Oshuku Kawacho

♨️A 450-year-old spring, pouring freely into the open air

Iwate · Oshuku Onsen Kawacho

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Pure Kakenagashi Hot Spring

• 💧Oshuku Onsen's 52°C spring, welling up at over 3,000L a minute, poured through 100% kakenagashi
• 🌸An open-air bath framed by hydrangeas, autumn leaves or snow, season by season
• 🧖Alkaline simple spring water — the gentle 'beauty bath' your skin remembers

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Cypress Bath & Mineral-Stone Bath

• 🪵A high-ceilinged hinoki cypress bathhouse with wide-open space to breathe
• 🪨A mineral-stone bath with functional ores that deepens the warming effect
• 🕛Open for bathing 24 hours a day, apart from morning cleaning

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Purely Japanese Guest Rooms

• 🏯Traditional tatami rooms warm with natural wood, in three sizes (8, 10 and 12 mats)
• 🎨Interiors dressed in Iwate craft — Nambu ironware, Akita cherry-bark work
• 🚻Some 8-mat rooms have their own toilet; others share washrooms and toilets

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Home-Style Country Kaiseki

• 🥩Choose your main when booking — Shizukuishi beef steak, hakkinton pork baked on earthenware and more
• 🐡Locally farmed torafugu karaage and whole abalone baked in earthenware
• 🍚Contract-grown Akitakomachi rice cooked fresh, and fugu-fin dashi ochazuke at breakfast

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Iwate Sake and Craft Beer

• 🍶A selection of Iwate jizake chosen by the owner himself
• 🍺Local craft beers poured to pair with dinner
• 👩‍🍳Nothing pre-made — every dish is made by hand

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Mountain Mood of Oshuku Onsen

• ⛰️A small hot spring inn on a quiet rise in Shizukuishi, western Iwate
• 🌿One of the sources of Oshuku Onsen, flowing since the Tensho era 450 years ago
• 🍁Wild mountain herbs and local craft in a quietly beautiful setting

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Easy Reach from Morioka

• 🚗About 30 minutes by car from Morioka Station, 15 from Shizukuishi Station
• 🕒Check-in 15:00–21:00 · Check-out 10:00
• ♨️Day bathing 11:00–18:00 (closed Mon and Tue)

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Purely Japanese Guest Rooms

• 🏯Traditional tatami rooms warm with natural wood, in three sizes (8, 10 and 12 mats)
• 🎨Interiors dressed in Iwate craft — Nambu ironware, Akita cherry-bark work
• 🚻Some 8-mat rooms have their own toilet; others share washrooms and toilets

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Home-Style Country Kaiseki

• 🥩Choose your main when booking — Shizukuishi beef steak, hakkinton pork baked on earthenware and more
• 🐡Locally farmed torafugu karaage and whole abalone baked in earthenware
• 🍚Contract-grown Akitakomachi rice cooked fresh, and fugu-fin dashi ochazuke at breakfast

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Free-flowing spring water, a cypress-scented bathhouse and country cooking made by hand — that is Oshuku Onsen Kawacho. Thirty minutes from Morioka, deep in the Iwate mountains where 450 years of bathing history still runs hot, a simple and warm-hearted night awaits.

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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.

* Translated from information supplied by the property; 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 Oshuku Kawacho?

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

Where is Oshuku Kawacho located?

It is in Hanamaki · Iwate Iwate-gun. Address: 10-31-23 Oushuku, Shizukuishicho.

How much does one night cost?

Recent lowest observed rate starts from ₩118,190 per night for two adults. Rates vary by date and room type, so a live search is most accurate.

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.