Fukiya
A sukiya-style ryokan with seven baths, including two hinoki tubs on the roof, and dinner and breakfast served in your room. Good with children.
- Meals in your room
- Rooftop hinoki baths
- Family-friendly
Family-friendly
Yugawara with kids.
Ryokan that serve dinner in your room, private baths you can all get into together, and places to eat where nobody minds a little noise.
What makes a stay easy
Two things make a ryokan work with children: meals in your room, so bedtime isn't a race, and a private bath, so nobody has to follow the big-bath rules with a toddler.
Fukiya and Onyado Megumi do both. New Welcity and Hotel Shikisai are bigger hotels with shuttles and buffets, and Soran is a whole house for the family.
Family-friendly stays
Onyado Megumi
A family-friendly ryokan with rooms for four, a children's playroom, a bookable private bath, and meals in the room in the larger suites.
- Family-friendly
- Kids' playroom
- Private open-air bath
New Welcity Yugawara
A big onsen hotel with a free shuttle from Yugawara Station, spacious Japanese–Western rooms, and a large open-air day bath, Izumi no Yu.
- Free station shuttle
- Large open-air bath
- Family-friendly
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
Soran
A whole-house rental in the hills above the sea, ten minutes' drive from Yugawara Station, with a hot tub on the deck and room for eight.
- Sleeps 8
- Hot tub with a sea view
- Step-free
Things to do, baths and places to eat
21 places
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
Makuyama Park
A park along a mountain stream below Mt Makuyama, famous for 4,000 plum trees in February and March, with a playground and a rock-climbing crag.
- 4,000 plum trees
- Playground
- Rock climbing
Gosho Shrine
Yugawara's main shrine, a few minutes from the station, under a sacred camphor tree about 850 years old and 36 metres tall.
- 850-year-old camphor
- Two goshuin stamps
- Near the station
Yoshihama Beach
Yugawara's beach, with shallow, clean water that's good for families, lifeguards and beach huts in summer, and surfers the rest of the year.
- Shallow water
- Lifeguards in season
- Dog-friendly
Yugawara Museum of Art
The town's small art museum in the onsen district, with a café terrace, a garden and a foot bath by the stream.
- Café terrace
- Foot bath
- Good in rain
Hoshigayama Park Satsuki-no-sato
A hilltop park that turns pink with 50,000 satsuki azaleas in late May and early June, looking out over Sagami Bay and the Manazuru peninsula.
- 50,000 azaleas
- Sea views
- Free parking
Sunday morning market
An early-morning market at the Man'yō Park entrance every Sunday: local vegetables, mandarins, dried fish from the bay, bread and jam.
- Every Sunday, 6–9am
- Local produce
- Dried fish
Chibori Sweets Factory
The factory behind the famous red-hat girl cookie tins, three minutes from the station: watch the line, decorate cookies, and try the all-you-can-eat cookie buffet.
- Factory viewing
- Cookie buffet
- Kids' cookie class
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
Ofuro Café HITOMA
The day bath and lounge at The Ryokan Tokyo: a spring-fed bath, free drinks, a thousand books and magazines, and nine flavours of cream soda.
- No booking needed
- Free drinks and books
- Ink-making workshop
Fukuura Minato Shokudō
The fishing co-op's own canteen at Fukuura harbour. Lunch is whatever came in that morning, piled high and cheap.
- Today's catch
- Sea-view terrace
- Cash only
O-chan
A beloved old ramen shop run by a veteran couple. Locals call the katsudon the best in the world.
- Katsudon
- Wonton noodles
- Open all afternoon
Chaos
A cheerful little burger shop by the station, with patties from the family's hundred-year-old butcher and a Spielberg sticker on the window.
- Burgers made to order
- Tapioca drinks
- 2 min from the station
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
Fabio Pizza
Square Roman-style pizza by the station, to eat in or take away.
- Roman pizza
- Takeaway
Temporarily closed
Nikori
The casual sister shop of Iida Shoten, for chūka soba with house-made noodles. Closed for renovation for now.
- Chūka soba
- Iida Shoten's sister shop
Genkan Terrace
A glass-walled café and library at the entrance to Man'yō Park. Free to walk in, with terraces among the trees and by the river.
- Free to enter
- Library and Wi-Fi
- Riverside terraces
Museum Café and Garden
The café at the town art museum, run by a local tofu maker, with a garden terrace and a foot bath by the stream.
- Tofu lunches
- Garden terrace
- Foot bath
West
A big, old-school kissaten with 94 seats, serving pancake breakfasts, coffee, curry and hamburg steak from 8am.
- Open from 8am
- Pancake mornings
- Plenty of seats
Fudō Falls Tea House
An old tea house right beneath Fudō Falls, serving amazake, shiruko and udon, with a hot-spring foot bath out front.
- View of the falls
- Foot bath
- Amazake
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Good to know
Children's rates vary
Most ryokan price children by meals and bedding, not age. Say how old your children are when you book.
Age rules at baths
Soyu Terrace is 12 and up, and Miyakami no Yu's big baths are for over-12s. Kogome no Yu and HITOMA welcome children.
Bus or taxi
Buses up the valley are frequent and easy with a pushchair. For the steep ryokan, take a taxi.