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Nyuto Onsen
Nyuto Onsen-kyo is a village of seven inns along a mountain stream in the beech forest of Akita, at the foot of Mount Nyuto, each inn with its own spring.
The gate of Tsurunoyu, Nyuto Onsen
- Region
- Tohoku
- Our journeys
- One stay here
- Where we stay
- Taenoyu
Our tours stayA day on tourA Custom Tour of Japan
the place
Seven springs in the beech forest, at the end of the road.
The springs differ from inn to inn, milky white, clear or iron-brown, and a pass lets you walk between them. Tsurunoyu, the most storied, keeps its thatched and timber bathhouses around an open-air onsen of milky water among the beeches. On the road up lies Lake Tazawa, the deepest lake in Japan, its water a deep clear blue.
We stay at Taenoyu, where two waters meet, and the Autumn Leaves Tour of Northern Japan gives it two nights, with a full day of relaxation to move between the village's springs or simply stay by the waterfall outside.
what we do here
Nyuto Onsen, as we show it
Tsurunoyu
Thatched bathhouses and an open-air onsen of milky water in the beech forest.
The seven springs
A different water at every inn, and a pass to walk between them.
The river from TaenoyuPhotograph: Taenoyu Lake Tazawa
The deepest lake in Japan, deep blue, on the road up.
Taenoyu
Onsen beside the river, where two waters meet.
where we stay
Taenoyu
Set where two streams and two waters meet, with a waterfall onsen and a riverside terrace beneath the beech canopy.
On The Autumn Leaves Tour of Northern Japan
our journeys here
The journeys that stay in Nyuto Onsen
nearby
Near Nyuto Onsen
questions
Questions about Nyuto Onsen
Which of your tours stay at Nyuto Onsen?
The Autumn Leaves Tour of Northern Japan spends two nights here, at Taenoyu, with a full day of relaxation among the springs.
How do you reach Nyuto Onsen?
By the Akita Shinkansen from Tokyo to Tazawako, about three hours, then about forty minutes by private car into the forest.
Can Nyuto Onsen be part of a private journey?
Yes. The Custom Tour of Japan can bring Nyuto Onsen and Kakunodate into a journey created around your party alone. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans the days for you.
Nyuto Onsen, created for you alone.
The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, on your dates, and Nyuto Onsen can be any part of it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.