Kappo Shirako
A small kappo two minutes from the station, cooking fish bought straight from the ports and vegetables from local growers.
- Fresh fish
- Lunch sets
- 2 min from the station
Culture · Exhibition · by the station
Oriental orchid show
Sat 14 Nov – Sun 15 Nov · 10:00–15:00 both days
A free two-day show of classical Japanese and Chinese orchids by the station, with plants for sale and growing advice.
Coming up
About the event
Shunran and other oriental orchids were once the hobby of the wealthy: quiet, grassy plants prized for the shape of a leaf or the colour of a single flower. Local growers show their best pots, sell young plants, and will tell you how to keep one alive on a windowsill.
It's a minute from the station, in Room 302 of the Chamber of Commerce building on your left as you come down the front steps.
Make a day of it
The show is a minute from the station, so it fits easily around lunch and a bath. Mid-November is also when the maples start to turn up the valley.
Eat near the station
Kappo Shirako cooks fish straight from the ports (closed Mondays), Arai Shoten serves Peruvian lunches and dinners (closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays), and Saluté is easy Italian with children (closed Mondays). In the evening, Kinsanchi fries kushiage to order and Bar The King mixes fresh-fruit cocktails by the river (both closed Sundays).
Arai Shoten
A Peruvian kitchen that moved here from Shimbashi after 18 years. Casual lunches, and dinner courses planned with you by phone.
- Peruvian
- Dinner courses by phone
- Lunch till sold out
Saluté
A relaxed Italian place four minutes from the station, with pizza, pasta, house cakes and imported wine, and a lift from the car park.
- Pizza and pasta
- Step-free
- Imported wine
Kinsanchi
An izakaya two minutes from the station, frying kushiage to order and serving it with a sweet sauce that takes three days to make.
- Kushiage
- 2 min from the station
- Cash only
Bar The King
A tiny English bar by the Chitose River, full of antiques, pouring fresh-fruit cocktails, Guinness and Irish coffee.
- Fresh-fruit cocktails
- Guinness
- Garden
Autumn leaves
Man'yō Park and Fudō Falls are a bus ride up the valley. Ikemine Momiji-no-sato, a hillside of about 540 maples above Oku-Yugawara, turns later than most, so it's often at its best in late November.
Man'yō Park
A wooded park along the Chitose River in the heart of the onsen district, with stream-side decks, a thatched tea house, a café and a day spa.
- Stream-side decks
- Tea house
- Free to enter
Fudō Falls
A 15-metre waterfall in the woods at the top of the valley, a short walk from the bus, with shrines on either side and a tea house with a foot bath.
- 15 m waterfall
- Tea house and foot bath
- By the bus stop
Ikemine Momiji-no-sato
A hillside of about 540 Japanese maples above Oku-Yugawara that turns red later than most, from mid-November into early December.
- 540 maples
- Late autumn colour
- Hike
A bath before the train
Hotel Shiroyama, two minutes from the station, opens its baths to day visitors until 22:30. Miyakami no Yu is a riverside day bath with no regular closing day, open from 7:00, a short bus ride up the valley, and Kogome no Yu by Man'yō Park is the town's own (closed Mondays).
Hotel Shiroyama
A ryokan two minutes from the station that opens its baths to day visitors until 22:30, including the only radon bath in the Izu and Hakone area.
- 2 minutes from the station
- Radon bath
- Open till 22:30
Miyakami no Yu
A riverside day bath with free-flowing spring water, a carbonated bath and private baths, open from 7am.
- Open from 7am
- Free-flowing spring
- Private baths
Kogome no Yu
The town's own day bath, next to Man'yō Park: big indoor and open-air baths, a free tatami rest room, and cheap entry after 7pm.
- Open-air bath
- Free rest room
- Half price after 7pm
Where to stay
For a group, Shiroyamakan (formerly Shiroyama Bekkan) rents out the whole annex of an onsen inn two minutes from the station, with a spring-fed bath and room for 12. Treeside is four minutes from the station, with rooms and apartments. On a budget, Yugawara Share House has private rooms 13 minutes up the hill. Matt's friend Masato runs it. Up in the onsen district, Hotel Shikisai runs a microbus from the station and is easy with children, and Genzan Uenoya is old Yugawara in a 1930 wooden inn. Friends of Matt's run Shiroyamakan.
Shiroyamakan
The detached annex of an onsen inn two minutes from Yugawara Station, rented whole: three bedrooms, room for up to 12, and a half-open-air bath fed from the hot spring.
- Whole annex to yourselves
- Spring-fed bath
- 2 minutes from the station
Treeside Yugawara
A small design hotel and apartments four minutes from the station, with rooms that look out to the hills and a restaurant downstairs.
- 4 minutes from the station
- Apartments with kitchens
- Restaurant downstairs
Yugawara Share House
A share house on the hill above Yugawara Station, run by Matt's friend Masato: private Japanese-style rooms by the night, a big shared kitchen, and a roof terrace over the town and Sagami Bay.
- Roof terrace over Sagami Bay
- Big shared kitchen
- Pets welcome
Hotel Shikisai
A big, easygoing onsen hotel by the river with buffet dinners, a station shuttle, table tennis and a summer pool. Good value for families and groups.
- Buffet dinner
- Station shuttle
- Summer pool
Genzan Uenoya
One of Yugawara's oldest inns, in a four-storey wooden building from 1930 that's a registered cultural property. Two springs of its own, free private open-air baths, and a hinoki foot bath on the top floor.
- Registered cultural property
- Free private open-air baths
- Rooftop foot bath
Tickets and details
Plans can change with the weather. The organiser's page has the latest.
Also coming up
On now
From 24 Nov 2025, no end date
Dragon God's Secret Hot Spring
A puzzle game you play on foot from Fudō Falls down to Man'yō Park, following a story on your phone. Go any day.
On now
Tue 1 Sept – Sat 31 Oct
The 1,200-Year Mystery: a puzzle trail round Yugawara
Pick up a free puzzle booklet, walk the town from the station to the onsen district collecting clues, and enter a draw for ¥1 million in prizes.
On now
Sat 5 Sept – Sun 29 Nov
Weekend rakugo
Japanese comic storytelling every Saturday and Sunday afternoon in the geisha house, plus a Saturday-night show with a bath.