Let's go to Zao! Zao Onsen: A Day Trip to Zao

  • Yamagata
  • Sightseeing
If you go to Zao for a day trip, you definitely want to take a hot spring bath! For you, we have compiled a list of day-trip hot spring facilities in Zao! Here are five of the day-trip hot spring facilities in the Zao Onsen area.

Yunohana Teahouse Shinzaemon no Yu

Yunohana Jaya Shinzaemon-no-Yu is located along Juhyo Street in the Zao Onsen Hot Spring Resort area. Each of the men's and women's baths has an open-air natural hot spring bath, as well as a variety of other hot springs, including the skin-friendly 4-6-no-yu (*) and turtle baths. In addition to the hot spring baths, the clean facility also has a restaurant, a large lounge, and a souvenir shop, so you can enjoy yourself all day long.
*Seventh and sixth baths: A blend of single water is used to soften the water so that people with sensitive skin and children can also enjoy it.

Hot water of 4 and 6
Image courtesy of Yunohana Jaya Shinzaemon-no-yu
Check Shinzaemon's hot water official Web page

Drop-in hot spring Hot water of Minami-Seventh Open-air

Walking up the winding Uedainan Street from the hot spring resort, you will see a large open-air bath just before the baths. The triangular-roofed building you will see is "Tachiyose Onsen Minami-Oten-no-Yu" (Tachiyose Onsen Minami-Oten-no-Yu). The location is surrounded by beautiful nature, and above all, it boasts an abundance of hot spring water. The open-air baths are spacious and provide a great sense of openness!
A simple stand-by hot spring in the midst of nature
Image courtesy of Tachiyose Onsen Gen7 Open-air Hot Spring
Check Genshichi open-air hot water official Web page

Public bathhouse

There are three public bathhouses in Zao Onsen that you can casually enjoy. Each bathhouse charges 200 yen (for adults), which is collected by putting money into a collection box at the entrance of the building. Please prepare towels and other necessities before use.

Kamiyu

The largest upper bath among public bathhouses

Shimoyu

There is also a footbath on the right side of the entrance of the lower bath.

Kawarayu

Kawarayu of the spring gushing out at the foot, which is rare even in the whole country
Learn more about public bathhouse Kamiyu, Shimoyu, and Kawarayu
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