Watarase Onsen Hotel Yamayuri

♨️Free-flowing 'beauty bath' springs deep in the Kumano mountains

Wakayama · Watarase Onsen Hotel Yamayuri

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A Hot Spring Inn in the Kumano Hills

• 🌉Part of Watarase Onsen, one of the Kumano Hongu hot spring villages, the hotel stands right beside a suspension bridge over the river.
• 🏯One of the lodging buildings on the property, it centers on traditional Japanese-style rooms and is popular with Kumano Kodo walkers, families and groups.
• ✨Surrounded by forested mountains, the night sky fills with stars, and fireflies dance in early summer.

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Free-Flowing Great Open-Air Bath

• ♨️Colorless, clear sodium bicarbonate-chloride water flows straight from the source, earning a reputation as a 'beauty bath'.
• 🌿The gender-separated great open-air bath is open 6:00-22:00 (last entry 21:30) and free for overnight guests.
• 💧The water is said to help with skin conditions, rheumatism, neuralgia and digestive ailments, and to leave skin smooth.

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Free Family Private Open-Air Baths

• 🔑Four family private open-air baths need no reservation - just use any that is free; they are free for guests (6:00-23:30, about 60 minutes per group).
• 🏞️Each has its own character, and two face the mountain stream so you can soak to the sound of the water.
• 🛁Guests can also use the large bath at sister building Sasayuri, and Sasayuri's private open-air baths for an extra fee.

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19 Japanese-Style Rooms

• 🛏️19 rooms in total: 13 eight-mat Japanese rooms, 4 Japanese-style twins, 1 Western twin and 1 Japanese-Western special room, all non-smoking.
• 🚽Rooms have a toilet, air conditioning, TV, fridge, humidifying air purifier, washlet, safe and Wi-Fi.
• 👘Yukata, towels, hair dryer and toothbrushes are provided, and colorful yukata are available to rent.

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Local Seasonal Cuisine

• 🍱Dinner is served in Yamayuri's high-ceilinged restaurant, with a monthly-changing menu built around local ingredients.
• 🥩Extra dishes such as Kumano beef steak, whale sashimi and salt-grilled amago trout can be ordered.
• 🍚Breakfast is a Japanese set meal of local ingredients; the onsen rice porridge and seasonal onsen tofu are favorites.

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Facilities & Services

• 🛍️The lobby has a souvenir corner, and next to the open-air bath there is a canteen serving noodles and rice bowls plus a local gift shop.
• 🧺A coin laundry (7:00-21:00) is handy on longer trips or Kumano Kodo walks.
• 🐕A heated and air-conditioned pet house (5 cages, book by phone) is available; pets are not allowed inside the building.

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Kumano Kodo & Nearby Sights

• ⛩️The hotel sits along the Nakahechi route of the Kumano Kodo, about 10 minutes by car from Kumano Hongu Taisha.
• 🚐A free shuttle to the Kumano Kodo makes it a convenient base for walking the pilgrimage trail.
• 🚴Certified by Wakayama Prefecture as a cyclist-friendly accommodation.

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Getting There

• 🚌A free shuttle bus runs once a day from JR Shirahama Station (departs the station 13:00, leaves the hotel 10:30; reserve by phone by the day before).
• 🚃By bus for Hongu Taisha: about 120 minutes from JR Kii-Tanabe Station or about 60 minutes from JR Shingu Station.
• 🚗About 70 minutes from Kamitonda IC on the Hanwa Expressway via Routes 42 and 311.

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Free Family Private Open-Air Baths

• 🔑Four family private open-air baths need no reservation - just use any that is free; they are free for guests (6:00-23:30, about 60 minutes per group).
• 🏞️Each has its own character, and two face the mountain stream so you can soak to the sound of the water.
• 🛁Guests can also use the large bath at sister building Sasayuri, and Sasayuri's private open-air baths for an extra fee.

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19 Japanese-Style Rooms

• 🛏️19 rooms in total: 13 eight-mat Japanese rooms, 4 Japanese-style twins, 1 Western twin and 1 Japanese-Western special room, all non-smoking.
• 🚽Rooms have a toilet, air conditioning, TV, fridge, humidifying air purifier, washlet, safe and Wi-Fi.
• 👘Yukata, towels, hair dryer and toothbrushes are provided, and colorful yukata are available to rent.

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Enjoy free-flowing open-air baths and free family private baths at a convenient base for the Kumano Kodo. Note that rooms have no private bath, so bathing is in the shared baths, and the Shirahama Station shuttle runs only once a day.

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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.

Check In/Check Out Policy · Check In: 14:00 · Check Out: 11:00 · Last Check In: 19:00

* 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 Watarase Onsen Hotel Yamayuri?

Check-in starts at 14:00 and check-out is by 11:00.

Where is Watarase Onsen Hotel Yamayuri located?

It is in Tanabe. Address: 45-1 Hongucho-wataze.

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.