Onogawa Onsen Yanagawaya Ryokan

About this ryokan

♨️The beauty bath Date Masamune favoured, straight from the source

Onogawa Onsen, Yamagata · Yanagawaya Ryokan

1

Ono no Komachi's Beauty Bath

• ♨️A bijin no yu named for Ono no Komachi, the Heian era's famed beauty
• 💧Among the highest radium content of any hot spring in Japan
• 🏯Yonezawa's okuzashiki retreat, and a spring Date Masamune himself loved

2

Pure Kakenagashi Spring Water

• ♨️The new 'Onogawa no Yu' bath blends springs 4 and 5, undiluted and free-flowing
• 🧖Ionised sodium-calcium chloride water that leaves skin noticeably smooth
• 🩹Said to help nerve pain, rheumatism, chronic skin conditions, digestive and gynaecological complaints

3

A Rooftop Bath Facing the Mountains

• 🌄A fifth-floor rooftop open-air bath with the Nishi-Azuma range in full view on clear days
• ✨Stars at night, snow in winter, a different scene each season
• 🛁Indoor baths open 24 hours; the fifth-floor rotenburo 6:00–22:00 (7:00–21:00 in winter)

4

Warm, Familiar Tatami Rooms

• 🛏️Twenty-six rooms from 6 to 18 mats, mostly 8-mat Japanese style
• 📺TV, fridge, tea set, yukata and Wi-Fi in selected rooms
• 🍳Self-catering stays are welcome, for a more independent kind of visit

5

Japanese Dining with Yamagata Beef

• 🥩Kuroge wagyu courses of sukiyaki or shabu-shabu
• 🐟Carp dishes too, one of Yonezawa's three great specialities
• 👨‍🍳A Japanese spread built on seasonal ingredients the head chef insists on

6

A Walk Through Yonezawa's History

• ⛩️Uesugi Shrine, honouring Kenshin and Yozan, the symbol of Yonezawa
• 🍶The Toko sake brewery, cold-brewing through Yonezawa's deep snows
• 🌿Rinsenji temple and Naoe Embankment Park, both tied to Naoe Kanetsugu

Come soak in undiluted spring water at Onogawa, the beauty-bath village where fireflies still drift over the water.

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