Yutagawa Onsen Kuhe Ryokan

湯田川温泉九兵衛旅館ゆたがわおんせんくへえりょかん

Private in-room onsen baths and food to match at a Yutagawa ryokan

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About

Kuhe Ryokan is a small inn in Yutagawa Onsen, a quiet hot spring town in Tsuruoka. Along with an outdoor bath, it has two main baths, Yama-no-yu (山の湯) and Kawa-no-yu (川の湯), whose men's and women's sides switch partway through the day. A private bath is free for overnight guests, open through the night, and needs no booking, and some rooms, including maisonette-style suites in the moon-themed wing, have their own onsen tub. The water feels soft on the skin. The kitchen gets as much attention as the baths: meals are seasonal and carefully composed, served in a quiet, well-kept inn.

The baths

What's here

Yes
Indoor Bath. Enclosed indoor bathing area
No
Mixed BathingShared bathing area for all genders

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Programs1

Yamagata Onsen-do
A prefecture-wide onsen stamp rally across 86 baths in Yamagata, launched in 2026. Collect stamps in all four areas, Murayama, Mogami, Shonai and Okitama, and climb the ranks toward Onsen Master.
Area
Shonai
No.
59
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