Sarugakyo Onsen Ryokan Higuchi

♨️A five-room cuisine inn facing Lake Akaya head-on

Gunma · Ryori Ryokan Higuchi

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A Small Inn Above the Lake

• 🏞️A small cuisine-focused inn looking straight down on Lake Akaya, whose face changes with the hour and season.
• 📜Sarugakyo Onsen grew from a spa famous since the early Edo period at a post town below Mikuni Pass, the hardest stretch of the old Mikuni Kaido.
• 🌊When the dam was built in 1958, the spa moved to the shore of Lake Akaya and took its current name.

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Four Lake-Side Rooms, One Mountain-Side Room

• 🛏️Five rooms in all: four facing the lake and one larger mountain-side room suited to families.
• 🎋The calm tatami rooms are 8 mats each, and two twin rooms on the lake side were renovated in autumn 2017.
• 🌌All rooms are non-smoking with washlet toilets, humidifying air purifiers and free Wi-Fi, and clear nights bring a sky full of stars.

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Creative Japanese Cuisine from Local Produce

• 🥬Creative Japanese set meals built around vegetables, rice, fruit, wild greens and mushrooms from contract farmers and the local area.
• 🍶A range of local sake is on hand to pair with the food.
• 🕕Dinner starts at 18:00, in your room or the dining room for two guests and in the dining room for groups of three or more; breakfast has two sittings at 8:00 or 8:30.

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Facilities and Services

• ☕A viewing terrace overlooks Lake Akaya through the seasons, and coffee is served after breakfast.
• 📚The lounge has books, card games and sightseeing pamphlets to borrow, plus cold water after your bath.
• 💆In-room massage (4,000 yen) and loan items such as baby futons, hair irons and desk lamps are available.

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Things to Do Nearby

• 🏺Takumi no Sato, a village of hands-on craft workshops, is close by.
• 🛶Lake canoeing from spring, canyoning and rafting in summer, and Sarugakyo Bungee in a gorge a 5-minute walk away.
• ⛰️Trekking at Mt. Tanigawa and Oze, autumn foliage gondolas and winter skiing round out the year.

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Access

• 🚄From Jomo-Kogen Station on the Joetsu Shinkansen, take a 30-minute bus to the Sarugakyo Onsen Sekisho-ato stop, then walk 10 minutes.
• 🚐Guests arriving by public transport can be picked up at the nearest bus stop; reserve by phone with your arrival time.
• 🚗By car, leave the Kan-etsu Expressway at Tsukiyono IC and take Route 17. Check-in 15:00, check-out 10:30.

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Lake-View Bath

• ♨️The 56.5°C sulfate spring is clear and light on the skin, and it keeps you warm long after bathing.
• 🪟Open the windows and the view bath feels almost open-air, with Lake Akaya right in front of you.
• 🔑It is not a large public bath, but there are free private-use times for the indoor bath, with no reservation needed (you may have to wait if it is in use).

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Creative Japanese Cuisine from Local Produce

• 🥬Creative Japanese set meals built around vegetables, rice, fruit, wild greens and mushrooms from contract farmers and the local area.
• 🍶A range of local sake is on hand to pair with the food.
• 🕕Dinner starts at 18:00, in your room or the dining room for two guests and in the dining room for groups of three or more; breakfast has two sittings at 8:00 or 8:30.

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Facilities and Services

• ☕A viewing terrace overlooks Lake Akaya through the seasons, and coffee is served after breakfast.
• 📚The lounge has books, card games and sightseeing pamphlets to borrow, plus cold water after your bath.
• 💆In-room massage (4,000 yen) and loan items such as baby futons, hair irons and desk lamps are available.

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Higuchi offers a lake-facing view bath and local-produce cooking at an intimate five-room scale. Note that the bath is a small indoor view bath rather than a large public one, and the whole inn is non-smoking except the ground-floor terrace.

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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.

♨ Sarugakyo Onsen · 7 ryokan in this onsen town

Check In/Check Out Policy · Check In: 15:00 · Check Out: 10:30 · Last Check In: 17:30

* 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 Sarugakyo Onsen Ryokan Higuchi?

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 10:30.

Where is Sarugakyo Onsen Ryokan Higuchi located?

It is in Tone-gun. Address: 1167 Sarugakyoonsen Minakamimachi.

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.