Hatcho-no-Yu
奥鬼怒温泉郷 八丁の湯おくきぬおんせんきょう はっちょうのゆ
Day Use
NoBathing & Water
Uses natural hot spring water
Open-air outdoor bath
Enclosed indoor bathing area
Separate men's and women's indoor baths (女性専用内湯 / 男性専用内湯), open 14:00–8:00.
Capabilities
Private bath available for day-use visitors or hotel guests to reserve
Private onsen bath in guest rooms, for overnight guests only
Only the 2023-built luxury log-house rooms (and the twin room with its own open-air bath) have an in-room onsen bath; standard rooms do not.
Shared bathing area for all genders
Policies & Services
Allows entry with visible tattoos
Not stated on the official site; corroborated by a second Google review ("They also are tattoo friendly.").
Welcomes children and families
Restaurant or dining open to visitors (not just hotel meal plans)
Dining halls (口福亭 for log-house guests, 山小屋亭 for main-building guests) are for lodging guests only; day-use bathing/dining ended Feb 2025, so there is no restaurant open to outside visitors.
Towels available to rent or borrow
Bath towel rental ¥400 (cleaning fee) per the official site; a third-party listing (hitou.or.jp) states ¥200 — kept the official site's figure.
Relaxation space for after bathing
On-site or nearby parking available
No on-site parking — the national-park access road is closed to private cars. Guests use the free Meotobuchi (女夫渕) car park and a reserved shuttle bus to reach the inn.
Views
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About
Deep in the Oku-Kinu mountains and reachable only by a forest trail or reserved shuttle, Hatcho-no-Yu has several outdoor mixed baths fed by the mountain's spring water, set against cedar forest and a mountain stream. The log-house tatami rooms and the isolation make it a proper escape.
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Last updated July 22, 2026