YAMADA ONSEN · NAGANO
YAMADA ONSEN · NAGANO
Onsen — Yamada Hot Spring, Nagano
At MATSUKAWAKAN, an inn in Nagano with a private open-air bath, you can spend time healing both mind and body — in hot spring water that flows free straight from the source, in a quiet space surrounded by nature.
Private Open-air Bath
Gokumu-no-Yu is a fully private open-air bath. By day it is wrapped in the mountains of Shinshu; by night it is held by the stars and the silence — a bath made for settling into nature.
Overnight guests can reserve it at check-in. No other guests will be there at the same time, so the luxury of that private hour is yours alone.
Features
* For hours and how to reserve, please ask at the front desk or through our official LINE.
Indoor Bath
Inside MATSUKAWAKAN there is a shared inner bath (uchiyu), open to overnight guests and day visitors alike. Fed from the source at Yamada Onsen, the water wraps the body softly, and the warmth stays with you long after you get out.
Daylight comes through the large windows by day; at night the room is wrapped in quiet. The bath changes its face with the hour, and that too belongs to MATSUKAWAKAN alone.
Using the bath
| Overnight guests | From check-in until 24:00 |
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| Day visitors | 11:00–20:00 (no reservation needed) |
| Lunch | Lunch in the inn is available as well (Shinshu gibier, seasonal mushroom dishes and more) |
You are very welcome to come for the bath alone. Please feel free to drop in.
* You can also see the details on the Day-use Onsen page.
Sotoyu — Public Baths
There are two public bathhouses (sotoyu) near MATSUKAWAKAN, both within walking distance. Each draws on the Yamada Onsen source, and both are communal bathhouses of the old kind.
Sotoyu I
The central bath of Yamada Onsen, running since the Edo period. A historic public bathhouse that local people have loved for many years. Simply built, but you can feel the softness and the warmth of the source.
Sotoyu II
A local communal bathhouse long used by the people who live here. Nothing about it is arranged for tourists, and that plain, unpretentious feel is what makes it good. Drop in on a whim and sink into the water — time that sits somewhere between ordinary life and being away from it. Day-use guests are welcome here as well, though it may occasionally be closed for cleaning. Overnight guests can always bathe there.
Walking slowly through the old hot-spring streets of Takayama Village, bathhouse to bathhouse. That, too, is one of the real pleasures of a stay at MATSUKAWAKAN.
Bathing Guide
| Overnight guests |
· Private open-air bath Gokumu-no-Yu: reserve at check-in (one group at a time) · Inner bath in the inn (shared): free to use from check-in until 24:00 · Public bathhouses (Oyu and Takinoyu): within walking distance / free to use |
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| Day visitors |
· The inner bath is available (11:00–20:00 / no reservation needed) · Lunch is available too (Shinshu gibier, mushroom dishes and more) Please see the day-use pages for details * The private open-air bath is for overnight guests only * You may also use the public bathhouses (bring a towel, or rent one) |
| Amenities and rentals |
· Face towel: free for overnight guests / ¥150 for day visitors · Bath towel: available to rent (¥200) · Sauna poncho and swimsuit: available to rent (for sauna use) |
* For how busy we are, the opening hours of the public bathhouses and other details, please ask at the front desk or through our official LINE. Prices are subject to change; please confirm on the booking site.
Nature, hot water, and totonoi — the settled calm.
Time wrapped in a quiet and a warmth you will find nowhere else.
Come and feel that finest of hot-spring journeys, settling in the forest and under the sky, at MATSUKAWAKAN.
Day visitors can use the inner bath from 11:00 to 20:00 (no reservation needed). If you would rather rest quietly in a room of your own, there is also a day-use onsen with a private-room lunch.
Reservation
This experience exists only here.
About 40 minutes by car from Nagano Station, with a free shuttle available. Booking through the official site is always the best value.