A hilltop inn with a spectacular open-air bath overlooking the Pacific Ocean and soothing black silica baths
Hokkaido Niikappu Town
"Niikappu Onsen Record no Yu" is a bathing facility located on a hill in Niikappu, Hokkaido. From the open-air bath, you can take in a sweeping panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean, and the beauty at sunset is especially extraordinary. The spring water is a sodium-chloride cold mineral spring, and it is well known as a bijin no yu that leaves the skin silky smooth. The indoor baths contain natural black silica stone, whose far-infrared effect warms you from the core. The sauna area offers two types, dry and mist, which alternate daily between men and women, and the free mud pack service on the women’s side is also popular. Its culturally rich atmosphere, unique to a town known for records, is another part of its appeal.
TypeNatural Hot Spring
A natural hot spring with sodium-chloride cold mineral water. It is characterized by a slippery texture that clings to the skin, leaving it astonishingly smooth after bathing. Black silica is added to the indoor baths, and its far-infrared effect helps promote circulation and relieve fatigue.
Sauna TypeDry Sauna
Stove TypeInfrared Heater
Capacity15people
A high-temperature, low-humidity dry sauna using far-infrared heaters. It warms your body from the core and encourages vigorous sweating. Located on the Western-style bath side, which alternates daily between men and women, it lets you enjoy a relaxed sauna session in a spacious room.
Sauna TypeMist Sauna
Capacity15people
A low-temperature, high-humidity mist sauna located on the Japanese-style bath side. It is easy to breathe in and gentle on the body. Salt is provided, so it can also be used as a salt sauna, and there is a free mud pack service on the women’s side as well, helping to enhance the skin-beautifying effect even further.
Water QualityTap Water
Capacity2people
A pleasantly cool cold plunge bath, perfect after the sauna. It gently tightens and refreshes a heated body. By combining the sauna, cold plunge bath, and outdoor air bath with a view of the Pacific Ocean, you can enjoy a blissful state of totonou.
Closed Days: None
059-2418 Hokkaido, Niikappu-gun, Niikappu-cho, Nishihorobetsu 16
Gender Access
Gender Separated
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A hilltop inn with a spectacular open-air bath overlooking the Pacific Ocean and soothing black silica baths
Hokkaido Niikappu Town
"Niikappu Onsen Record no Yu" is a bathing facility located on a hill in Niikappu, Hokkaido. From the open-air bath, you can take in a sweeping panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean, and the beauty at sunset is especially extraordinary. The spring water is a sodium-chloride cold mineral spring, and it is well known as a bijin no yu that leaves the skin silky smooth. The indoor baths contain natural black silica stone, whose far-infrared effect warms you from the core. The sauna area offers two types, dry and mist, which alternate daily between men and women, and the free mud pack service on the women’s side is also popular. Its culturally rich atmosphere, unique to a town known for records, is another part of its appeal.
TypeNatural Hot Spring
A natural hot spring with sodium-chloride cold mineral water. It is characterized by a slippery texture that clings to the skin, leaving it astonishingly smooth after bathing. Black silica is added to the indoor baths, and its far-infrared effect helps promote circulation and relieve fatigue.
Sauna TypeDry Sauna
Stove TypeInfrared Heater
Capacity15people
A high-temperature, low-humidity dry sauna using far-infrared heaters. It warms your body from the core and encourages vigorous sweating. Located on the Western-style bath side, which alternates daily between men and women, it lets you enjoy a relaxed sauna session in a spacious room.
Sauna TypeMist Sauna
Capacity15people
A low-temperature, high-humidity mist sauna located on the Japanese-style bath side. It is easy to breathe in and gentle on the body. Salt is provided, so it can also be used as a salt sauna, and there is a free mud pack service on the women’s side as well, helping to enhance the skin-beautifying effect even further.
Water QualityTap Water
Capacity2people
A pleasantly cool cold plunge bath, perfect after the sauna. It gently tightens and refreshes a heated body. By combining the sauna, cold plunge bath, and outdoor air bath with a view of the Pacific Ocean, you can enjoy a blissful state of totonou.
Closed Days: None
059-2418 Hokkaido, Niikappu-gun, Niikappu-cho, Nishihorobetsu 16
Gender Access
Gender Separated
Curated by an expert who visits onsen and sauna facilities every day and has explored 300+ locations — only facilities confirmed to be truly exceptional are featured.
Learn more