Sano Onsen Fuku no Yu

♨️A drinkable 70.4°C free-flowing spring on the edge of Fukui City

Fukui · Sano Onsen Fuku no Yu

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A spring born from a vision

• 🙏In 1976, a farmer dreamt that the goddess Kannon told him to dig here; the spring gushed out at a depth of 1,450 m.
• 🛢️It began as a free oil-drum bath for neighbors and opened as Sano Onsen Tsujioka Ryokan in 1977.
• 🏯A four-storey new wing followed in 1982 and the Keijukaku annex in 1988; locals call it Fukui's quiet 'back parlor' retreat.

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A rare 70.4°C sulfate spring

• ♨️Sodium-calcium sulfate spring (hypotonic, alkaline, high-temperature) with a source temperature of 70.4°C.
• 💧The clear water flows straight from the source; Rakuten lists the flow at 153 liters per minute.
• 🥤Drinking the spring is officially permitted, and you can try it at the source tap behind the lobby.

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Baths, open-air pools and saunas

• 🛁Two bath sets swap by weekday: Sakae-no-yu with the Fukuten-no-yu open-air bath and a hot sauna, and Uruwashi-no-yu with the Koten-no-yu open-air bath and a radium mist sauna.
• 🪨The radium mist sauna warms a wall lined with hokutolite stone using hot-spring water.
• ⏰Overnight guests can bathe 15:00–23:00 and 6:00–9:00; a private free-flowing family bath is ¥4,400 for 50 minutes (12:00–18:00, reservation required).

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Three special rooms with spring baths

• 🛏️Only the three special rooms, Atori, Tsugumi and Sekirei, have their own free-flowing hot-spring baths.
• 📐Atori has a 10-mat room, 6-mat Japanese room and 13 m² bedroom (up to 5); Tsugumi has a 10-mat Japanese room and 11 m² bedroom (up to 5).
• 👨‍👩‍👧Sekirei offers a 12-mat room, 8-mat Japanese room and 15 m² bedroom for up to 6 guests.

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Standard rooms

• 🏠Standard rooms come as Japanese-Western, Western and Japanese styles.
• 🚽The Japanese rooms (8–10 tatami) and Western rooms (13–15 m²) have a toilet but no bath, so guests use the large baths.
• 🧴Yukata (no children's sizes), towels, toothbrush, comb and razor are provided; slippers only in special, Japanese-Western and Western rooms.

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Cooking with the spring

• 🍲Dinner courses: domestic-beef spring-water shabu-shabu, Wakasa beef shabu-shabu with abalone steamed in spring water, or a local course with sauce katsudon and Echizen oroshi soba.
• 🍚Rice and rice porridge are cooked in spring water, soba is boiled in it, and dessert is a spring-steamed pudding.
• 🍳Breakfast is a creative Japanese meal at Restaurant Fukuya from 7:30 or 8:00, and toddlers can get a kids' plate.

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Facilities

• 🧗A kids' corner by the front desk has a wooden ball pool and a bouldering wall.
• 🎁The Shofuku shop sells Fukui sweets and handmade goods, and spring-water soft-serve is a post-bath treat.
• 🎉Tatami banquet halls seat groups from 10 up to 150.

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Getting there

• 🚌From JR Fukui Station, take the Keifuku Bus Ayukawa Line for 35 minutes to Sanocho Fureai Kaikan-mae, then walk 5 minutes.
• 🚗By car, it is 30 minutes from Fukui-Kita IC on the Hokuriku Expressway.
• 📍The inn sits in Sano-cho, a quiet farming area of Fukui City.

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Baths, open-air pools and saunas

• 🛁Two bath sets swap by weekday: Sakae-no-yu with the Fukuten-no-yu open-air bath and a hot sauna, and Uruwashi-no-yu with the Koten-no-yu open-air bath and a radium mist sauna.
• 🪨The radium mist sauna warms a wall lined with hokutolite stone using hot-spring water.
• ⏰Overnight guests can bathe 15:00–23:00 and 6:00–9:00; a private free-flowing family bath is ¥4,400 for 50 minutes (12:00–18:00, reservation required).

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Three special rooms with spring baths

• 🛏️Only the three special rooms, Atori, Tsugumi and Sekirei, have their own free-flowing hot-spring baths.
• 📐Atori has a 10-mat room, 6-mat Japanese room and 13 m² bedroom (up to 5); Tsugumi has a 10-mat Japanese room and 11 m² bedroom (up to 5).
• 👨‍👩‍👧Sekirei offers a 12-mat room, 8-mat Japanese room and 15 m² bedroom for up to 6 guests.

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A rare chance to drink, bathe in and taste a 70.4°C free-flowing spring close to Fukui City. Standard rooms have no bath and the large baths are shared with day visitors, so book one of the three special rooms for private soaking.

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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.

Check In/Check Out Policy · Check In: 15:00 · Check Out: 10:00 · Last Check In: 21:00

* 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 Sano Onsen Fuku no Yu?

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

Where is Sano Onsen Fuku no Yu located?

It is in Fukui. Address: 14-8 Sanocho.

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.