Main bathhouse
Kyukamura Onsen, drawn from the inn’s own source. The open-air bath is filled with cloudy reddish-brown water rich in iron, and the warmth stays deep in your body even after you get out. Surrounded by trees, the open-air bath feels wonderfully open, and the seasons of Urabandai frame the tub just as they are: fresh green in early summer, autumn leaves in fall and snow in winter. On clear nights you can soak while gazing up at the stars. The indoor bath holds the same water, run through a filter until it is clear, and moving back and forth between two baths of different colors is a pleasure unique to these baths. The water is a sodium-calcium sulfate-bicarbonate spring, traditionally said to be effective for cuts, burns and chronic skin conditions.
