Only Yu Hot Spring Resort

♨️A modern toji inn with forest baths and saunas for up to 34 hours

Kanagawa · Modern Toji Only Yu

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A modern toji retreat in the forest

• 🌳A day-use and overnight hot spring facility about 250 m above sea level in Minamiashigara, surrounded by greenery.
• 🏡It is small, with just four Japanese rooms with open-air baths and one Western bedroom.
• 🕙Guests booking by phone can stay from 10:00 on arrival day to 20:00 the next day, up to 34 hours.

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Open-air baths in a broadleaf forest

• 🍁The open-air baths are surrounded by broadleaf trees, changing from fresh green to autumn colors.
• 🌡️A lukewarm 38°C bath invites long soaks like forest bathing, and a 42°C bath is also available.
• 🐦Bathe to birdsong and the sound of a nearby stream.

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The 'beautiful skin' spring

• 💧A gentle simple spring rising from 15-million-year-old strata, suited to older guests, children and sensitive skin.
• ✨At pH 9.5 it is alkaline and smooths the skin, earning the name bijin-no-yu.
• 🛁The large baths close to all guests from 20:00 to 9:45; overnight guests then use their room baths.

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Three saunas

• 🔥A barrel sauna sits in the women's open-air area and the Ruska sauna, facing the stream and maples, in the men's.
• 🌿The indoor Vihta saunas hang homemade vihta whisks made from oak grown on the grounds.
• 🚿The cold bath and showers use Kinran-sui, natural Hakone-system water drawn from 200 m underground.

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Rooms with private open-air baths

• 🛏️All four Japanese rooms come with a private open-air bath.
• 🌲These tatami rooms look out on the forest through wide windows, including 15-mat and large 30-mat rooms.
• 🛋️There is also one Western room with beds and a garden terrace; rooms are also used for day rest.

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Seasonal gozen dinners

• 🍱Guests in the Japanese rooms with open-air baths are served a gozen set dinner of seasonal and local ingredients.
• 🥩The top plan centers on domestic beef shabu-shabu, abalone sashimi and simmered kinmedai.
• 🍚Breakfast is a Japanese set meal; extra dishes must be booked four days ahead.

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Cafe terrace and facilities

• ☕Cafe Shuhari serves as a free lounge with terrace seats facing the forest.
• 🍽️Meals are served at Restaurant Yururi, and phone-booked guests can use the drink bar during their stay.
• 😌The reclining tatami lounge Kakureza is available, though not to children.

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Nearby sights and access

• ⛩️Daiyuzan Saijoji, a Soto Zen temple founded in 1394, is nearby, with a cedar avenue of trees over 500 years old along its 3 km approach.
• 🚌A free shuttle runs from Kaisei and Daiyuzan stations by reservation; call at least one hour ahead.
• 🚗About 30 minutes from Oi-Matsuda IC on the Tomei Expressway.

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The 'beautiful skin' spring

• 💧A gentle simple spring rising from 15-million-year-old strata, suited to older guests, children and sensitive skin.
• ✨At pH 9.5 it is alkaline and smooths the skin, earning the name bijin-no-yu.
• 🛁The large baths close to all guests from 20:00 to 9:45; overnight guests then use their room baths.

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Three saunas

• 🔥A barrel sauna sits in the women's open-air area and the Ruska sauna, facing the stream and maples, in the men's.
• 🌿The indoor Vihta saunas hang homemade vihta whisks made from oak grown on the grounds.
• 🚿The cold bath and showers use Kinran-sui, natural Hakone-system water drawn from 200 m underground.

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A small onsen stay for long, slow soaks in forest baths, saunas and rooms with private open-air baths. Note that facilities are shared with day visitors and the large baths close at 20:00.

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

What are the check-in and check-out times at Only Yu Hot Spring Resort?

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 11:00.

Where is Only Yu Hot Spring Resort located?

It is in Minami Ashigara. Address: 1520-1 Hiromachi.

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.