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Onsen and work: a day in Yugawara
The reason to work from an onsen town is the bath at the end of the day. Here's how to fit Yugawara's day baths around work, with hours and prices.
Morning
Miyakami no Yu opens at 7:00, so you can bathe before the working day starts. It's about 15 minutes' walk from the station, with a mud-pack steam sauna and private baths. Then take the bus up to Genkan Terrace in Man'yō Park, which opens at 10:00 with free desks and wifi.
- Miyakami no Yu
- 7:00–21:00, last entry 20:30. Open daily apart from a few maintenance days.
Afternoon
Kogome no Yu, the town's own day bath, is a short walk from Genkan Terrace through the park. It's ¥1,100, and after 19:00 it's ¥600, so the cheapest bath in town is the one after work. It's closed on Mondays.
For a slower afternoon, Soyu Terrace's no-meal plan gives you three hours of baths, a library and lounges from 14:00 for ¥3,500, and ¥500 less if you're staying in Yugawara. Book online.
- Kogome no Yu
- 9:00–21:00, last entry 20:30. ¥1,100, or ¥600 after 19:00. Closed Mondays.
- Soyu Terrace
- 10:00–18:30, last entry 16:30. Closed the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays and the 2nd Tuesday.
Evening
Back by the station, Hotel Shiroyama takes day bathers until 22:30, two minutes from the platform, for a late soak after a day in Tokyo. For the week's food, Odawara Department Store is about 200 metres from the station and open 9:00–20:00, and Maxvalu, open until 22:00, is about 900 metres away.
- Hotel Shiroyama day baths
- Day bathers until 22:30, two minutes from the station.
More on working from Yugawara
- An onsen town for digital nomadsA workation near Tokyo: the visa, a room, a desk and a bath, 75 minutes from the city.
- The Digital Nomad visa, and YugawaraSix months in town on Japan's designated-activities visa, and what the missing residence card changes.
- Where to stay as a nomadMakuyama House by the river for a month, then Shiroyama Bekkan and the share house.
- Places to work fromCafés, free desks and a booth for calls, with hours and prices.
- A day in the life of a nomadAn example Tuesday: a café desk, lunch at West, a call, and Kogome no Yu for ¥600.
- Coworking and wifi in YugawaraFree desks in Man'yō Park and by the station, a lounge with a bath, and the library.
- Long stays and monthly rentals in YugawaraA whole house by the river, a share house above the station, monthly flats, and the town's grant for movers.
Quick answers
- What's the cheapest onsen in Yugawara?
Kogome no Yu after 19:00: ¥600 for adults. It's ¥1,100 earlier in the day.
- Which onsen opens earliest?
Miyakami no Yu, at 7:00.
- Which bath is open latest?
Hotel Shiroyama, by the station, takes day bathers until 22:30.