Ready-made routes
Day trips and overnight routes.
Complete routes with train times, walking distances, baths, meals, accommodation, and booking notes.
Day trip · train and bus · lunch and a bath
A day in Yugawara.
Lunch near the station, a bus up to Man’yō Park, and an afternoon soak at Kogome no Yu. It keeps the coast and the hikes for another day, so there’s time to enjoy the bath.
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Two nights · Oku-Yugawara · no rush
A slow onsen weekend.
Two nights at Sansuirou at the top of the valley. Soak in the rooftop bath, eat kaiseki, take one gentle walk to a day bath and the museum café, and don't plan much else.
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Two nights · five restaurants
A foodie weekend.
Stay at Fujiya Ryokan on a breakfast-only plan and eat out for everything else: a cosy yōshoku dinner, one of Japan's most famous ramen shops, French courses in a bamboo grove, Roman pizza, and a Peruvian dinner planned around you.
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13.2 km · mountain loop · bath by the station
A hike and a bath.
Climb from Joganji temple to the top of Mt Shiroyama, walk out to Shitodo Cave, where Minamoto no Yoritomo is said to have hidden after losing a battle, and come down past Gosho Shrine. Then soak at Hotel Shiroyama by the station and have an early steak dinner.
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One day · with kids
A family day from Megumi.
A private bath before you go out, pizza by the station, a run around Man'yō Park, and an afternoon at the town's day bath, which welcomes children. All by bus, with short walks.
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