Niigata Yuzawa Town, Minamiuonuma District
An onsen destination world-renowned as the setting of Snow Country, the novel by Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata. It boasts excellent access, just a short walk from Echigo-Yuzawa Station on the Joetsu Shinkansen, and the surrounding area is dotted with numerous ski resorts. After enjoying top-quality powder snow, visitors can relax in an open-air bath with a view of the snow and savor Niigata’s exceptional sake and gourmet cuisine, making it an international snow resort and spa hub that attracts many international travelers from Asia, Europe, and North America, especially in winter.
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An Echigo-Yuzawa onsen inn with a tatami-floored main bathhouse on the top floor and private baths
A snow-country inn with a sauna for pouring your own löyly and Shigaraki ware semi-open-air baths in the rooms
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