Yamagataya Ryokan

♨️A humble toji inn with a lukewarm rock bath fed from springs right underfoot

Fukushima · Yujimata Onsen Yamagataya Ryokan

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An inn in a 500-year-old spa village

• 🏯Yujimata Onsen traces its opening back some 500 years and has long been known as a curative toji spa, nicknamed the 'spring for stroke recovery'.
• ⛰️The village sits in the hills at nearly 500 meters above sea level.
• 🏠The inn describes itself as a simple Showa-era lodging, far from modern luxury.

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A rock bath that springs from below

• ♨️The rock bath is built right around the source, where water wells up through cracks in the granite beneath your feet, something rare in Japan.
• 🌡️The clear alkaline simple spring flows straight from the source at about 40°C, mild enough to soak for 30 minutes to an hour at a time.
• 🌿Listed benefits include atopic skin and eczema, neuralgia and stress relief.

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Bathing hours and private bath

• 🕰️Overnight guests can use the rock bath 24 hours a day.
• 🚺The rock bath is mixed-gender, with women-only hours three times a day: 9–10 am, 2–3 pm and 9–10 pm.
• 🛁There is also a family-style private bath; guests with tattoos may not use the rock bath but can use the private bath.

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Tatami rooms

• 🛏️There are 10 non-smoking tatami rooms in total.
• 🏡Options include rooms that take up an entire floor and a room with an attached kids' room.
• 📶All rooms have air conditioning, TV and free Wi-Fi, with kotatsu tables and heaters in season (the refrigerator is shared).

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Seasonal dinners

• 🍲Breakfast and dinner are served in your room or a private dining space.
• 🐗Dishes include botan nabe wild boar hot pot, salt-grilled yamame trout and Hanawa beef sukiyaki.
• 🌱The inn forages seasonal mountain vegetables itself and picks fish at the market in person.

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Local ingredients and sake

• 🥩Miso-marinated pork from a Hanawa town butcher is served teppan-grilled.
• 🍚The rice is Koshihikari grown in Hanawa.
• 🍶A rotating selection of Fukushima sake is on hand.

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Hanawa through the seasons

• 🌺The dahlia is Hanawa's town flower, and the town's dahlia garden is its signature sight.
• 🌸Spring brings mountain azaleas at Furoyama Park and cherry blossoms in the park.
• 🍁In autumn the foliage around Fudo Falls is a highlight.

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Access and stay info

• 🚃It is 15–20 minutes by car from Iwaki-Hanawa Station on the JR Suigun Line; a weekday-only bus stops at Yujimata (not the Yujimata Onsen Iriguchi stop).
• 🚗Free parking for 2 cars at the entrance and 10 under cover, motorcycles welcome. Station pickup is offered only for bookings made on the inn's official website.
• 📅Check-in from 13:00 (last 18:00; meals cannot be served after that), check-out 10:00. Closed every Tuesday and every other Wednesday.

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Bathing hours and private bath

• 🕰️Overnight guests can use the rock bath 24 hours a day.
• 🚺The rock bath is mixed-gender, with women-only hours three times a day: 9–10 am, 2–3 pm and 9–10 pm.
• 🛁There is also a family-style private bath; guests with tattoos may not use the rock bath but can use the private bath.

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Tatami rooms

• 🛏️There are 10 non-smoking tatami rooms in total.
• 🏡Options include rooms that take up an entire floor and a room with an attached kids' room.
• 📶All rooms have air conditioning, TV and free Wi-Fi, with kotatsu tables and heaters in season (the refrigerator is shared).

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A down-to-earth inn ideal for a slow toji stay, soaking for long stretches in lukewarm water that rises from right beneath the bath. Note that the rock bath is mixed-gender outside women-only hours, there are no modern luxury facilities, and the inn closes on Tuesdays and alternate Wednesdays.

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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 Yamagataya Ryokan?

Check-in starts at 13:00 and check-out is by 10:00.

Where is Yamagataya Ryokan located?

It is in Higashi Shirakawa-gun. Address: 31 Yujimata, Hanawa-machi, Higashishirakawa-gun.

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.