Nyuto Onsen, a hot spring village in Akita with 7 inns

Seven inns and seven hot springs

Nyuto Onsen is an unexplored hot spring village located in the middle of Akita Prefecture, within Lake Towada and Hachimantai National Park. It takes about 3 hours from Tokyo to Tazawako Station on the Akita Shinkansen, and about 45 minutes by bus from Tazawako Station.

There are seven hot springs and hot spring inns in Nyuto Onsen, each with its own unique characteristics: Tsurunoyu, Taenoyu, Kuroyu Onsen, Kaniba Onsen, Magoroku Onsen, Okama Onsen, and Kyukamura Nyuto Onsenkyo. That's one. You can bathe in these seven hot springs by using the Yumeguricho, which is sold for 1,800 yen at inns that are members of the hot spring association.

If you want to visit these hot springs, you will need to use your own car, or you will need to use a van called Yumeguri, which is operated by the inn association.
The most popular hot spring is Tsuru-no-yu Onsen, which consists of multiple indoor baths and open-air baths, each with slightly different water quality, but the basics are milky white sulfur springs.
The most famous hot spring is the atmospheric mixed open-air bath surrounded by pampas grass leaves.
Fresh hot spring water bubbles up from the bottom of the pond-sized bath, which can accommodate about 30 people. If the sky is clear, you can see the moon and stars clearly at night, which is very magical. Tsuru no Yu is also famous not only for its hot springs but also for its accommodation and cuisine. The hot spring inn from the Edo period is still preserved in its original form, making it a valuable resource for learning about the history of that time.

For this reason, it is extremely difficult to make reservations for the Honjin rooms, which are well known and especially popular among both Japanese and foreigners, and you may have to wait for more than six months to stay.

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