Yutagawa Onsen Masuya Ryokan

湯田川温泉ますや旅館ゆたがわおんせんますやりょかん

A small family-run ryokan with lockable baths and Yutagawa's only drinking spring

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Day visit

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About

The three private lock-and-soak baths (kashikiri) are free to use whenever one is open, no reservation needed. One, Kodai-hinoki-no-yu (古代檜の湯), is built from rare old-growth hinoki cypress; the other two, Ume-no-yu (梅の湯) and Take-no-yu (竹の湯), are known for how deep their tubs run. The water itself is colorless and odorless, kept pleasantly lukewarm rather than hot, and feels soft on the skin. The ryokan also runs the only drinking-water tap in Yutagawa Onsen, by the entrance to its dining room. It's a small six-room wooden ryokan in a quiet corner of Yutagawa Onsen, family-run and deliberately unshowy, more like staying with relatives than checking into a hotel. It reopened in 2023 after a full renovation, now run as a sister property to two other ryokan in the same hot-spring town. The kitchen keeps to home-style Shonai cooking, and in season it serves bamboo shoots the owners dig themselves from their own grove.

The baths

Special here

Lukewarm BathWater near body heat, for a long soak.
Drinking Spring. A spout where you can drink the spring water.

Baths and water

Yes
OnsenUses natural hot spring water
Yes
Indoor Bath. Enclosed indoor bathing area
No
Mixed BathingShared bathing area for all genders

Also here

Kids✓ Yes
Washing· ✓ Yes
Parking✓ Yes

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Programs1

Yamagata Onsen-do
A prefecture-wide onsen stamp rally across 86 baths in Yamagata, launched in 2026. Collect stamps in all four areas, Murayama, Mogami, Shonai and Okitama, and climb the ranks toward Onsen Master.
Area
Shonai
No.
61
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