Michi-no-EkiKitsuregawa

Enjoy one of Japan's three great beauty hot springs in pure free-flowing form

Tochigi Sakura City

"Michi-no-Eki Kitsuregawa" is a roadside station with a full-scale hot spring facility attached, which is rare even nationwide, where you can enjoy Kitsuregawa Onsen, renowned as one of Japan's three great beauty hot springs. The sulfurous sodium chloride spring rising from underground is served as pure free-flowing water from the source without any added water, offering a superb bathing experience that envelops the skin in moisture along with the scent of sulfur. The sauna is a dry sauna with pleasantly powerful heat, and its clean interior allows for high-quality sweating. The cold plunge bath uses well water, providing stable chilliness throughout the year and a soft feel on the skin, making the cooldown after the sauna even more luxurious. Along with local specialties and gourmet food, this is a soothing base perfect as a travel destination, where you can experience true totonou.

Hot Spring & Bath Information

Kitsuregawa Onsen

TypeNatural Hot Spring

Flow-through

A sulfurous sodium chloride spring counted among Japan's three great beauty hot springs. It is offered as pure free-flowing water from the source without added water, allowing you to feel its distinctive sulfur scent and rich minerals on your skin. The salty water provides excellent warmth retention, and it is well known as a beauty hot spring that leaves the skin moist and hydrated even after bathing. In the open-air bath, you can enjoy a luxurious soak while feeling the breeze of Kitsuregawa.

Sauna

Dry Sauna

95°C

Sauna TypeDry Sauna

Stove TypeConvection Stove (Sauna Stone)

Capacity10people

Men'sWomen's

A calm dry sauna wrapped in the warmth of wood. The steady heat released from the convection stove circulates efficiently throughout the room, warming your entire body from the core. In this clean and inviting space, you can spend a quiet, personal moment at your own pace.

Cold Bath

Cold Bath

18°C

Water QualityNatural Water (Groundwater, Spring, etc.)

Capacity3people

Men'sWomen's

A cold plunge bath using well water, characterized by a soft feel on the skin. Its ideal temperature setting enhances the hot-and-cold contrast bath with the sauna and helps switch you into a deeper state of totonou. Wrapped in the mellow texture unique to well water, you can enjoy a blissful cooling time that refreshingly tightens your overheated body after the sauna.

Business Hours

Monday
10:00〜21:30
Tuesday
10:00〜21:30
Wednesday
10:00〜21:30
Thursday
10:00〜21:30
Friday
10:00〜21:30
Saturday
10:00〜21:30
Sunday
10:00〜21:30
Holiday
10:00〜21:30

Closed Days: None

Address

4145-10 Kitsuregawa, Sakura City, Tochigi 329-1412

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Website

http://www.michinoeki-kitsuregawa.jp/
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Gender Access

Gender Separated

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Tattoos in the Communal Bath
No Tattoos

The above applies to the communal (shared) baths. At facilities with private baths or private saunas, guests with tattoos may still be able to bathe. Please check with the facility for details.

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