Onsen

The canonical municipally-operated day-use bath - hillside setting next to Manyo Park, sodium-calcium chloride-sulfate source, wide 9:00-21:00 window, cash-ish pricing with a cheaper evening slot.

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open-air bath · reservable private · bedrock bath

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A 100-year-old Meiji-era therapeutic bathing house run by its fourth-generation female proprietor, with a single semi-basement source-fed bath for ¥300, ~46°C water, strict pre-bath etiquette, and no tourist trappings.

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Source-fed

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Yugawara's most versatile day-use spa, opened 2019 - outdoor source bath, Yugawara's first carbonated spring, cold plunge, mud sauna, and private rental baths, all in a stylish riverside building.

Why go

open-air bath · cold bath · reservable private

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Yugawara's largest outdoor bath, a Meguro Ward welfare resort up the Chitose River valley, with a source-fed stone bath alongside the vast open-air pool, sauna, cold plunge, and free shuttle from the station.

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open-air bath · sauna · cold bath

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Hilltop day spa above mandarin orange groves with Sagami Bay views - two rotating named baths (4m waterfall cascade, cave bath), Finnish sauna, private rentals, and an on-site drinking spring, between Yugawara and Manazuru stations.

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open-air bath · sauna · cold bath

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A 300-year ryokan in a nationally registered wooden building, opening its genuine source-fed indoor bath to day visitors on Sunday and weekday afternoons for ¥1,000. Yugawara's strongest case for water quality in a narrow 14:00-17:00 window.

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reservable privateopen-air bath · reservable privateopen-air bath ·

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