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♨️Kenshin's hidden onsen, wrapped in a spring run red

Niigata · Seki Onsen Asahiya Ryokan

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Kenshin's Hidden Onsen

• ♨️Opened in Kyoho 13 (1728), passed down as 'Uesugi Kenshin's Hidden Onsen,' one of the three great hot springs of Echigo
• 💧A healing bath of 100% source kakenagashi, with no added water, heating, or recirculation
• 🔴A sodium chloride-bicarbonate spring clouded red by settling iron, drawn from a source of about 48°C

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A Bath Steeped in Every Season

• 🎍The quiet atmosphere of a mountain onsen, enjoyed in a bath enclosed by a bamboo fence
• 🧴Mineral salts form a film on the skin that slows sweat evaporation, keeping the body warm long after bathing
• ❄️In winter, windows are covered to protect the building from snow, focusing everything on the bath itself

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Rooms with Mountain Charm

• 🏠A simple mountain inn made up of a 3-story wooden wing without private toilets and a 3-story reinforced-concrete wing with en-suite toilets
• 🛏️An unhurried night spent in an 8- or 10-mat tatami room
• 🚭A cozy, lodge-style onsen inn, entirely non-smoking and without an elevator

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Myoko's Seasonal Cuisine

• 🌿In spring, mountain vegetables like butterbur, bracken, and bamboo shoots, paired with the region's classic bamboo shoot soup
• 🍅In summer, ripe tomatoes and corn from Ohorahara, grown sweet by the plateau's wide temperature swings
• 🐟New rice and mushrooms in autumn, and rich fish with house-made radish dishes in winter — a table for every season

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Niigata Sake and Dining

• 🍶Three local sakes brewed in Myoko, in the rice country of Niigata
• 🍚Seasonal ingredients from the region's mountains and sea, served warm and prepared with care
• 🍽️A cozy layout with dining and bathing on the first floor and guest rooms on the second and third

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The Four Seasons of Mt. Myoko, the 'Echigo Fuji'

• ⛰️Home to Mt. Myoko, one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains and known as the 'Echigo Fuji,' the symbol of the region
• 🌸Different scenery each season, from snow-streaked Mt. Myoko to the rapeseed fields of Ohorahara
• ✨Clear air and a bright starry sky at roughly 1,000m above sea level

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Access and History

• 📜Founded over 100 years ago, a historic hot spring town designated by the Ministry of the Environment as a National Health Resort
• 🚗About 20 minutes via Route 18 from the Myoko-Kogen IC or Nakago IC on the Joetsu Expressway
• 🚆About 15 minutes by bus or 10 minutes by taxi from Sekiyama Station on the Echigo Tokimeki Railway; Seki Onsen Ski Resort is a 1-minute walk away

A kakenagashi onsen with water run deep red, and Myoko's seasonal cuisine, warm body and mind amid the quiet of the mountains. From deep-snow winter to summer nights spilling over with stars, spend an unhurried night at the healing onsen Kenshin once kept hidden.

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