Onogawa Onsen Hojunoyu

小野川温泉宝寿の湯おのがわおんせんほうじゅのゆ

Hilltop sulfur baths and a footbath cafe above Onogawa Onsen

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Can I go?

Day visit ·

Yes

Mon10:00–21:00

Tue10:00–21:00

WedClosed

Thu10:00–21:00

Fri10:00–21:00

Sat10:00–21:00

Sun10:00–21:00

In winter, Ten no Yu (天の湯), one of the two private outdoor baths, closes because its temperature is hard to control in the cold; only Chu no Yu (宙の湯) stays open. The footbath also closes for the season due to snow.

¥800

The 800 yen adult / 400 yen child day-use rate covers only the indoor bath, 10:00 to 21:00. For day visitors, the two private outdoor baths, Ten no Yu (天の湯) and Chu no Yu (宙の湯), are 2,200 yen, and the private family bath is 3,300 yen; both run per 60 minutes between 13:00 and 21:00, no reservation, first come first served. A separate day-use rest plan (any 6-hour block between 10:00 and 21:00, 2,200 yen per person with towels included) comes with a private room but not the private baths.

TattoosNot Allowed

Private bathYesto book ()

About

This ryokan sits on a low hill above Onogawa Onsen, a small hot spring town in the hills behind Yonezawa. Its indoor bath and one of its two private outdoor baths look out over the town below; the other outdoor bath is set up instead for watching the night sky. The water is a warm, faintly sulfurous spring, blended from two source springs to reach bathing temperature and kept flowing fresh, and it holds its heat well after you get out. Besides the shared indoor bath there's a private family bath too, plus a footbath cafe by a mountain stream where day visitors can sit with a drink over the same view. It's a small, 12-room ryokan on three floors with no elevator, and breakfast leans on local Yonezawa ingredients. Standard plans come without dinner, but booking through the inn's own website adds a sukiyaki dinner set, and the cafe stays open for lunch. Onogawa Onsen itself has an old legend behind it: the Heian-era poet Ono no Komachi is said to have bathed here while traveling, and the feudal lord Date Masamune came for the same water centuries later after a riding injury.

The baths

Special here

Foot Bath. Sit on the edge and soak your feet.

Baths and water

Yes
OnsenUses natural hot spring water
Yes
Outdoor Bath. Open-air outdoor bath
Yes
Indoor Bath. Enclosed indoor bathing area
No
Mixed BathingShared bathing area for all genders

Also here

Kids✓ Yes
Dining✓ Yes
Washing· ✓ YesThe shared indoor bath has soap and shampoo. The private outdoor baths do not, so bring your own there.
Parking✓ Yes

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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
Okitama
No.
74
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