Ishikawa Kaga City
A relaxing resort with Yamashiro’s renowned onsen and a cold plunge
Livemax Resort Kaga Yamashiro is a resort hotel in Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture. Set in Yamashiro Onsen, an onsen town with some 1,300 years of history, it offers a main bathhouse filled with gentle, skin-friendly calcium-sodium sulfate spring water. The bathing area has a high-temperature sauna for a proper sweat and a cold plunge kept crisply cold by a chiller, so you can enjoy a pleasant cycle of hot and cold between the onsen and the sauna. There is also a good range of rooms with their own open-air baths made of Shigaraki ware or solid hinoki. In a private space where no one will disturb you, you can spend a luxurious time with the renowned waters all to yourself.

The main bathhouse brims with the renowned waters of Yamashiro Onsen, which first opened some 1,300 years ago. The calcium-sodium sulfate spring water feels gentle on the skin and warms you to the core. Stretch out in the spacious bath and you can feel with your whole body the healing power of waters that have captivated writers and artists since long ago.

Private open-air baths of Shigaraki ware or solid hinoki, set on the terraces of some rooms. In a private space where no one will disturb you, you can have Yamashiro’s soft, renowned waters to yourselves whenever and for as long as you like. Wrapped in the quiet and openness of a resort, you can enjoy a luxurious soak all your own.

A dry sauna whose pleasant heat slowly warms the whole body and draws out a sweat. As you sit with the heat in the quiet room, the fatigue and stress of daily life flow out with your sweat. Once you are fully warmed, you can move smoothly on to cool down in the cold plunge or the renowned onsen, and feel a deep detox effect.

A refreshing cold plunge where the cold pulls the body taut after the heat of the sauna. A water-cooling chiller keeps it at a steady cold, so alternating with the sauna gives you a blissful contrast of hot and cold. After a thorough cool-down, a pleasant tiredness carries you into a state of utter relaxation.
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[Day visits] 8:00–11:00 / 13:00–24:00
By car
By train and bus
Parking for 63 cars
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Natural onsen water from the largest flow in Yamashiro Onsen, and two proper saunas
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