Akakura Onsen Yukemurikan

赤倉温泉おくのほそ道赤倉ゆけむり館あかくらおんせんおくのほそみちあかくらゆけむりかん

Day-use baths named for Basho's travel journal

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Day visit ·

Yes

09:00–21:30

Closed on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. On the 1st, 3rd and 5th Wednesday it opens later, at 13:00. Last entry is 20:30.

¥500

The private bath, Toge no Yu (峠の湯), is 1,500 yen for up to 4 people; bringing children is by consultation.

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About

This day-use bathhouse in Akakura Onsen has two main baths, each with a rotenburo, that swap between men and women depending on whether the date is odd or even: one has a large rotenburo along with a sauna and a cold plunge, the other a smaller rotenburo. A third bath, Toge no Yu (峠の湯), can be booked as a private room. The water is soft, smooth on the skin and quite hot, so it is best taken in short stretches. The rotenburo sit in a garden setting, with bamboo growing close by. The two main baths, Basho no Yu (芭蕉の湯) and Sora no Yu (曾良の湯), are named for the poet Matsuo Basho and his travel companion Sora, a nod to Oku no Hosomichi (奥の細道), the travel journal the whole building takes its name from. Alongside the baths there is a small shop with local produce, a free tatami rest room, and a corner near the entrance where visitors can boil their own eggs in the spring water.

The baths

What's here

Yes
OnsenUses natural hot spring water
Yes
Outdoor Bath. Open-air outdoor bath
Yes
Indoor Bath. Enclosed indoor bathing area
Yes
SaunaSauna room of any kind
Yes
Cold Bath. Cold water plunge bath, typically used after sauna
No
Mixed BathingShared bathing area for all genders

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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
Mogami
No.
54
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