Ikaho Onsen Hotel Kogure

♨️Guardian of Ikaho's golden spring for 400+ years, with 21 bath types

Gunma · Ikaho Onsen Hotel Kogure

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A guardian of Ikaho's source spring

• 📜In the early Tensho era, when the Takeda clan divided Ikaho's spring among 12 village heads, Kogure was named the leading house and granted the 'Ne-no-yu' seal.
• ♨️The hotel holds rights to a quarter of the total flow of Ikaho's 'Kogane-no-yu' (golden spring) and has protected it for over 400 years.
• 🏨With 111 rooms, it offers VIP rooms, special suites, rooms with open-air baths and Western-style twins.

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Large baths 'Senraku' and 'Senyu'

• 🟤The spring emerges clear, then turns golden-brown as its iron oxidizes in the air. It is a neutral, gentle sulfate spring.
• 🌊1,000–1,100 liters per minute flow through on a fully free-flowing (kakenagashi) basis.
• 🛁Senraku has 11 baths including a 1 m-deep standing bath, a reclining view bath, a garden open-air bath and sauna; Senyu has 10, including a rock open-air bath, silky bath and löyly-style sauna. Men's and women's hours alternate.

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Three private view baths

• 🏔️Past a reservation-only approach, three private baths look out on Mt. Tanigawa, the Mikuni range and Mt. Nikko-Shirane.
• 🛋️'Ureshino-yu' has a source bath for four adults, a hip bath and an 8-mat tatami room: 4,950 yen for 60 minutes (tax incl., up to 6 people).
• ♿'Iyashino-yu' is a step-free, wheelchair-friendly bath (3,300 yen / 60 min); 'Utsukushino-yu' adds a private sauna (4,950 yen / 60 min). All are booked by phone.

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Rooms

• 👑The 206 ㎡ VIP room 'Tenku' bills itself as the room closest to the sky in Ikaho, sleeps 2–7 and allows in-room dining.
• 🛁The Sansuitei wing has rooms with spacious open-air baths: special rooms (82–113 ㎡), Japanese, Japanese-Western and universal twins, with dinner served in the room.
• 🛏️Shokatei's 'Tsukiakari' Japanese-Western rooms (47 rooms, 44–55 ㎡) have Simmons beds and 65-inch TVs; the separate Yofukan wing has 25 ㎡ twins.

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Dinner – creative kaiseki

• 🍱Creative Japanese kaiseki built on Gunma's livestock, fresh vegetables and other local seasonal produce.
• 🍚Rice is 'Yuki Hotaka' from Kawaba Village, known as a 'phantom rice'.
• ⚠️Food allergies within the eight major allergens can be handled if requested at least 3 days before arrival.

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Breakfast buffet and dining

• 🥐Breakfast is a buffet of 50+ dishes in a dining room facing a mountain panorama (a Japanese set meal may be served instead on some days).
• 🍳A live kitchen serves omelets and freshly fried tempura, alongside local motsuni stew.
• 🏞️The 1F dining room 'soramori' looks out over sweeping mountain views.

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Footbath garden lounge and facilities

• 🦶'Senkyaku-banrai' combines a garden footbath facing a waterfall with an after-bath lounge (footbath closed in winter).
• 🍵Detox herbal tea and black-bean tea are provided; coffee milk, draft beer and ice cream are paid.
• 🎎1F also has a gallery of local pottery and daruma, a shop with Gunma specialties and sake, a 110 ㎡ cigar lounge and a kids' space.

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Access

• 🚄Tokyo to Takasaki by shinkansen takes about 55 minutes, then about 25 minutes on the Joetsu/Agatsuma Line to Shibukawa Station.
• 🚌From Shibukawa, it is about 30 minutes by bus to Ikaho Onsen or about 20 minutes by taxi; the Kusatsu/Shima limited express from Ueno reaches Shibukawa in about 1 hr 45 min.
• 🚗About 9 km (20 min) from Shibukawa-Ikaho IC on the Kan-Etsu Expressway; parking for 300 cars and 20 large vehicles, and staff pick you up from the highway-bus stop if you call.

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Three private view baths

• 🏔️Past a reservation-only approach, three private baths look out on Mt. Tanigawa, the Mikuni range and Mt. Nikko-Shirane.
• 🛋️'Ureshino-yu' has a source bath for four adults, a hip bath and an 8-mat tatami room: 4,950 yen for 60 minutes (tax incl., up to 6 people).
• ♿'Iyashino-yu' is a step-free, wheelchair-friendly bath (3,300 yen / 60 min); 'Utsukushino-yu' adds a private sauna (4,950 yen / 60 min). All are booked by phone.

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Rooms

• 👑The 206 ㎡ VIP room 'Tenku' bills itself as the room closest to the sky in Ikaho, sleeps 2–7 and allows in-room dining.
• 🛁The Sansuitei wing has rooms with spacious open-air baths: special rooms (82–113 ㎡), Japanese, Japanese-Western and universal twins, with dinner served in the room.
• 🛏️Shokatei's 'Tsukiakari' Japanese-Western rooms (47 rooms, 44–55 ㎡) have Simmons beds and 65-inch TVs; the separate Yofukan wing has 25 ㎡ twins.

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With rights to a quarter of Ikaho's golden spring, about 20 bath types across two large bathhouses and rooms with open-air baths, it's a great base for soaking to your heart's content. As a 111-room hotel it lacks small-ryokan intimacy, private baths cost extra and are booked by phone, and the footbath closes in winter.

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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.

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Check In/Check Out Policy · Check In: 15:00 · Check Out: 10:00 · 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 Ikaho Onsen Hotel Kogure?

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

Where is Ikaho Onsen Hotel Kogure located?

It is in Shibukawa. Address: 135 Ikaho, Ikahomachi.

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.