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Hotel Tetora Yunokawaonsen

ホテルテトラ湯の川温泉ほてる てとら ゆのかわ おんせん

A no-frills kakenagashi bath at a Hakodate business hotel

Lodging
Hokkaido·Hokkaido

Day Use

Yes
13:00–22:00

Day-use hours normally start at 13:00, but the opening is occasionally pushed back to 18:00 during maintenance work (announced on the hotel's site); the bath also stays open through New Year's.

¥550

Day-use bathing is ¥550 per adult; the hotel has occasionally run short-term discounts, for example ¥100 off with an election voting certificate.

Bathing & Water

Natural onsen water

Uses natural hot spring water

Outdoor BathNo

Open-air outdoor bath

Indoor BathYes

Enclosed indoor bathing area

SaunaNo

Sauna room of any kind

Cold BathNo

Cold water plunge bath, typically used after sauna

Bathing Arrangements

Mixed BathingNo

Shared bathing area for all genders

Site refers to separate men's/women's (男女) baths, implying standard gender-separated bathing, not mixed.

Policies & Services

DiningYes

A restaurant or dining room open to visitors, not only meals for overnight guests

Site's facility page also lists a restaurant used for breakfast/dinner service (site/facil.md: レストラン - ご朝食・ご夕食の会場としてご利用いただいております). Unclear if open to non-staying day-use visitors.

WashingYes

Shower, wash stations, soap and shampoo provided

TowelsYes

Towels to rent or borrow at the desk

ParkingYes

On-site or nearby parking available

Programs

About

Hotel Tetora Yunokawaonsen is a plain, business-hotel-style stay in Hakodate's Yunokawa onsen district. The ground-floor bath is fed by fresh source water that keeps overflowing, kakenagashi style, though right now it's indoor only, since the men's and women's outdoor rock baths are closed for the time being. Day-use bathing is open to non-guests in the afternoon and evening. It's a no-frills, old-school kind of place: modest rooms and a friendly front desk rather than a resort experience.

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Andrey Novikov
6 months ago· edited

Hotel Tetora Yunokawa Onsen A very tired 2-star inn, that is, with shared toilets, but it has a kakenagashi onsen! Only the indoor bath is open, the rotenburo is closed (the door says "closed for winter", but the staff says there is little water in the source and the rotenburo will not reopen anytime soon). The bath has a lot of tiles coming off and overall looks poorly maintained. There is some smell in the changing room. But it really is kakenagashi, the water is hot (there was no thermometer, but the bath was 43-44 degrees), with no particular color or smell. The shower also seems to use onsen water, because there is no cold water and you cannot choose the temperature, you just wash with whatever comes out, and sometimes it comes out downright scalding. Everything here is great. For guests staying at the hotel, the onsen is available from 15:00 and all night until 10:00 the next morning. There is also higaeri (I forgot the price, ¥500-800), and for a visit you can get an electronic collectible card, toreco: https://all.toreco.jp/hokkaido/192/ The photos show that this is a pretty rough place, and although we like places like this, even I, who am not picky, was struck by how poorly maintained the inn was. That was, however, offset by the price, I stayed for ¥10,000 per night with breakfast and dinner, and while breakfast was small and the same every day, a set Japanese meal, fried fish, a little omelet, miso soup, and rice, dinner was quite good and varied, with sashimi too. Parking is free, and the airport is nearby. And although the place seemed fairly unpopular, on weekends they were fully booked, and the parking lot was full too. Still, they should have closed for renovations about five years ago. 2026.04.24

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Last updated October 7, 2026