Fukushima Fukushima City
A luxurious hot spring inn with free-flowing natural spring water and guest rooms with open-air baths, where you can enjoy beautiful Japanese garden scenery and top-class Japanese cuisine
"Onyado Kawasemi" is an exquisite Japanese cuisine inn with only 12 rooms, nestled in Hisuino Sato and surrounded by a lush natural forest garden in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture. The large bath draws on the historic hot spring waters of Iizaka Onsen, and guests can enjoy bathing at any time, 24 hours a day, while taking in panoramic views of the beautifully maintained garden and bamboo grove. In one corner of the open-air stone bath, there is also a gently warming low-temperature kamakura-shaped sauna with far-infrared rays that encourages a pleasant sweat. All six guest rooms on the first floor are equipped with a private open-air bath with free-flowing natural spring water, allowing guests to luxuriate in 100% natural hot spring water and spend a supreme private time in quiet refreshment for both mind and body.
A clean, spacious large bath with a sweeping view of a refined garden that changes with the seasons through large glass windows. Available 24 hours a day, the mildly alkaline simple hot spring of historic Iizaka Onsen gently warms the whole body and softly eases neuralgia and everyday fatigue. ReFa shower heads and amenities are also provided.
An open, exceptionally liberating rock open-air bath connected directly from the large bath and surrounded by lush, beautiful nature. Guests can enjoy bathing amid the changing seasonal scenery, from spring cherry blossoms, fresh green leaves in early summer, and vivid autumn colors to the snowy stillness of winter. In the morning and evening, you can savor a luxurious bath while bathed in sparkling sunlight filtering through the trees.
An extremely luxurious private hot spring open-air bath available in all six first-floor guest rooms. High-quality skin-beautifying water from the historic Iizaka Onsen flows in free of charge from the source, and guests can adjust the water temperature to their liking. This special bath lets you enjoy exclusive views of the natural forest garden and bamboo grove right in front of you, listen to the murmuring of the stream, and reserve the bath for your own use at any time, 24 hours a day.
A charming low-temperature far-infrared sauna in the shape of a kamakura, located in one corner of the open-air bath. Operating hours: 15:00 to 22:00, and 6:00 to 10:00. It lets you slowly and gently enjoy a pleasant sweat while wrapped in mild heat that is easy on the body and comfortable for the skin. The sauna room is also equipped with a TV, so you can spend a calm, relaxing refreshment time in peace.
[Large bath] Bathing is available 24 hours a day, except during cleaning and maintenance hours. *Day-use bathing is not available.
Iizaka Onsen
A renowned hot spring ryokan where you can fully enjoy the famed hot spring from its own source, local gourmet cuisine, sauna, and cold plunge bath
Iizaka Onsen
A long-established inn with mildly alkaline beauty hot spring water overlooking the murmuring of the Surikami River and the scenic views of Mount Katakura
Iizaka Onsen
A luxurious bathing experience through three natural spring sources, ending in blissful rest with a crisp, cold cold plunge bath
JAPAN'S FINEST ONSEN & SAUNA
The Finest Onsen & Sauna in Japan
61 SELECTIONS
Most of what we surveyed never even made it onto this site. This book is a further cut from what did. Our editor bathed in every onsen and sauna in it, and wrote only what they confirmed on the ground.
