YAMADA ONSEN · NAGANO
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A moon-viewing drink, enjoyed in the private open-air bath. Book now, and a special hour for just the two of you is yours.
Why Chosen
| Tenku Sauna (private) | Time to settle into totonoi, for just the two of you. No one else to think about; a quiet, deep breath.![]() |
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| Uncompromising about meat, rice and dashi | We serve local gibier (wild game) dishes you can eat nowhere but MATSUKAWAKAN.![]() |
| Forest Sauna | Waiting for a shooting star, beside the fire. The deeper the night, the closer you feel.![]() |
| Private open-air bath | Wrapped in steam, with a hot spring first opened 700 years ago all to yourself. Time that runs quietly, and hot water that is kind to the skin.![]() |
| Free shuttle from Nagano Station | Easy even if you come by train. A free shuttle from Nagano Station takes you to the hidden hot spring empty-handed.![]() |
Guest Reviews
Excerpted and anonymised from reviews posted on Google.
★★★★★
I picked it as an inn that answered everything my partner loves — sauna, onsen and gibier. The Tenku Sauna was ours privately for two hours. With no one else around, we could settle properly. At dinner the boar nikujaga and the steak were both superb, and then a mushroom hot pot as well… a happy night. We got carried away with the retro video games too. A day that stays with you.
— R.K. (couple, birthday trip)
★★★★★
I came for the sauna, but there was far too much else going for it — the onsen, the food, the retro video games… The open-air bath under the stars was moving. The zosui rice porridge in the morning was gentle and warming. An inn I want to recommend to my sauna-loving friends. Next time I want two nights!
— H.M. (trip with friends)
★★★★★
At checkout I realised my wallet was gone and panicked… but the staff searched with me — the shuttle bus, the large bath, even the sauna. In the end it was at the soba restaurant, but I cannot forget how kind they were. This is an inn with human warmth, not just a sauna.
— M.S. (couple)
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