Kanagawa Hakone Town, Ashigarashimo District
An inn in Hakone-Yumoto where you can enjoy 10 diverse baths and free-flowing water from its own spring
"Hakone Kamon" is a long-established hot spring ryokan in Hakone Town, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture. Its proud private spring water, gushing from 800 meters underground, is a sodium-calcium chloride-sulfate spring known as a beautifying bath that leaves the skin silky smooth. In the large public bath, Yumeguri Chaya, guests can enjoy a tour of 10 different baths, including an open-air bath, reclining bath, jar bath, and cave bath. The bath area also features a sauna and a pot-shaped cold water bath, and there is also a private open-air bath with free-flowing water from the ryokan's own spring, offering luxurious bathing and monthly changing creative kaiseki cuisine.
A private spring that gushes from deep underground on the premises, boasting abundant water flow. It is mildly alkaline and silky to the touch, an excellent hot spring rich in salt and sulfate with beautifying and warming effects. In the large public bath, Yumeguri Chaya, you can fully enjoy the spring water in 10 atmospheric baths, including an open-air bath reminiscent of a Japanese garden, reclining baths, jar baths, cave baths, and waterfall baths.
A dry sauna attached to the large public bath area, named after an anecdote about Taikō Hideyoshi. Though the room is compact, the dry, powerful heat wraps your whole body, letting you work up a good sweat comfortably without feeling overly stifled. In this calm space with the warmth of wood, you can quietly enjoy the heat as it circulates. It helps efficiently relieve travel fatigue and stress, and the refreshing feeling after sweating is exceptional.
A charming single-person ceramic kama cold water bath placed near the open-air area. Because it is compact and designed for one person, you can enjoy your own private cool-down space without worrying about those around you. The water overflowing the moment you step in is refreshing, and the sharp coldness instantly tightens your whole body. Alternating between the heat of the hot spring or sauna and this cold bath delivers an ultimate refreshment experience.
[Day-use bathing] 10:30-17:00 (advance reservations are recommended for meal-inclusive bathing plans and similar options)
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