s mixed open-air bath is surrounded by the grandeur of nature and serves as a base where those climbing the Northern Alps (Hida Mountains) can rest their weary bodies. The bath contains free-flowing hot spring water and are open to day-trip travelers. It is located in Shinhotaka Onsen, Okuhida Onsengo at an altitude of 1,050 meters, offering a majestic view. It’s about 1.5 hours from the Matsumoto Interchange on the Nagano Expressway, or about two hours from the Toyama Interchange on the Hokuriku Expressway.
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- Tennen Onsen Manten no Yu
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Pref. Gujoushi Shirotorichouitoshiro Mount Pass 1-1
- This hot spring facility is located about a 30-minute drive from the Shirotori-Takasu Interchange. Situated next to a slope, it is at an altitude of 1,000 meters. Known for the Japanese-style interior and its baths that make skin silky smooth, Japan’s best known high-quality hydrogen carbonate hot spring is very popular with women and children. There are rotenburo (open-air baths), indoor baths and saunas, and the view from the rotenburo is especially superb. As nature’s beauty throughout the four seasons spreads before you, you can see the vivid green of trees during the day, and a sky full of stars at night. After soaking in the baths, relish on regional cuisine in the rest area with tatami floors.
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- Hotaru-no-yu (footbath)
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Okuhidaonsengoutochio Hot spring
- This small footbath is on Prefectural Route 475 running between Tochio Onsen and Shin-Hotaka. The nearby Kamata River is a popular spot for viewing fireflies. Lots of tourists visit during the summer to see them from the walkway along the river bank. Sometimes you can spot them from the footbath as well. It has a large umbrella-like roof, handy for inclement weather, and the large parking lot makes it a convenient rest spot while out for a drive.
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- "Hot Spa ""Bokka"""
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Pref. Gujoushi Takasuchouwashimi 2363-231
- This day-trip hot spring facility is located approximately a four-minute drive from the Hirugano Kogen Smart Interchange. Adjoining Bokka no Sato, it is considered the best place to heal weary bodies. With many rare baths such as a weekly herb bath, year-round rotenburo (open-air bath) and a mist sauna wrapped in the aroma of fresh mint, you can refresh your body and mind. Among them is the popular “Shinrin Daiyokujo.” It boasts high ceilings that give a sense of openness, and large windows that allow you to overlook the rich greenery. This hot spring where you can take a relaxing soak surrounded by beautiful natural forests is a blissful experience.
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- Sasara
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Pref. Geroshi Mori 1412-1
- This Gero Onsen hot spring inn is on a hill with a sweeping view of the town. It consists of two separate buildings, and about half of the rooms have open-air baths. You can enjoy the beautifying effects of Gero Onsen’s hot spring water in their large common bath and their “Roten-Nekko-Buro, a private outdoor bath carved from the stump of a 700-year-old tree. Their bedrock bath and esthetic treatments make it very popular with women. For dinner, they serve sweet, large-grained Ryu-no-Hitomi rice and meticulously prepared kaiseki banquet cuisine with Hida beef. Don’t miss their official website for limited offer value plans.
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- Gujo Onsen, Hosen
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Pref. Gujoushi Hachimanchouyoshino 208
- This natural hot spring facility is attached to Hotel Gujo Hachiman. It's open to guests and visitors alike, who can use it for a fee. They offer several day-use plans, an additional fee will let you check out a theatrical performance, and if you're with a group, you can enjoy an extravagant kaiseki banquet lunch. In addition to a large public bath and open-air bath fed by a natural hot spring, they have facilities like an ultrasonic bath, a walking bath, their bubbly “Vibra Biyo Bath, and a sauna.
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- Meiho Spa Yuseikan
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Gujo-shi Meiho Okuzumi 3428-1
- The hot spring facility is located deep in the mountains along the Seseragi Kaido road in Gujo City, Gifu Prefecture, and is recommended for relieving fatigue, neuralgia, and other skin problems. In addition to the bedrock bath, there is a restaurant where you can enjoy Hida beef teppan-yaki set meal and Meiho ham steak set meal.
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- Enakyo Grand Hotel
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Ena-shi Oicho 2709-77
- The hotel's location on the south bank of the Ena Gorge allows guests to enjoy the rich scenery of the four seasons throughout the year. The hotel also offers kaiseki cuisine using local ingredients such as Hida beef, a specialty of Gifu, so that guests can enjoy the charms of Gifu to the fullest.
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- Chalet Nakanishi
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Nyukawachouhikage 48
- This homely hot spring inn is located in the vicinity of various tourist attractions such as Goshikigahara and Shirakawago. The inner baths are two large public baths and one hinoki (Japanese cypress) bath. In the rotenburo (open-air bath) there is also a goemonburo (cauldron bath). They offer dishes using local ingredients such as char and Hida pork, and the recommended dessert is “marugoto tomato no kakigori,” a shaved ice treat with momotaro tomatoes that can be enjoyed all year long. In addition, you can eat pufferfish dishes in the winter. All of the rooms are Japanese-style tatami mat rooms, and there is even a banquet hall. Because the hall can accommodate large groups of people, the ryokan is popular as a venue for student training camps. (Category / Hot Spring / Hot Spring Bath)
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- Tochio Onsen
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Gifu Takayama-shi Okuhida Onsenkyo Tochio
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Tucked away in the very center of Japan, Gifu prefecture houses mountains, old towns, and one of Japan’s greatest hot springs, Gero Onsen. A tour of the prefecture’s traditional architecture will take you from the mountain-enveloped wooden streets of Takayama to the mountain village of Shirakawago, where visitors can explore 250-year-old thatched roofed houses known as gassho-zukuri.
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