Minami Alps Seitaimura Healthy Misato

♨️A Southern Alps hot spring stay in an old wooden schoolhouse

Yamanashi · Kogen no Sato Onsen Healthy Misato

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A Town-Run Stay in a Former School

• 🏫A retreat and training facility run by Hayakawa Town, housed in the wooden building of the former Hayakawa Kita Junior High School.
• 🌲It consists of a plank-floored main building that keeps its schoolhouse character and cottages in the woods; long stays are welcome.
• 🦉Resident staff with expertise in wildlife and environmental education run a range of nature and culture programs.

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Kogen no Sato Onsen

• ♨️Cold mineral water drawn from about 250 m underground is heated for the bath, which sits on a rise linked to the main building by a corridor, with views from the window.
• 🧂A sulfur-bearing sodium-calcium chloride-sulfate cold spring with 7,313.2 mg of dissolved components per kg — a rich, mildly alkaline water with a faint sulfur scent.
• 🕙Overnight guests may bathe from check-in until 22:00 and from 7:00 until check-out.

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Mountain-Village Home Cooking

• 🍲Main-building stays include dinner and breakfast, served in the separate dining hall as six or seven local Hayakawa and Yamanashi dishes.
• 🐟Expect dishes such as taro-stem shira-ae made with local Shimane-imo, sashimi konnyaku made by a local grandmother, salt-grilled river fish and Yamanashi's famous hoto noodles.
• 🌿Menus follow the seasons, with spring bringing mountain vegetables such as bracken and bamboo shoots.

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Facilities

• 📚A seminar room for about 50 people is free for overnight guests.
• 🏓The gymnasium offers table tennis (rackets and balls for rent), and there is also a sports ground.
• 🎾Two all-weather tennis courts are available, and guests can rent one for 300 yen per hour.

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Forest Cottages and Nature Programs

• 🏡Self-catering wooden cottages in the forest sleep 2 to 10 per unit and come with an IH cooker, rice cooker and barbecue equipment.
• 🐕One cottage accepts pets, and cottage guests can also use the Healthy Misato hot spring.
• 🔭Seasonal programs include birdwatching, stargazing, river play, night forest walks and Fossa Magna tours.

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Exploring Hayakawa Town

• 🏔️A mountain town at the foot of the Southern Alps, strung along the Hayakawa River that runs north to south through its center.
• 🐦The Minami Alps Wild Bird Park, run by the same organization, makes birdwatching easy.
• 🏘️Sights around town include Akazawa-juku, a preserved old post-town street.

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Rooms

• 🛏️There are 14 rooms: four 10-tatami Japanese rooms for up to five on the first floor, plus triple, twin and single Western rooms.
• ⛰️Windows look out over the surrounding mountains, and on clear days you can see Mt. Shichimen.
• 🚭Rooms are non-smoking, and yukata (adults), toothbrushes and hand towels are provided.

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Getting There

• 🚌The nearest stop on the Hayakawa town bus is 'Healthy Misato', though both highway and local buses run infrequently.
• 🚐Overnight guests can ask in advance about pickup from the Iitomi highway bus stop or JR Minobu Line Shimobe-Onsen Station; it may not always be possible.
• 🚗The Minami Alps Kaido through town is essentially one road — at the fork in Oshima, keep straight rather than turning toward Amahata.

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Mountain-Village Home Cooking

• 🍲Main-building stays include dinner and breakfast, served in the separate dining hall as six or seven local Hayakawa and Yamanashi dishes.
• 🐟Expect dishes such as taro-stem shira-ae made with local Shimane-imo, sashimi konnyaku made by a local grandmother, salt-grilled river fish and Yamanashi's famous hoto noodles.
• 🌿Menus follow the seasons, with spring bringing mountain vegetables such as bracken and bamboo shoots.

4

Facilities

• 📚A seminar room for about 50 people is free for overnight guests.
• 🏓The gymnasium offers table tennis (rackets and balls for rent), and there is also a sports ground.
• 🎾Two all-weather tennis courts are available, and guests can rent one for 300 yen per hour.

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A simple, characterful stay pairing an old wooden schoolhouse with a rich mineral spring and local mountain cooking. Note that there is only a shared indoor bath (no open-air or private in-room baths), and public transport is sparse, so arrange pickup or a car ahead of time.

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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.

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

What are the check-in and check-out times at Minami Alps Seitaimura Healthy Misato?

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

Where is Minami Alps Seitaimura Healthy Misato located?

It is in Minamikoma-gun. Address: 651 Oharano, Hayakawacho.

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.