SHIRETOKO VILLAGE
しれとこ村つくだ荘しれとこむらつくだそう
Day Use
YesOn busy days, the inn may not always accept day-use bathers. Call ahead to check before you visit.
Adult ¥800, elementary-school child ¥400, preschool free. Adding one of the private family baths is +¥1,100 for 50 minutes. Bath towel rental is ¥200, hand towel ¥100.
Bathing & Water
Uses natural hot spring water
Open-air outdoor bath
The outdoor bath is only part of the paid private/family baths (Ukara-no-yu, Ikera-no-yu); the main indoor bath Kuma-no-yu has no rotenburo (a day-use-only Google reviewer noted 露天風呂は無し for the main bath, while other reviewers describe an indoor+outdoor private bath).
Enclosed indoor bathing area
Dry heat sauna room
Capabilities
Private bath available for day-use visitors or hotel guests to reserve
Private onsen bath in guest rooms, for overnight guests only
Policies & Services
Welcomes children and families
Shower, wash stations, soap and shampoo provided
Towels available to rent or borrow
On-site or nearby parking available
Views
MountainsHighlights
Lukewarm BathAbout
The indoor bath, Kuma-no-yu (熊の湯), runs kakenagashi (源泉かけ流し), fed straight from the source, with two tubs kept at different temperatures, one hot and one lukewarm. There's no outdoor tub here. The water's color shifts with the seasons, and the tubs are built smaller on purpose so the spring stays fresh instead of getting diluted. For an outdoor soak, book one of the two paid private baths. Ukara-no-yu (ウカラの湯) means family in Ainu and has a hinoki cypress tub, while Ikera-no-yu (イケラの湯) means sweetheart and is granite. Each pairs a small rotenburo with its own indoor tub. There's no sauna. Shiretoko Village (しれとこ村つくだ荘) sits on a rise above the Utoro hot spring area, upstream along the Pereke River, in a quiet mountain valley where deer and foxes wander through. It's an old-style, long-running inn rather than a polished resort. Some guests say it still carries the feel of a traditional toji (湯治) cure-bath inn, built around the spring itself rather than added comforts.
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Last updated July 17, 2026