Shinshu Yudanaka Onsen Kameinoyu

🏮A six-room Yudanaka Onsen inn glowing with 100+ washi art lamps

Nagano · Hanaakari no Yado Kameinoyu

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A tiny inn in a 1,350-year-old spa town

• ♨️Yudanaka Onsen is said to have opened about 1,350 years ago under a name meaning long life.
• 🏮The inn reopened as Hanaakari no Yado Kameinoyu in February 2017 and has just six rooms.
• 🌿Lamps light a Japanese garden laid out in the early Meiji era, and every room looks out onto it.

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Washi art lamps throughout the inn

• 💡More than 100 art lamps by lamp artist Koichi Kikuchi fill the building.
• 📜He mainly uses handmade Uchiyama washi paper from Kijimadaira village, shaping lamps after flowers and plants.
• 🎨You can book a lamp-making workshop with staff (60 minutes, between 17:00 and 21:00, 6,000 yen per person).

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Free-flowing hot spring and private bath time

• ♨️The 96°C source is a sodium chloride alkaline hot spring fed straight from the source, said to help with gastroenteritis, cuts and neuralgia.
• 🌲There is a new hinoki cypress open-air bath, Tsuki-no-yu, and a traditional stone open-air bath, Hotaru-no-yu; men and women swap by time of day.
• 🔑From 20:00 to 22:00 both baths become private/family baths, free for 30 minutes per stay.

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Sister-inn baths and the town bath crawl

• 🏛️Guests can use Momoyama-buro, a registered tangible cultural property, and Shinonome-buro at sister inn Yorozuya for free (3 minutes on foot).
• 🚉Kaede-no-yu in Yudanaka Station (5 minutes on foot) and the Oyu public bath next to Yorozuya are also free for guests.
• 🧺Rooms have baskets for bath-hopping, and staff can tell you each facility's closing days.

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Six rooms named after flowers

• 🛏️Four rooms on the ground floor and two upstairs, all non-smoking, each with a unit bath, washlet toilet, Wi-Fi and Panasonic Nanocare facial steamer and hair dryer.
• 🌸Rindo (50㎡), the most formal room, overlooks both the courtyard and back garden; Mizubasho (44㎡) is the largest, with two connected rooms.
• 🪟Yamabuki (42㎡) and Awa (39㎡) upstairs, and Sennichiko (33㎡) and Anzu (32㎡) downstairs, are twin-bed rooms.

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Dinner at the sister inn, breakfast at home

• 🍱Dinner is served at sister inn Yorozuya, 3 minutes on foot (transfer available), from 17:45; it cannot be served after 19:00.
• 🥩The standard Irodori kaiseki has 12 dishes including river fish and handmade Shinshu soba; the upgraded Shinano kaiseki features Shinshu Premium Beef and Shinshu salmon sashimi.
• 🍚Breakfast in the inn's dining room includes Kijimadaira Koshihikari rice cooked in a clay pot and overnight-dried trout, with two of three fresh juices.

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Access

• 🚃5 minutes on foot from Yudanaka Station on the Nagano Electric Railway; station pickup is available if requested in advance.
• 🚅From Tokyo, take the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Nagano and change to the Nagano Electric Railway.
• 🚗By car, exit at Shinshu-Nakano IC and take Route 292; free parking is on site. Winter tires or chains are needed in winter.

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Free-flowing hot spring and private bath time

• ♨️The 96°C source is a sodium chloride alkaline hot spring fed straight from the source, said to help with gastroenteritis, cuts and neuralgia.
• 🌲There is a new hinoki cypress open-air bath, Tsuki-no-yu, and a traditional stone open-air bath, Hotaru-no-yu; men and women swap by time of day.
• 🔑From 20:00 to 22:00 both baths become private/family baths, free for 30 minutes per stay.

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Sister-inn baths and the town bath crawl

• 🏛️Guests can use Momoyama-buro, a registered tangible cultural property, and Shinonome-buro at sister inn Yorozuya for free (3 minutes on foot).
• 🚉Kaede-no-yu in Yudanaka Station (5 minutes on foot) and the Oyu public bath next to Yorozuya are also free for guests.
• 🧺Rooms have baskets for bath-hopping, and staff can tell you each facility's closing days.

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A quiet six-room inn with a lamp-lit garden, free-flowing hot spring and access to a sister inn's historic baths. Note that dinner is at the sister inn 3 minutes away, there is no elevator or in-room open-air bath, and some ground-floor rooms may hear noise from upstairs.

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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.

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Check In/Check Out Policy · Check In: 15:00 · Check Out: 10:00 · Last Check In: 18:30

* 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 Shinshu Yudanaka Onsen Kameinoyu?

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

Where is Shinshu Yudanaka Onsen Kameinoyu located?

It is in Shimotakai-gun. Address: 3174 Hirao, Yamanouchimachi.

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.