A hilltop modern inn wrapped in a renowned 100% private-source free-flowing hot spring and a serene meditation sauna
Ishikawa Kaga City
Midorino Yado Banshokaku is an onsen ryokan in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Perched on a quiet hill overlooking the Yamashiro Onsen district, it has a charming atmosphere surrounded by lush greenery. Guests can luxuriate in its private hot spring source, an extremely rare 100% free-flowing natural spring in Kaga Onsen with no added water or heating at all, carefully temperature-managed by the proprietress. The public bath area features a Bona-style meditation sauna with no TV, subdued lighting, and soothing healing music, along with a deep, cold cold plunge bath. The open-air bathing area, where you can feel the refreshing breeze sweeping across the hilltop, offers an exquisite sense of relaxation like forest bathing. After bathing, one of the attractions is the free use of a state-of-the-art zero-gravity massage chair in the changing room.
TypeNatural Hot Spring
One of the few large bath areas in the Kaga Onsen area to achieve a completely 100% free-flowing natural spring with no added water or heating. The colorless, crystal-clear Yamashiro New No. 1 Spring has an exceptionally smooth texture and is highly praised by onsen sommeliers for its skin-beautifying effects, gently enveloping the whole body and leaving you deeply refreshed.
TypeNatural Hot Spring
An atmospheric open-air bath surrounded by lush green trees, where you can fully enjoy the feeling of forest bathing. With the pure air unique to a hilltop location and the songs of wild birds as background music, you can savor this renowned 100% free-flowing spring and forget the everyday hustle and bustle in a luxurious bathing experience that truly sets you free.
TypeNatural Hot Spring
A refined private onsen bath with a Japanese-modern design. Using the same Yamashiro New No. 1 Spring as the large bath, it offers the luxury of 100% free-flowing natural spring water with no added water or heating, so you can enjoy it in complete privacy with your loved ones or partner. A blissful bath space requiring advance reservation and subject to a fee.
TypeNatural Hot Spring
A luxurious private onsen bath installed on the terraces or balconies of 21 of the 50 guest rooms. Whether it is an observation rock bath, a stone bath, or a tiled bath, each room has a different style of tub, allowing you to have this exceptional skin-beautifying hot spring all to yourself 24 hours a day with free-flowing natural spring water. A supreme private space.
Sauna TypeDry Sauna
Stove TypeConvection Stove (Sauna Stone)
Capacity6people
A quiet dry Bona sauna with a meditation concept, installed in both the men's and women's public bath areas. There is no TV, and soft indirect lighting creates a dim, calming atmosphere, accompanied by soothing healing music. While listening to the gentle sound of water flowing down to the cold plunge bath just outside, you can deeply focus on your own breathing and mind, making it an ultimate healing space that calms and restores.
Water QualityTap Water
Capacity2people
A cold cold plunge bath placed right in front of the sauna room. With a sufficiently deep tub, it rapidly cools and tightens a body warmed in the meditation sauna. This facility prepares a smooth step into the refreshing open-air bathing experience of forest bathing, with green breezes drifting across the hilltop and the scent of the trees in the air.
Closed Days: None
3 Higashiyamacho, Yamashiro Onsen, Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture 922-0253
Gender Access
Gender Separated
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.
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 moreA hilltop modern inn wrapped in a renowned 100% private-source free-flowing hot spring and a serene meditation sauna
Ishikawa Kaga City
Midorino Yado Banshokaku is an onsen ryokan in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Perched on a quiet hill overlooking the Yamashiro Onsen district, it has a charming atmosphere surrounded by lush greenery. Guests can luxuriate in its private hot spring source, an extremely rare 100% free-flowing natural spring in Kaga Onsen with no added water or heating at all, carefully temperature-managed by the proprietress. The public bath area features a Bona-style meditation sauna with no TV, subdued lighting, and soothing healing music, along with a deep, cold cold plunge bath. The open-air bathing area, where you can feel the refreshing breeze sweeping across the hilltop, offers an exquisite sense of relaxation like forest bathing. After bathing, one of the attractions is the free use of a state-of-the-art zero-gravity massage chair in the changing room.
TypeNatural Hot Spring
One of the few large bath areas in the Kaga Onsen area to achieve a completely 100% free-flowing natural spring with no added water or heating. The colorless, crystal-clear Yamashiro New No. 1 Spring has an exceptionally smooth texture and is highly praised by onsen sommeliers for its skin-beautifying effects, gently enveloping the whole body and leaving you deeply refreshed.
TypeNatural Hot Spring
An atmospheric open-air bath surrounded by lush green trees, where you can fully enjoy the feeling of forest bathing. With the pure air unique to a hilltop location and the songs of wild birds as background music, you can savor this renowned 100% free-flowing spring and forget the everyday hustle and bustle in a luxurious bathing experience that truly sets you free.
TypeNatural Hot Spring
A refined private onsen bath with a Japanese-modern design. Using the same Yamashiro New No. 1 Spring as the large bath, it offers the luxury of 100% free-flowing natural spring water with no added water or heating, so you can enjoy it in complete privacy with your loved ones or partner. A blissful bath space requiring advance reservation and subject to a fee.
TypeNatural Hot Spring
A luxurious private onsen bath installed on the terraces or balconies of 21 of the 50 guest rooms. Whether it is an observation rock bath, a stone bath, or a tiled bath, each room has a different style of tub, allowing you to have this exceptional skin-beautifying hot spring all to yourself 24 hours a day with free-flowing natural spring water. A supreme private space.
Sauna TypeDry Sauna
Stove TypeConvection Stove (Sauna Stone)
Capacity6people
A quiet dry Bona sauna with a meditation concept, installed in both the men's and women's public bath areas. There is no TV, and soft indirect lighting creates a dim, calming atmosphere, accompanied by soothing healing music. While listening to the gentle sound of water flowing down to the cold plunge bath just outside, you can deeply focus on your own breathing and mind, making it an ultimate healing space that calms and restores.
Water QualityTap Water
Capacity2people
A cold cold plunge bath placed right in front of the sauna room. With a sufficiently deep tub, it rapidly cools and tightens a body warmed in the meditation sauna. This facility prepares a smooth step into the refreshing open-air bathing experience of forest bathing, with green breezes drifting across the hilltop and the scent of the trees in the air.
Closed Days: None
3 Higashiyamacho, Yamashiro Onsen, Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture 922-0253
Gender Access
Gender Separated
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.
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