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Hidasanso

ゆらぎの里 ひだ山荘ゆらぎのさと ひださんそう

Lodging
Chubu·Gifu

Day Use

Yes
15:00–20:00

Day-use bathing runs 15:00 to 20:00 on weekdays and 18:00 to 20:00 on weekends and holidays, with last entry at 19:30. The inn closes irregularly with no fixed schedule, so it's worth calling ahead.

¥500

500 yen entry; Gero Onsen's hot-spring-hopping pass (yumeguri tegata, 湯めぐり手形) is accepted.

Bathing & Water

Natural onsen water

Uses natural hot spring water

Outdoor BathNo

Open-air outdoor bath

Indoor BathYes

Enclosed indoor bathing area

Capabilities

Private BathNo

Private bath available for day-use visitors or hotel guests to reserve

Room OnsenNo

Private onsen bath in guest rooms, for overnight guests only

Policies & Services

ParkingYes

On-site or nearby parking available

Free parking beside the inn (about 10 spaces per the official site); stairs lead from the lot up to the entrance.

下呂温泉

Gero Onsen
Simple

Sodium Chloride spring

Composition fingerprint0.4 g/kg dissolved · Hypotonic
Na⁺95
Cl⁻56
CO₃²⁻17
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
  • Recoveryfatigue, stress

Gero Onsen — a sodium-led simple thermal water as documented on this wall panel. Mineralization is light (total dissolved solids 374.4 mg/kg, gas excluded), so the water reads gently on the body rather than heavily. The panel reproduced here covers only the ion table; spring temperature, pH and the formal classification are not visible in this crop, so the bath-side feel is best confirmed at the property itself.

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About

Hidasanso is a small ryokan on a hillside above Gero Onsen, a short uphill walk from the hot spring street. The single indoor bath runs straight from the spring around the clock; there's no rotenburo and no private bath, just this one. The water is a plain alkaline spring, soft and faintly silky on the skin. It's family-run, with dinner served in the room around Hida beef, and rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows looking down over Gero's rooftops and the hills. The building is older, and the pace is quiet, well away from the crowds in the valley below.

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Sergey M
2 years ago

63. Hidasanso, Gero Onsen Went with a tegata for higaeri (listed from 15 to 20 on weekdays, 18 to 20 on weekends). There's only one small indoor bath. View through fogged-up glass onto a small garden and a frog figurine. Old-timers also present. Water is clear, temperature is hardcore — definitely the hottest of all the onsens I visited in Gero. If you need it hot — recommended. Otherwise — skippable.

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Last updated July 16, 2026