Day Use
YesDay-use bathing is not offered on certain dates around New Year, Golden Week, and Obon.
Day-use bathing is 1500 yen for adults and 700 yen for elementary-school-age children and under, including a mini towel and bath towel. It covers only the main first-floor baths (the garden open-air bath and indoor bath); the Komorebi-no-Yu (木もれ陽の湯) bath is not included. Payment is cash only.
Bathing & Water
Uses natural hot spring water
Open-air outdoor bath
Enclosed indoor bathing area
Dry heat sauna room
Cold water plunge bath, typically used after sauna
The cold bath is only in the Komorebi-no-Yu bath (a carbonated-spring zone under gender rotation); the main men's/women's baths have no cold bath.
Capabilities
Private bath available for day-use visitors or hotel guests to reserve
Two reservable private tatami-floor baths, 45 minutes for 2500 yen (tax included).
Private onsen bath in guest rooms, for overnight guests only
The Ro-an suite and Tomi-no-Kaze rooms have open-air or semi-open-air baths fed with natural onsen water; one Tomi-no-Kaze room type is source kakenagashi.
Shared bathing area for all genders
Men's and women's baths are separate; the Komorebi-no-Yu bath alternates by gender on a schedule, it is not mixed bathing.
Policies & Services
Allows entry with visible tattoos
Cover required
Welcomes children and families
Restaurant or dining open to visitors (not just hotel meal plans)
Buffet restaurant is bookable by day-trip visitors, not only lodging guests, via the day-use buffet plan.
Shower, wash stations, soap and shampoo provided
Towels available to rent or borrow
Mini towel and bath towel are included with the day-use bathing admission.
Relaxation space for after bathing
On-site or nearby parking available
Highlights
Foot Bath
Steam Sauna
Lukewarm BathAbout
Seifuso is a large ryokan in Awara Onsen with separate garden open-air baths for men and women, each paired with several tub styles, an octagonal tub, a flower-viewing tub, a Shigaraki-ware pottery tub, plus an indoor bath and a sauna (no cold bath in these halls). A second hall, Komorebi-no-Yu (木もれ陽の湯), swaps between men and women through the day and adds a carbonated-spring bath, a mist sauna, and a cold plunge. Two reservable tatami-floor private baths and a free footbath by a bamboo grove round out the options, and the Ro-an (蘆庵) suite and the Tomi-no-Kaze (十三の風) rooms have their own open-air or semi-open-air tubs of natural onsen water (one Tomi-no-Kaze room type runs kakenagashi, drawing straight from the source). The spring itself is a salty, warming water that several bathers describe as running mild rather than hot, good for a long soak. Awara Onsen, where the ryokan stands, opened in 1883 and was a favorite of the poet Yosano Akiko; Seifuso keeps an older building alongside buffet dinners cooked live in front of guests.
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Last updated August 5, 2026