Ryokan Sugawara

♨️A long-running Naruko inn with three private springs, nine baths and free private tubs

Miyagi · Ryokan Sugawara, Naruko Onsen

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A Naruko Onsen inn with over 150 years of history

• 🏮A Japanese-style hot spring inn in Naruko Onsen; the official site describes a tradition of more than 150 years since its founding.
• 📺The inn was the setting for TV Tokyo's 'TV Champion', broadcast on October 23, 2008.
• ⚠️There is no elevator, so all moving around is by stairs, and the inn asks guests who are sensitive to noise to note that the building is old.

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Free-flowing 'beautiful skin' waters

• ♨️All three of the inn's own springs flow straight into the baths with no added water, recirculation or filtration; the source is about 98°C.
• 💧The large bath's 'Maten-buro' spring has 498.6 mg of metasilicic acid, the highest in Naruko Onsen, and sometimes turns blue.
• 🛁With nine baths in the building you can bath-hop without leaving; the open-air baths alternate between men and women by time of day.

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Free private baths and a courtyard foot bath

• 🔑The free private baths are popular: a semi-open-air one on the 3rd floor and an indoor one on the 1st floor.
• 🌿The cypress foot bath 'Soten-no-Yu' over the courtyard pond is free for overnight guests from 8:00 to 17:00.
• 🥚Bring your own eggs and you can make onsen eggs in the hot spring pool by the entrance (not in winter).

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Hot-spring-heated sauna

• 🔥The cypress sauna in 'Uruoi-no-Yu' is a 60–70°C low-temperature room heated only by the spring's heat.
• 💨Mist sprays from the ceiling every 15 minutes, and there is a cold plunge bath.
• 🧖The private sauna stays warm with spring heat, and you can raise the temperature further with self-löyly.

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Traditional tatami rooms

• 🛏️Standard rooms are 8–10 tatami, with views of the Naruko foothills or the courtyard.
• 🚪There are also two-room suites of 10+4 tatami, and Special Room 601, a Japanese-Western room with its own cypress bath of 100% spring water.
• 🚭All rooms have a washlet toilet, TV, electric kettle, fridge and safe; there are no non-smoking rooms, but deodorizing is offered on request.

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Meals and facilities

• 🍙Meals are currently not included in any plan; across the street, 'Sugawara Bunten 765' sells breakfast of two rice balls and pork miso soup for 550 yen from 7:00.
• 🏪A convenience store is nearby and outside food is allowed, but cooking in rooms, such as with hot plates, is not.
• 🧺Guests get a free laundry room with three washing machines, a spring-heated drying room, a sink and a microwave.

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Around Naruko

• 🍁Naruko Gorge, about 100 m deep, is a famous autumn-foliage spot with a riverside trail of about 2.5 km.
• 🏞️Katanuma is one of Japan's most acidic caldera lakes, its color changing from day to day.
• 🌉Naruko Dam, the first arch dam built only by Japanese engineers, and the steaming Onikobe Jigokudani are also worth a visit.

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Getting there

• 🚃Free pickup is offered from JR Naruko-Onsen Station; call the inn when you arrive.
• 🚌Highway buses from stop 24 in front of Sendai Station reach the terminal 'Naruko Kurumayu' in about 1 hour 25 minutes, right in front of the inn.
• 🚗By car it is about 29 km, roughly 40 minutes, from Furukawa IC on the Tohoku Expressway.

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Free private baths and a courtyard foot bath

• 🔑The free private baths are popular: a semi-open-air one on the 3rd floor and an indoor one on the 1st floor.
• 🌿The cypress foot bath 'Soten-no-Yu' over the courtyard pond is free for overnight guests from 8:00 to 17:00.
• 🥚Bring your own eggs and you can make onsen eggs in the hot spring pool by the entrance (not in winter).

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Hot-spring-heated sauna

• 🔥The cypress sauna in 'Uruoi-no-Yu' is a 60–70°C low-temperature room heated only by the spring's heat.
• 💨Mist sprays from the ceiling every 15 minutes, and there is a cold plunge bath.
• 🧖The private sauna stays warm with spring heat, and you can raise the temperature further with self-löyly.

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With nine free-flowing baths, free private tubs and a spring-heated sauna, this is an inn for enjoying the hot springs themselves. Note that no meals are currently served, there is no elevator or non-smoking room, and the old building can be noisy.

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* This introduction was compiled from information published by each property (official website and similar sources), so some details may differ from what you find on the day. It is AI-assisted and can contain errors — please check the official website and the details shown at booking before you reserve.

♨ Naruko Onsen · 12 ryokan in this onsen town

0.0 150.0 By car: Exit the Tohoku Expressway at Furukawa IC and continue along Route 47 for about 30 min (30 km). From Naruko-Onsen Station (JR Rikuu East Line): About 10 min on foot or 2 min by taxi.

* These policies are the property's own text, in English; the cancellation policy shown at booking takes precedence.

From onsen etiquette to check-in — the things worth knowing first.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Ryokan Sugawara?

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 10:00.

Where is Ryokan Sugawara located?

It is in Osaki. Address: 5 Shinyashiki, Naruko onsen.

What is the cancellation and refund policy?

Free-cancellation deadlines vary by rate plan and are shown with each room. Cancelling before the deadline gives a full refund.