[Hiratanai Onsen in Yakumo] Day Trip Onsen Can Be Enjoyed at Kuma-no-Yu That Is Famous for Mixed Bathing Natural Open-air Bath and Hiratanai-so That Is Famous for Savoring Abalone Dishes

Funkawan Panorama Park

Hills Station “Yakumo Panorama Museum” is a roadside station with an ocean view on a small hill in Yakumo town located in the northwestern direction of Hakodate city and is next to Harvester Yakumo (ハーベスター八雲) that is known for a tasty chicken. There are Auto Resort Yakumo, Park Golf Course, Picnic Square, Flower Field at the Hills Station “Yakumo Panorama Museum” and those are composite facilities. Children seem to enjoy it, too. This is a place well-known for its scenic beauty particularly. Free admission. A parking lot is free of charge. Read More

Kameya

Kameya (亀や) is a long-established sushi restaurant in Yakumo town located in the northwestern direction of Hakodate city and was founded in 1968. This sushi restraunt is famous for getting the Bib Gourmand in MICHELIN GUIDE Hokkaido 2012 Special Edition. There is a building near Yakumo station, but Kameya has no parking lot. Therefore I parked my car in the parking lot of Yakumo Station. Read More

Marumi Shokudo

Marumi Shokudo (まるみ食堂) is a long-established restaurant in Yakumo town, and was founded in 1958. A building is next to Yakumo station and they run an accommodation, too. I visited Yakumo, so I planned to eat Yakumo buckwheat noodles. However, in the first place I misunderstood about Yakumo buckwheat noodles. I thought that it was a kind of buckwheat noodles. Marumi Shokudo uses buckwheat flour produced in Horokanai. By the way, the Yakumo buckwheat noodles is a name of the restaurant. Read More

Kuma-no-Yu

Kuma-no-Yu is a natural mixed bathing open-air bath, and is famous as a secret onsen. A lot of campers and riders come to take a bath from all over the Japan. It takes about 5 minutes from a parking lot on foot. An entrance fee to the bath facility is free of charge. A dressing room is near the bath, too. The Kuma-no-Yu is closed from late October to late April.

There is 1 open-air bath surrounded by rocks along Hiratanai River. Because it is not surrounded by blind fences, it has a good view and a sence of openness beside a mountain stream. Fresh green can be enjoyed in a summer, and fall foliage can be enjoyed in an autumn, so it is really secret onsen to be able to take a bath while enjoying nature of Hokkaido. Please take a bath after pouring the hot springs on yourself to wash off the sweat and the dirt.

The bath is the size that about 4 people can take a bath, and natural free flowing hot springs gush out from rocks, and overflowing hot springs flow to the river. Because the hot springs are considerably hot, the bathers must regulate water temperature with squirting water from a hose theirselves. By the way, horseflies or black flies may prevent you from relaxing in the summer.

The hot springs are sodium chloride spring, and are opaque and reddish brown and have salty taste and no smell. The bathers can take a bath in wearing swimsuits or with a bath towel covering body. A use of shampoo and soap is prohibited because water of the riber is polluted. Others put clothes, and baggage beside the bath whether it was in danger of the theft at the dressing room.

Atmosphere of Kuma-no-Yu Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Kuma-no-Yu

Kumaishi Hiratanai-so

Hiratanai-so is a small-sized long-established onsen ryokan founded in 1972, and is well-known for savoring abalone dishes produced in Kumaishi. An entrance fee to a bath facility is JPY 500. Restraunt “Hiratanai” (レストラン「ひらたない」) and a shop are at the building, too, and visitors for day trip bath can use the restraunt, too. A staying is possible, too.

There are 1 outdoor bath, 1 indoor bath, 1 whirlpool bath, 1 cold bath and 1 sauna at a public bathhouse. The sunny bathhouse with a lot of windows and a high ceiling is feeling good.

The square shaped indoor bath surrounded by tiles and rocks is the size that about 10 people can take a bath, and has a shallow part and a deep part. It uses free flowing hot spings with adding water. Deposition of hot spring ingredients deposits on the edge of the bath. The elliptical shaped whirlpool bath surrounded by tiles and rocks is the size that about 3 people can take a bath, and uses heated deep ocean water.

The outdoor bath surrounded by tiles and rocks is built at a balcony, and is the size that about 3 people can take a bath. It uses free flowing hot spings with adding water. Deposition of hot spring ingredients deposits on the edge of the bath. Because a roof and a blindfold fence are built, bathers may not feel a sense of openness, but chilly air blows to the bathers.

The hot springs are sodium chloride spring, and are clear and light yellow and have a little salty taste and no smell, are not drinkable. The sum total of the hot spring ingredients are 3.875 g/kg. Shampoos and body soaps are provided at the bathhouse. A restroom, free hair dryers and a cold water dispenser are installed at a dressing room.

Atmosphere of Kumaishi Hiratanai-so Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Kumaishi Hiratanai-so

Types of Hot Springs	Sodium chloride spring (Type: Neutral, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Extra hot spring)
Water temperature of Hot Spring Source	57.5 C
ph	6.5
Indications	Neuralgia, Muscular pain, Arthralgia, Frozen shoulder, Motor paralysis, Tightening of the joint, Bruise, Sprain, Hemorrhoid, Chronic digestive diseases, Convalescent convalescence, Relieving fatigue, Healthy increase, Weak child, Chronic skin diseases, Chronic women’s diseases, Cold sensitivity, Cut, Burn
Contraindications	Acute disease(when there is the heat in particular), Active tuberculosis, Malignant tumor, Severe heart disease, Respiratory failure, Renal insufficiency, Hemorrhagic disease, High anemia, Other diseases during condition of a patient progress generally
Indications of drinking	Not Drinking
Facilities	Outdoor bath(1), Indoor bath(3), Sauna(1). * Sex-Segregated Bathhouse.
Entrance fee to the bath facility	Adult: JPY 500. Elementary school student: JPY 220.
Business hours	11:00-22:00
Regular closing day	Irregular closing day
Parking lot	A free parking is provided (100 cars)
Telephone number	+81-1398-2-4126
Home page	Home page is here
Reservation	Jalan is here, Rakuten is here
Mapcode	718 466 693*41