二岐温泉　柏屋旅館

1

The Jifun Rock Bath, Welling Underfoot

• ♨️Four generations have kept this hidden bath, a rare jifun iwaburo where the spring rises through the floor
• 🪨The tub, chiselled by hand and unchanged since, sends up yutama bubbles of newborn water
• 🔑It can be taken privately, and staff explain how to bathe when you check in

2

Five Springs, Five Baths

• 💧Every bath is gensen kakenagashi, straight from naturally welling sources
• 🌊Taki no Yu took its name from the waterfall once visible from the tub, and rock unearthed during construction was left in place
• 🕛A 120-year-old inn where 100% natural spring water is yours around the clock

3

A Hinoki Bath Full of Cypress

• 🌲Tub and walls are built of hinoki, and the faint scent of the wood loosens you
• 🍂An open-air bath was completed in the renewal of October 2020
• 🔄The baths rotate between men and women by time slot

4

Rooms Facing the Futamata River

• 🏞️Non-smoking 10-mat Japanese rooms face the Futamata River and its four seasons
• 🛏️The Japanese-Western room, 10 mats plus a twin, is the largest here and suits three generations
• 🚻Every room has a washlet, fridge, free Wi-Fi and yukata

5

Local Cooking, Taken Seriously

• 🍚Local ingredients, local seasonings, local methods, and rice grown in Ten'ei village
• 🐟Wild vegetables and mushrooms gathered nearby, and iwana raised in mountain spring water
• 🥩Fukushima beef, called a masterpiece among wagyu, and the local favorite basashi

6

Sake from Fukushima, Land of Gold Medals

• 🍶Fukushima has taken the most gold medals at the national sake competition seven years running
• 🏯Local labels include Matsuzaki Shuzo's Hirotogawa and Suzunoi Shuzo's Jugetsu, both from Ten'ei
• 🍷Wine and other drinks sit alongside the sake

7

Inside, Held by Nature

• 🏨Built on the riverbank, with the front desk and lobby on the top fourth floor and rooms on floors one to three
• 🍽️Dinner and breakfast are both served at tables, easy for guests who would rather not sit on the floor
• 🎁Futamatayama, the sweet left in your room, is sold only by its maker and here

8

The Road In from Shin-Shirakawa

• 🚗About 50 minutes (41km) from Shirakawa IC on the Tohoku Expressway, with free parking
• 🚌The paid shuttle Yutari Yakon-go runs from the east exit of Shin-Shirakawa Station (reservation only)
• 🚕About 20 minutes from Yunokami-Onsen Station on the Aizu Railway, with free pickup arranged in advance

Five springs feeding five baths, and a jifun rock bath where the water is born right beneath your feet. At Futamata Onsen Kashiwaya Ryokan, kept by four generations across 120 years, spend a true hidden-onsen night with Fukushima's mountain and river fare and its celebrated sake.