Yamadaya

182. Yamadaya, Hakone Visited for day-use bathing on the 3rd floor. Day-use hours are 12:00 to 16:00. On the 4th floor there seem to be some private baths as well. Inside there's a square bath with milky water and white calcium deposits. Temperature slightly below hot. Good air inside. Outside there are two single-person baths — round and oval. I used the round one — the temperature was weird. The overall temperature was slightly below hot, but there was cooler water at the bottom, while the water stream at shoulder level was actually hot — and that was uncomfortable. The ryokan itself looks interesting inside, but bath-wise it didn't work for me: only two single-person outdoor baths with questionable temperature management — not great. Can be skipped as a day-use visit.