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[Shikabe Onsen] Day Trip Bath, Intermittent Spring and Salted Cod Roe Can Be Enjoyed
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Shikabe Onsen
Shikabe Onsen (鹿部温泉) is a hot spring town in Shikabe town located in the northeastern direction of Hakodate city. 5 hot spring facilities are built around the center of the Shikabe along Hokkaido Road 43. Restaurants, cafes, convenience stores, Izakaya and bars with a surcharge are built, too, and it is good location. There is Intermittent Spring Park (間欠泉公園) near there, and tourists can enjoy an intermittent spring. In addition, Lake Onuma is relatively near.

It is the origin of the Shikabe Onsen that Mr. Gengoro Ito (伊藤源五郎) saw a damaged deer at a spring pond, and built an onsen hut in 1666. It is very historical onsen in Hokkaido. Water temperature of hot spring sources from 50 C to 90 C are very high, and a type of the hot springs is almost sodium chloride spring spring, so it may be said that it is typical hot spring. Speaking of the Shikabe, seafood such as cod roe or kelp is famous. Shikabe Tarako Festival (鹿部たらこ祭り) is held in late February, Shikabe Ebi and Tusbu Spring Festibval (鹿部春のえびつぶ祭り) is held in late May, Shikabe Sea and Onsen Festival (しかべ海といでゆのまつり) is held in late August, and Shikabe Sukeso Festival (『しかべのスケソだよ!』フェスタ!!) is held in early December.
Intermittent Spring Park
Intermittent Spring Park is one of the 3 major intermittent springs in Hokkaido together with Rausu and Noboribetsu. Hot springs of 100 C gush forth to an altitude of about 15 m every 10 minutes. Tourists can take a footbath using the intermittent spring. But visitors must pay an admission fee to observe the intermittent spring.

Atmosphere of Intermittent Spring Park Can Be Watched on Youtube
Movie of Intermittent Spring Park
Admission fee | Adult: JPY 300. Child: JPY 200. |
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Parking lot | Free parking is provided (60 Cars) |
Business hours | Summer season 08:30-18:00, Winter season 09:00-17:00 |
Regular closing day | Fourth Monday, Year-end and New Year holidays |
Telephone number | +81-1372-7-5293 |
Home page | Home page is here |
Mapcode | 744 400 092*21 |
Onuma Quasi-National Park
Onuma Quasi-National Park (大沼国定公園) has area of 9,083 ha on the foot of Mt. Komagatake (駒ヶ岳) and is composed of Lake Ounma (大沼湖), Lake Konuma (小沼湖), Junsai Swamp (蓴菜沼) and Mt. Komagatake, an active volcano with 1,131 m in height. When Mt. Komagatake erupted from 50,000 to 30,000 years ago, a river was dammed by flowing mud flood, and these wetlands were born. The wetlands have been designed as the Ramsar Convention wetland, wild waterfowls such as Goose and Duck rest their wings on the surface of the lake. Read More

List of Day Trip Onsen
Visitors can take a day trip bath at Onsen Ryokan Shika-no-Yu (温泉旅館 鹿の湯), Onsen Ryokan Kichi-no-Yu (温泉旅館 吉の湯), Onsen Ryokan Konishi (温泉旅館 こにし) and Royal Hotel Southern Hokkaido Shikabe (ロイヤルホテル みなみ北海道鹿部). On the other hand, an accommodation without taking a day trip bath is Ryokan Kurashiki (旅館倉敷).
Onsen Ryokan Shika-no-Yu
Onsen Ryokan Shika-no-Yu is a small-sized long-established onsen ryokan with 10 guest rooms along Hokkaido Road 43 nearby Shikabe Fishing Port, and has opened a business since 1918, and owns 3 hot spring sources. Water temperature of the hot spring sources is very high, so a heat exchanger lower the water temperature. The appearance and the interior decoration are like a high-class Japanese-style restaurant. A public bathhouse was renewed in 2017. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 500. A staying is possible, too.



There are 1 open-air bath and 1 indoor bath at the bathhouse. The tiled bathhouse is not so large, but the sunny bathhouse with a lot of windows is feeling good.

Large rocks catch bather's eyes first. The hot springs gush out from the rocks, and a lot of the hot springs overflow from the bath in succession. I think that the bathers never get tired of a view. The hot springs ingredients have precipitated on the rocks. The indoor bath is the size that about 10 people can take a bath.




The open-air bath surrounded by rocks looks like a pond of Japanese-style garden, and is the size that about 4 people can take a bath, and uses natural free flowing hot springs with adding water. The open-air bath is hotter than the indoor bath. Blind fencess obstructed the bather's view, so a view is not good. But a roof is not provided, and a sense of opneness can be felt. The open-air bath has a faucet for cold water, so it is allowed to add the water for lowering the water temperature.



The hot springs are sodium sulfate chloride spring, and is clear and colorless and have a little salty taste and no smell. The sum total of the hot spring ingredients are 2.916 g/kg. The hot spring seemed to be drinkable, too, but there were not facilities for drinking hot springs. Shampoos and body soaps are provided at the bathhouse. Because a restroom is not installed at a dressing room, you should get a wash beforehand at the restroom along a corridor.

Atmosphere of Shika-no-Yu Can Be Watched on Youtube
Movie of Shika-no-Yu
Types of Hot Springs | Sodium sulfate chloride spring (Type: Neutral, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Extra hot spring) |
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Water temperature of Hot Spring Source | 77.5 C |
ph | 6.9 |
Indications | Neuralgia, Muscular pain, Arthralgia, Frozen shoulder, Motor paralysis, Tightening of the joint, Bruise, Sprain, Relieving fatigue, Chronic digestive diseases, Hemorrhoid, Cold sensitivity, Convalescent convalescence, Healthy increase, Weak child, Chronic skin diseases, Chronic women's diseases, Burn, Cut, Arteriosclerosis |
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 | Chronic digestive diseases, Chronic constipation, Chronic cholecystitis, Cholelithiasis, Diabetes, Gout, Obesity disease |
Contraindications of drinking | Kidney disease, High blood pressure, Diarrhea and diseases accompanied by edema in general |
Facilities | Open-air bath(1), Indoor bath(1). * Sex-Segregated Bathhouse. |
Entrance fee to the bath facility | Adult: JPY 500. Child: JPY 300. |
Business hours | 13:00-20:00 |
Regular closing day | Irregular closing day |
Parking lot | A free parking is provided (30 cars) |
Telephone number | +81-1372-7-2001 |
Home page | Home page is here |
Reservation | Rakuten is here |
Mapcode | 744 399 315*80 |
Onsen Ryokan Yoshi-no-Yu
Onsen Ryokan Yoshi-no-Yu is a small-sized long-established onsen ryokan along Hokkaido Road 43 nearby Shikabe Fishing Port, and has opened a business since 1932. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 500. They lend a hand-towel. A staying is possible, too.

There is 1 indoor bath at a public bathroom. The bathroom is not large. The bath surrounded by rocks uses natural free flowing hot springs with adding water. The hot springs are sodium sulfate chloride spring, and are clear and light yellow and have a little salty taste and no smell. Shampoos and body soaps are provided at the bathroom.

Types of Hot Springs | Sodium sulfate chloride spring (Type: Neutral, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Extra hot spring) |
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Water temperature of Hot Spring Source | 79.5 C |
ph | 7.4 |
Indications | Neuralgia, Muscular pain, Frozen shoulder, Chronic digestive diseases, Chronic skin diseases |
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 | Indoor bath(1). * Sex-Segregated Bathhouse. |
Entrance fee to the bath facility | Adult: JPY 500. Child: JPY 300. |
Business hours | 12:00-19:00 |
Regular closing day | Irregular closing day |
Parking lot | A free parking is provided (20 cars) |
Telephone number | +81-1372-7-2211 |
Home page | Home page is here |
Reservation | ![]() |
Mapcode | 744 399 258*13 |
Onsen Ryokan Konishi
Onsen Ryokan Konishi is a small-sized onsen ryokan along Hokkaido Road 43 nearby Shikabe Fishing Port, and owns a hot spring source. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 500. A staying is possible, too. Because they have only a public bathroom at a building, a chartered bathroom is provided.

There is 1 indoor bath at the bathroom. The tiled bathroom is small but cozy. The indoor bath uses 100% natural free flowing hot springs. A faucet for cold water is set, so it is allowed to add the water for lowering the water temperature. The hot springs are sodium sulfate chloride spring, and are clear and colorless and have a little salty taste and no smell. Shampoos and body soaps are provided at the bathroom.

Spring quality | Sodium sulfate chloride spring (Type: Weak Alkaline, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Extra hot spring) |
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Water temperature of Hot Spring Source | 50.2 C |
ph | 7.5 |
Indication | Neuralgia, Frozen shoulder, Motor paralysis, Chronic digestive diseases, Tightening of the joint, Bruise, Sprain |
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 | Indoor bath(1). * Chartered bathroom. |
Entrance fee to the bath facility | Adult: JPY 500. Child: JPY 300. |
Business hours | 12:00-19:00 |
Regular closing day | Irregular closing day |
Parking lot | A free parking is provided (10 cars) |
Telephone number | +81-1372-7-2231 |
Home page | Home page is here |
Mapcode | 744 398 687*56 |
Royal Hotel Southern Hokkaido Shikabe
Royal Hotel Southern Hokkaido Shikabe (ロイヤルホテル みなみ北海道鹿部) is a large-sized onsen hotel run by Daiwa Resort corp., and it takes about 15 minutes from Shikabe Station on foot, and is a little far away from other hot spring facilities. Its predecessor is Shikabe Royal Hotel (鹿部ロイヤルホテル), and the building has been renovated since 2014, and is adjacent to Shikabe Country Club (鹿部カントリークラブ), so some tourists come to play the golf. Goof views such as a view of Mt. Komagadake (駒ヶ岳) and the starry sky are also highlights, and delicious cuisine has a good reputation, too. An entrance fee to the bath facility is JPY 1000. A staying is also possible, and a hotel plan with dogs is provided, too.


There are 1 outdoor bath, 1 indoor bath, 1 cold bath and 1 sauna at a public bathhouse. The sunny tiled bathhouse with large windows is feeling good. The outdoor bath surrounded by rocks is beside a Japanese-style garden, so looks like a pond. Blindfold walls and a Japanese-style sunshade are provided, so bathers may not be feel a sense of openness. A type of the hot springs is sodium chloride spring. Shampoos and body soaps are provided at the bathhouse. A restroom and free hair dryers are installed at a dressing room.


Atmosphere of Shikabe Royal Hotel Can Be Watched on Youtube
Movie of Shikabe Royal Hotel
Types of Hot Springs | Sodium chloride spring (Type: Weak Alkaline, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Extra hot spring) |
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Water temperature of Hot Spring Source | - |
ph | 8.0 |
Indications | Neuralgia, Muscular pain, Arthralgia, Frozen shoulder, Motor paralysis, Tightening of the joint, Bruise, Sprain, Relieving fatigue, Chronic digestive diseases, Hemorrhoid, Cold sensitivity, Convalescent convalescence, Healthy increase |
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(2), Sauna(1). * Sex-Segregated Bathhouse. |
Entrance fee to the bath facility | Adult: JPY 1000. Child: JPY 500. Infant: Free of charge. |
Business hours | 14:00-20:00 * It may be changed in a winter season. |
Regular closing day | Irregular closing day |
Parking lot | A free parking is provided (200 cars) |
Telephone number | +81-1372-7-3201 |
Home page | Home page is here |
Reservation | Booking.com is here, ![]() |
Mapcode | 744 543 332*58 |
[Closed Down] Kame-no-Yu
Kame-no-Yu is a long-established public bath along Hokkaido Road 43 nearby Intermittent Spring Park, and has opened a business since 1901, and owns a hot spring source. An entrance fee to a bath facility is JPY 440. Unfortunately, they have closed down since January, 2020.


There is 1 indoor bathat a public bathhouse. The tiled bathhouse has a high ceiling. The indoor bath uses natural free flowing with adding water. The hot springs are sodium chloride spring, and are clear and colorless and have a little salty taste and no smell. Shampoos and body soaps are not provided at the bathhouse, so bathers should bring those. A restroom is installed at a dressing room.
Atmosphere of Kame-no-Yu Can Be Watched on Youtube
Movie of Kame-no-Yu
Types of Hot Springs | Sodium chloride spring (Type: Weak Alkaline, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Extra hot spring) |
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Water temperature of Hot Spring Source | 93 C |
ph | 7.2 |
Indications | Neuralgia, Muscular pain, Arthralgia, Frozen shoulder, Motor paralysis, Tightening of the joint, Bruise, Sprain, Relieving fatigue, Chronic digestive diseases, Hemorrhoid, Cold sensitivity, Convalescent convalescence, Healthy increase, Weak children, Chronic skin diseases, Chronic woman's diseases, Cut, Burn, Arteriosclerosis |
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 | Unknown |
Facilities | Indoor bath(1). * Sex-Segregated Bathhouse. |
Entrance fee to the bath facility | Adult: JPY 440. Child: JPY 140. Infant: JPY 70. |
Business hours | 06:00-17:00 |
Regular closing day | Wednesday |
Parking lot | A free parking is provided (5 cars) |
Telephone number | - |
Home page | - |
Mapcode | 744 399 176*04 |
List of Accommodations
Refer to following websites for the accommodations in the Shikabe Onsen. You can get information regarding online reviews and photos.
By the way, Club Tourism (クラブツーリズム), a Japanese tour travel agency, provides various types of tours such as day trip tours or ordinary tours. In the case of bus tours, tourists do not drive their cars themselves, so they can savor alcohol. Choosen tourist attractions are national parks such as Rishiri and Rebun, Shiretoko, and popular tourist places such as Furano and Biei, and some activities such as hiking and fruit picking are also enjoyed depending on seasons. If you are interested in tour trips, you should visit the club tourism's website for details.
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