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O-sawayama Onsen Osawakan

大沢山温泉 大沢舘おおさわやまおんせん おおさわやかた

Silky mountain-view baths at a Minamiuonuma ryokan

Lodging

Day Use

Yes
14:00–21:00

Last entry is 20:30, thirty minutes before the bath closes.

¥1,000

Weekday day-use: 1,000 yen for elementary-school age and up, 500 yen preschool. Saturday, the day before a holiday, Golden Week, Obon, or New Year: 1,500 yen, 750 yen preschool. Bath towel rental 300 yen, face towel 200 yen, tax included. Day-use bathing is the indoor bath (Shirotae no Yu, 白妙の湯) only; the rotenburo is reserved for overnight guests.

Bathing & Water

Natural onsen water

Uses natural hot spring water

Outdoor BathYes

Open-air outdoor bath

Indoor BathYes

Enclosed indoor bathing area

SaunaNo

Sauna room of any kind

Not confirmed on the official site; a 2026 guest review states there is no sauna.

Bathing Arrangements

Private BathYes

A private bath you can reserve for yourself or your group

Private reservable rotenburo (Kazahana, Zuisetsu), free for overnight guests, evening time-slot reservation system; not available to day-use visitors.

Room OnsenYes

Private onsen bath in guest rooms, for overnight guests only

Only the 貴賓室 (onsen bath) and 特別室 (onsen indoor bath) room categories have their own onsen bath; the 和洋室 and 和室 categories do not.

Mixed BathingNo

Shared bathing area for all genders

Policies & Services

KidsYes

Welcomes children and families

Day-use bathing price list includes a preschooler rate, implying children are admitted.

TowelsYes

Towels to rent or borrow at the desk

Day-use bathers pay 300 yen to rent a bath towel (200 yen for a face towel); overnight guests already have towels provided as a room amenity.

ParkingYes

On-site or nearby parking available

30 free spaces, no reservation needed.

大沢山温泉

O-sawayama Onsen
Chloride
+ Bicarbonate
Color
colorless and transparent
Taste
slightly salty
Odor
faint hydrogen sulfide

Sodium Chloride-Bicarbonate spring

Cold mineral source · 27°CCold mineralHigh silica
Composition fingerprint1.0 g/kg dissolved · Hypotonic
Na⁺98
Cl⁻72
HCO₃⁻26
CationsAnions
Sodium Na⁺
salt's cation — pairs with chloride to make the water salty.
Chloride Cl⁻
table-salt anion — coats the skin and holds heat in.
Known good for
  • Warmingcold sensitivity
  • Smooth skindry, rough skin
  • Cutsminor wounds

A cold-mineral spring (under 25 °C) drawn from the hills of Uonuma, Niigata, reheated for bathing. A sodium-led chloride water layered with a softening bicarbonate sub-type — weakly alkaline, with a faint salt tang on the lips and a trace of rotten-egg note from H₂S. The metasilicic acid content (82.7 mg/kg) leaves the skin noticeably smooth.

Sampled at wellhead·Analyzed Jul 8, 2025·一般社団法人 新潟県環境分析センター

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About

Osawakan is a ryokan on Osawayama Onsen in Minamiuonuma, Niigata, known locally as a bihada no yu (美肌の湯), skin-smoothing water. The spring feels thick and faintly slippery on the skin. The indoor bath, Shirotae no Yu (白妙の湯), and the two outdoor baths, Kazahana (風花) and Zuisetsu (瑞雪), face the Uonuma peaks and Mount Makihata. In the evening the outdoor baths switch to private, reservation-only use; in the morning they're shared and split by gender. There's no sauna. The building has been renovated but keeps an old wood-built, traditional feel. The lobby has a sunken hearth where guests roast mochi over the coals, and the ryokan welcomes dogs. Day-use bathing is the indoor bath only; the outdoor baths are for overnight guests.

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Last updated September 19, 2026