Yuhara Onsen Neko Hana No Yu
湯原温泉 猫鼻の湯ゆはらおんせん ねこはなのゆ
Bathing & Water
Uses natural hot spring water
Open-air outdoor bath
Multiple reviewers independently describe two open-air baths (one review also mentions a separate semi-open-air/半露天 bath).
Enclosed indoor bathing area
Capabilities
Private bath available for day-use visitors or hotel guests to reserve
Reviewer describes an outdoor '家族風呂' (family bath) that is a private/reservable bath, freely usable once the entry fee is paid.
Shared bathing area for all genders
Official site photo caption labels the lodge's indoor bath as separate women's (left) and men's (right) baths; no mention of mixed bathing anywhere.
Policies & Services
Shower, wash stations, soap and shampoo provided
Views
MountainsAbout
Neko Hana no Yu was a small, handmade hot spring tucked down a steep gravel side road off Route 148, near the Nagano-Niigata border. Bathing was split between an indoor bath (men's and women's separate) and two outdoor tubs looking over the mountainside, plus a private outdoor bath you could come and go from freely once you'd paid at the entrance. The water ran straight from the spring into wooden tubs, clear but with a faint iron taste and dark mineral flecks drifting through it. The bath was kept for years by a resident temple priest, more a sideline than a business, and regulars came back as much for his stories at reception as for the water. It burned down completely in 2020 and was rebuilt with help from the local community, but it closed for good at the end of August 2025.
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Last updated July 30, 2026