유야도 니시키야

♨️A century of quiet in an Aizu hot spring inn

Fukushima · Yuyado Nishikiya

1

Kakenagashi hot spring water

• ♨️Yunokami Onsen, said to date to the Nara period, pours out at 3,000 liters a minute
• 🌡️A simple spring (hypotonic, weakly alkaline, high temperature) rising at 54°C, served Kakenagashi
• 💪A weakly alkaline simple spring long sought for neuralgia, muscle and joint pain and fatigue

2

The hinoki bath and the iwaburo

• 🌲A cypress bath fragrant with wood, under a ceiling of magnificent old beams
• 🪨An iwaburo whose stone has been worn smooth and comfortable by time
• 🍃Let the sound of overflowing water carry the hours away

3

Rooms in a hundred-year-old house

• 🏮A building over a century old, its great beams and geometric ranma transoms still in place
• 🌸Flowers arranged by the okami herself brighten every room
• 🛁The popular Japanese-Western room, renovated in 2022, has its own private hinoki tub

4

A room for every kind of guest

• 🛏️An 8-mat Japanese-Western room with bedroom (2-3 guests), and a 16-mat loft room popular with families (2-6)
• 🪑The 7.5-mat wa-modern room by the stair lobby is close to bath and dining - ideal for older guests
• 🚶A 6-mat room reserved for solo travellers, among just six rooms in this small onsen inn

5

The local cooking of Aizu

• 🥢Aizu classics - kozuyu, shingoro, tsuto tofu - served with junen miso
• 🐟Fukushima beef on a hot stone and salt-grilled ayu, changing with the seasons
• 🎨Plated with care on Aizu lacquer dishes and both Japanese and Western tableware

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Dining beneath the beams

• 🍽️A dining room crossed by great beams, with tables and chairs throughout
• 🐴Horse sashimi, lean and seared, with the spicy karashi miso Aizu is known for
• 🍶Salty local sides with a bright note of sansho, equally good with sake or rice

7

Retro-modern interiors

• 🕰️A pillar clock striking every fifteen minutes, and lighting with a romantic touch
• 🐮Colorful Fukushima folk crafts - okiagari koboshi and akabeko - greet you at the front desk
• 🔥Underfloor heating keeps the lobby warm even in deep winter

8

Access and surroundings

• 🚉A 15-minute walk from Yunokami-Onsen Station on the Aizu Railway; free pick-up with advance notice
• 🅿️Free parking is available across the road from the inn
• 🏘️Yunokami Onsen sits close to Aizu landmarks like Ouchijuku and Ono Kannon-do

A hundred-year-old house with its great beams, flowers arranged by the okami herself, and a Kakenagashi hinoki bath: this is a small onsen inn in Aizu's Yunokami. Between the heartfelt local cooking and the retro-modern rooms, the road unwinds from you quietly.

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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.

Check In/Check Out Policy · Check In: 15:00 · Check Out: 10:00 · Last Check In: 24:00

* These policies are the property's own text, in English; the cancellation policy shown at booking takes precedence.