Hakuunsou
A quiet ryokan in the woods above the river, with rock baths, rooms with their own hot-spring tubs, and dinner by candlelight.
- Rooms with open-air baths
- Riverside dining room
- Adults and older children
Small ryokan · Miyakami
Sen Yugawara
A small, modern ryokan where every room has an open-air tub facing the hills, and there's a private sauna you can book.
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Hours and prices change with the season. The official page has today's details.
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- Open-air tub in every room
- Private sauna
- Small and quiet
About Sen Yugawara
Sen is small and modern: tatami rooms with soft furniture and a free-standing tub by the window, open to the air and the hills. There's no large shared bath. The water is in your room, and there's a sauna booth you can reserve.
The building has many steps and no lift, and the lanes around it are steep, so pack light.
Also in the Onsen guide
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The baths
Each room's tub is filled with Yugawara spring water, and the sauna booth is booked by the hour. Sen also sells day plans without a night: six hours (12:00–18:00 or 16:00–22:00) or ten hours (12:00–22:00), with a meal, the baths, the private sauna and a room to yourselves.
- Day visits
- Day plans with a room, from ¥16,500. Book ahead
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- Open-air onsen in every room
- Japanese-Italian dinner course
- Bar over the forest
Ashikari
A kaiseki ryokan on the hillside above the onsen district: 17 rooms, every one with its own open-air bath of flowing spring water, and a menu that follows the 24 small seasons.
- Open-air bath in every room
- Seasonal kaiseki
- Free station pickup