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Yama no Yado

乳頭温泉郷 鶴の湯温泉別館 山の宿にゅうとうおんせんきょう つるのゆおんせんべっかん やまのやど

Lodging
Tohoku·Akita
0187-46-2100tsurunoyu.com

Bathing & Water

Outdoor BathYes

Open-air outdoor bath

OnsenYes

Uses natural hot spring water

Capabilities

Private BathYes

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

白湯

Shiroyu (White Bath) Source
黄
Sulfur
+ Chloride · Bicarbonate

Shiroyu — the signature 'white bath' source of the Tsuru-no-yu lineage. A sulfur-bearing sodium-calcium chloride-bicarbonate spring (hydrogen-sulfide sub-type), emerging at 55.7 degC and delivered to the tubs at about 42 degC. The water is milky white from suspended sulfur with the unmistakable rotten-egg note of H2S, and beneath that the salt-tinged warmth of chloride is softened by bicarbonate. One of the iconic turbid baths of the Tohoku region.

Source temperature
55.7°C
 
Tonicity
1.82g/kg
Hypotonic
Color
milky white, turbid
Odor
hydrogen sulfide
Highlights
  • Sulfur-rich

Programs

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VovaR
1 year ago

Yama no Yado (山の宿). A really great ryokan — decent rooms (there's even a rocking chair), nice baths, excellent food. No higaeri. Baths are all kashikiri (4 in summer, 3 in winter). 2 indoor and 2 rotenburo. Right now there aren't many guests, so you can use any bath as much as you want, but I imagine when fully booked you'd need to sign up. The main bath is still Tsuru-no-Yu. The hotel runs a bus fairly often and until late; in summer you can apparently walk through the forest (but I think you'd need 3 cans of bear spray per person, otherwise the odds of not making it increase). Or drive your own car. Last bus from the ryokan at 20:15, return at 21:30. By car, guests can apparently stay until 22:30. No charge for using Tsuru-no-Yu. Rooms have toilets and even a bathtub. The hair dryer is very weak — better bring your own. I've been thinking lately about how to rate onsen for myself, and I decided on "would I want to come back." I'll definitely return to this one.