Kiyotsukyo Onsen Irori to Hotaru no Yado Setoguchi

♨️Game dishes by the irori hearth and fireflies at a secluded Kiyotsukyo inn

Niigata · Kiyotsukyo Onsen Setoguchi

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A Showa-era inn born as a healing spa

• 🏚️Setoguchi began as a toji (therapeutic bathing) lodge busy with long-stay guests until the late Showa era, and is now a ryokan run by a married couple.
• 🌿A wooden building dating to the early Showa era, it stands alone on the Kiyotsu River overlooking the Seto Gorge.
• 🚭There are 7 guest rooms; the whole building is non-smoking with no smoking area.

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Ruri-no-Yu, a gift from Kobo Daishi

• ♨️The source, Kiyotsukyo Onsen Setoguchi-no-Yu, is Ruri-no-Yu, said in legend to be a hot spring bestowed by Kobo Daishi.
• 💧A gentle sodium chloride spring; the source is only 31°C, so it is recirculated and heated, but no water is ever added.
• 🛁There is a large bath and a small bath, open 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., with shampoo, body soap, hair dryers and free towels.

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Purely Japanese tatami rooms

• 🏯The main-building two-room suite (10 + 10 tatami) keeps its 80-year-old interior and faces the river, so you can watch fireflies from the room (up to 6 guests).
• 👨‍👩‍👧The two-room 6 + 6 tatami type suits families and groups (up to 4); both two-room types have a washlet toilet but no bath.
• 🛏️The 6-tatami rooms sleep 1–3 with no bath or toilet; building and mountain or river view are assigned by the inn.

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Mountain-village cooking at the irori

• 🍄Country dishes use wild mountain vegetables such as zenmai, warabi and udo in spring and summer, and mushrooms and river fish in autumn and winter.
• 🦌The most popular game plan serves 3 meats from bear, wild boar, rabbit, venison and wild duck, depending on the day's supply.
• 🦀Other plans add boiled crab (one per two guests) and nodoguro sashimi and grilled fish, or Uonuma's local funori soba.

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Irori room and in-house services

• 🔥Breakfast and dinner are served in the irori room over charcoal, with rice cooked in an iron pot in the morning.
• 🍰Seasonal welcome sweets and a drink are served at check-in, and coffee or tea is 100 yen at the self-service corner.
• 🐈Kotetsu, the brown tabby house cat, greets guests; there is also a rest area, a banquet hall and shared washrooms and Western-style toilets on each floor.

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Fireflies and snow-country fun

• ✨In early summer, swarms of fireflies dance along a clear stream in the woods, making this a well-known firefly spot.
• ☃️In winter you can sled, have snowball fights and play in the snow on the inn's grounds.
• 🥾Traditional kanjiki snowshoe walks are also available.

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Kiyotsukyo and Echigo-Tsumari sights

• 🏞️Kiyotsukyo, one of Japan's three great gorges, is 6 minutes by car, with cliff views from the gorge tunnel.
• 🎨Works of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Field are 6 minutes away by car, and some can be seen year-round.
• 🌳The Bijin-bayashi beech forest is 28 minutes by car and the Hoshitoge rice terraces 44 minutes.

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Getting there

• 🚄From Echigo-Yuzawa Station on the Joetsu Shinkansen, take the Minami Echigo Kanko bus for 25 minutes to the Setoguchi stop, then walk 5 minutes.
• 🚗It is 20 minutes by car from Shiozawa-Ishiuchi IC on the Kan-Etsu Expressway; free parking for 15 cars, no reservation needed.
• 🕑Check-in 14:00–20:00, check-out 12:00.

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Purely Japanese tatami rooms

• 🏯The main-building two-room suite (10 + 10 tatami) keeps its 80-year-old interior and faces the river, so you can watch fireflies from the room (up to 6 guests).
• 👨‍👩‍👧The two-room 6 + 6 tatami type suits families and groups (up to 4); both two-room types have a washlet toilet but no bath.
• 🛏️The 6-tatami rooms sleep 1–3 with no bath or toilet; building and mountain or river view are assigned by the inn.

4

Mountain-village cooking at the irori

• 🍄Country dishes use wild mountain vegetables such as zenmai, warabi and udo in spring and summer, and mushrooms and river fish in autumn and winter.
• 🦌The most popular game plan serves 3 meats from bear, wild boar, rabbit, venison and wild duck, depending on the day's supply.
• 🦀Other plans add boiled crab (one per two guests) and nodoguro sashimi and grilled fish, or Uonuma's local funori soba.

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A Showa-era wooden inn for unhurried irori country cooking and a gentle, undiluted hot spring. Note that rooms have no private bath, the 6-tatami rooms share toilets, the old building has no elevator, and insects are plentiful from summer to autumn.

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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: 12:00 · Check Out: 12:00 · Last Check In: 20:00

* 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 Kiyotsukyo Onsen Irori to Hotaru no Yado Setoguchi?

Check-in starts at 14:00 and check-out is by 12:00.

Where is Kiyotsukyo Onsen Irori to Hotaru no Yado Setoguchi located?

It is in Tokamachi. Address: 168 Nishitajiri.

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.