Yunogo Onsen Katsuragi Japanese & Modern Inn

♨️Modern Japanese inn and sauna at a 1,200-year-old heron hot spring

Okayama · Yunogo Onsen Katsuragi

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A hot spring found by a heron

• ♨️Yunogo Onsen is one of the Mimasaka Three Hot Springs, a renowned spa area of the Chugoku region.
• 🕊️Legend says the priest Jikaku Daishi Ennin discovered it about 1,200 years ago in the Heian period, guided by a white heron, so it is also called Sagi-no-yu.
• 🏮A "Japanese & Modern" inn with 28 rooms in the main building and 10 in the annex.

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Large bath and Finnish sauna

• 💧The water is a sodium-calcium chloride spring, said to help with digestive ailments, neuralgia, rheumatism, anemia, women's ailments and skin conditions.
• ✨Known as a beautifying bath for smoother skin, it is especially popular with women.
• 🔥The large bath has a Finnish sauna with a HARVIA tower stove and löyly using local black soybean tea. Hours: weekdays 17:00–24:00, weekends 15:00–24:00.

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Private open-air bath Tsuki-no-yu

• 🌙Tsuki-no-yu is a private open-air bath designed by graf.
• 👨‍👩‍👧Up to four people can bathe comfortably.
• ⏱️45 minutes for 3,500 yen; reservation required.

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Simple tatami rooms with washi lights

• 🛏️Standard rooms are simple 8–10 tatami-mat rooms with washi paper lights and Ryukyu tatami.
• 📶Free Wi-Fi in all rooms, plus an air purifier with humidifier.
• 🛋️There is also a Japanese-Western room with a spacious living room and a 10-mat tatami room; yukata are provided in every room.

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Seasonal kaiseki and hot pots

• 🍱Dinner and breakfast are served in the ground-floor dining room with sunken kotatsu seating; all seats are non-smoking.
• 🐟The seasonal kaiseki includes appetizers, seasonal vegetable tempura, homemade sesame tofu, sea bream carpaccio and homemade dessert.
• 🍲Hot pot courses include chicken, pork, duck and wagyu sukiyaki; breakfast is a Japanese basket set with local black soybean natto and rice with raw egg.

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Lobby and umeshu bar

• ☕The modern Japanese lobby offers original fresh-ground coffee and billiards (500 yen for 60 minutes).
• 🍸Behind the lobby, the hideaway bar SAMOURAI serves umeshu from across Japan, 20:00–24:00 (closed irregularly).
• 🚲Free rental bicycles, hot-spring table tennis, yoga and relaxation treatments are also available.

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Annex: 9ROOMS HOSTEL

• 🏠The annex is 9ROOMS HOSTEL, offering room-only or B&B stays, bookable online only.
• 🛏️Rooms are simple spaces with a semi-double bed and table; all non-smoking with free Wi-Fi.
• 🚿Showers and toilets are shared; the lounge has a microwave, fridge and water server, and guests may use the main building's sauna and large bath.

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Access and parking

• 🚗About 8 minutes from Mimasaka IC on the Chugoku Expressway; free parking.
• 🚌From Okayama Station, take the Uno Bus to Yunogo Onsen-shita, then walk 2 minutes. From Osaka Station, take the JR highway bus to Mimasaka IC and a taxi for 8 minutes.
• 🚃About 10 minutes by taxi from Hayashino Station on the JR Kishin Line.

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Private open-air bath Tsuki-no-yu

• 🌙Tsuki-no-yu is a private open-air bath designed by graf.
• 👨‍👩‍👧Up to four people can bathe comfortably.
• ⏱️45 minutes for 3,500 yen; reservation required.

4

Simple tatami rooms with washi lights

• 🛏️Standard rooms are simple 8–10 tatami-mat rooms with washi paper lights and Ryukyu tatami.
• 📶Free Wi-Fi in all rooms, plus an air purifier with humidifier.
• 🛋️There is also a Japanese-Western room with a spacious living room and a 10-mat tatami room; yukata are provided in every room.

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With a beautifying hot spring, a Finnish sauna and a private open-air bath, this inn offers many ways to enjoy the onsen. Note that the annex hostel has shared showers and toilets, and the large bath opens at 5 pm on weekdays.

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♨ Yunogo Onsen · 8 ryokan in this onsen town

Check In/Check Out Policy · Check In: 15:00 · Check Out: 11:00 · Last Check In: 23:00

* 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 Yunogo Onsen Katsuragi Japanese & Modern Inn?

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

Where is Yunogo Onsen Katsuragi Japanese & Modern Inn located?

It is in Mimasaka. Address: 800 Yunogo.

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.