Asama Onsen Fujinoyu

♨️An 8-room hideaway since 1832 with free-flowing hot spring baths

Nagano · Asama Onsen Fujinoyu

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A family inn since 1832

• 🏯Founded in 1832, the inn has been run by the same family for 20 generations.
• 🪵The building has been extended little by little since the Meiji era and keeps its old-world character.
• 🛏️With only 8 rooms, it is a small inn, and the whole building is non-smoking.

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Heirloom art collection

• 🖼️The inn owns the oldest surviving map of Matsumoto Castle (early 1700s) and displays a half-size replica on site.
• 🎨Works by Japanese-style painters such as Saigo Kogetsu, a Meiji-era master, are rotated with the seasons.
• 📱A guests-only digital museum, reached by QR codes in the building, explains the collection in detail.

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Large baths of 1,300-year-old Asama Onsen

• ♨️The inn draws 25 tons a day of Asama Onsen water, recorded even in the Nihon Shoki; it is a clear, odorless alkaline simple spring known as a 'beauty bath'.
• 🛁There are two gender-separated baths, Fuyo (renovated 2023) and the fully tatami-floored Yubae (renovated 2025), swapped around 21:30.
• ⏰Open 15:00–24:00 and 6:00–10:00; no water is added and it is heated only in winter (partly recirculated).

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Free private bath 'Fuji'

• 🔑Free for all guests with no reservation; just use it when the sign says vacant.
• 🧱A 100% free-flowing hot spring bath with a tatami washing area and retro early-Showa tiles.
• 📲QR codes in the rooms let you check bath crowding and private-bath availability on your phone.

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Rooms with semi-open-air baths and main-building tatami rooms

• 🌿Three new-wing rooms, Suzuran (54㎡), Rindo (61㎡) and Komakusa (39㎡, Japanese-Western), have free-flowing semi-open-air baths and sleep up to 5.
• ⛰️Yari and Jonen (12.5 tatami) on the main building's top floor were renovated in March 2025 with two tatami beds and North Alps views on clear days.
• 🚿Norikura has a hinoki-scented hot spring bath; the other main-building rooms use the large or private baths.

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New-style Shinshu cuisine served in your room

• 🍽️Dinner and breakfast are both carried to your room by staff (groups of 4 or more may be given a private dining room).
• 🥢Dinner is new-style Japanese cuisine themed on fermentation, with miso, koji and sake lees, local vegetables, Shinshu Premium Beef and Shinshu salmon.
• 🍶The young proprietress, a certified sake sommelier, selects Shinshu sake; breakfast features tofu finished at the table and Nagano kinmemai rice.

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Special lounge and services

• 🏠Lounge 'Utsukushi', a restored 100-year-old sukiya-style room, is reserved for one group per day and looks out toward Mt. Norikura.
• ☕Nagano sake, coffee, tea and other drinks are provided free in the lounge.
• 🐕Mascot dog Kou and resident cat Mya greet guests, and the car park has an EV charger.

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Access and nearby sights

• 🚌From JR Matsumoto Station, take the Asama or Shin-Asama line bus for about 25 minutes to Asama Onsen, then walk about 5 minutes.
• 🚗About 20 minutes by car from Matsumoto IC or Azusagawa Smart IC; 8 free parking spaces.
• 🏯Good base for Matsumoto Castle, the former Kaichi School and Nawate Street, and farther afield Kamikochi, Norikura Highlands, Azumino and Utsukushigahara.

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Large baths of 1,300-year-old Asama Onsen

• ♨️The inn draws 25 tons a day of Asama Onsen water, recorded even in the Nihon Shoki; it is a clear, odorless alkaline simple spring known as a 'beauty bath'.
• 🛁There are two gender-separated baths, Fuyo (renovated 2023) and the fully tatami-floored Yubae (renovated 2025), swapped around 21:30.
• ⏰Open 15:00–24:00 and 6:00–10:00; no water is added and it is heated only in winter (partly recirculated).

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Free private bath 'Fuji'

• 🔑Free for all guests with no reservation; just use it when the sign says vacant.
• 🧱A 100% free-flowing hot spring bath with a tatami washing area and retro early-Showa tiles.
• 📲QR codes in the rooms let you check bath crowding and private-bath availability on your phone.

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A quiet 8-room historic inn with free-flowing private baths, semi-open-air bath rooms and in-room dining. Note there is no elevator, consecutive-night stays are not accepted, and preschool children aged 6 and under cannot stay in main-building tatami rooms.

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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 Asama Onsen Fujinoyu?

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

Where is Asama Onsen Fujinoyu located?

It is in Matsumoto. Address: 3-13-5 Asama 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.