Bathing & Water
Uses natural hot spring water
Open-air outdoor bath
Official site only describes the two indoor cypress baths (またたびの湯／えんじゅ湯); a Rakuten Travel review explicitly states there is no outdoor bath
Enclosed indoor bathing area
Bathing Arrangements
Private bath available for day-use visitors or hotel guests to reserve
Shared bathing area for all genders
Policies & Services
Welcomes children and families
Kids may bathe; newborn bathing requires consulting the inn first
Shower, wash stations, soap and shampoo provided
Towels available to rent or borrow
On-site or nearby parking available
Views
MountainsPrograms
About
Bunke is a five-room minshuku in a thatched-roof farmhouse said to be around 150 years old, tucked into the small hamlet of Iwase-Yumoto (岩瀬湯本温泉) in Fukushima. There's no shared bathhouse, just two small hinoki (cypress) tubs, Matatabi-no-yu and Enju-yu, each booked in turn rather than used together, with the water flowing straight from the spring. It's a sodium-calcium chloride water, soft on the skin, sometimes carrying flecks of the brownish mineral residue locals call yubana. The inn keeps its old-farmhouse bones, blackened beams, tatami rooms, mountain views from the windows, and leans into a slow, homecoming kind of quiet rather than anything flashy.
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Last updated July 22, 2026