[Banjyaku Onsen in Yakumo] Day Trip Onsen and Real "From the North Country" at Banjyaku-sanso

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

Banjyaku-sanso

Banjyaku-sanso (盤石山荘) is an onsen hut, and is open to the public by an owenr who runs Ykiniku Ryozanpaku (焼肉梁山泊) in Hakodate. Thanks the owner for taking a bath! So visitors must keep this hut clean. Bathers can take a bath for free, but there is a donation box that I could not find, and the bathers can give a small token.

It is kind of hard to find the place, As I went the gravel road with width one-car size, I became anxious whether this road was right road. But a marking convex traffic mirror at a road curve caught my eyes, so I was relieved.

The solitary hut is built in a mountain, and is just like a real hanmade hut that is used by TV drama series "From the North Country". I should not wonder if Mr. Goro, the leading role, appears at the hut. It is famous for enjoying fresh free flowing hot springs for free of charge or small token of appreciation. The fresh hot springs and a good old atmosphere attract a lot of onsen fans. It is just a secret onsen, and is very good. The visitors came most every day when I read a providing note.

The hut has a dressing room that about 3 people can enter and a public bathroom. It is not said this hut with broken walls is very clean. But visiotrs can feel the atomosphere of "From the North Country". The hut has electricity, so the visitors seem to take a bath in the evening.

There is 1 indoor bath at the bathroom. The sunny bathroom with windows is like a barracks hut but cozy. The bath surrounded by rocks is the size that about 2 people can take a bath, and 100% natural free flowing hot springs. I felt metallic odor.

Fresh hot springs alway flow freely, so petrified hot spring ingredients are very nice, too. Water temperature of the hot springs is about 40 c, and is comfortable. It tastes salty, and it has an effective to warm bather's body. By the way, I almost fell down at the slipeery bottom of the bathb. Be careful!

A restroom and a frre hair dryer are not installed at the dressing room, so you should get a wash beforehand at the restroom. Shampoos and body soaps are provided at the bathroom, but those are private shampoos and body soaps, so the visitors prohibit the use. In addition, the bathers have to take a bath after pouring the hot spring on their body with a wash basin, and rinse off their surface dirt and sweat. By the way, beware of bears, and horseflies may prevent you from relaxing in a summer.

Atmosphere of Banjyaku-sanso Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Banjyaku-sanso

Kaminoyu Onsen

Pacific Onsen Hotel Seiryuen(パシフィック温泉ホテル 清龍園)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Onsen Ryokan Ginkonyu(温泉旅館 銀婚湯)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

Yakumo Onsen

Oboko-so(おぼこ荘)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

Yakumo

Yakumo Yurakutei(八雲遊楽亭)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Minshuku Hamamatsu(民宿浜松)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Log Inn Takagi(ログの宿 たか木)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Minshuku Marumi(民宿 まるみ)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Sakuraba Ryokan(桜庭旅館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Business Hotel Fresco Yakumo Main Building(ビジネスホテル フレスコ八雲 本館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Business Hotel Fresco Yakumo Annex(ビジネスホテル フレスコ八雲 別館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Ryokan Yakumo-kan(旅館 八雲館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Marunaka Ryokan(マルナカ旅館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Yamagataya Ryokan(山形屋旅館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Minshuku Yakata(民宿 やかた)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Ryokan Futami(旅館二海)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Guest House Sento(古民家ゲストハウスSENTO)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Funkawan Panorama Park Auto Resort Yakumo(噴火湾パノラマパーク オートリゾート八雲)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

Kumaishi

Kenichi Onsen

Kenichi Onsen Ryokan(見市温泉旅館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

Hiratanai Onsen

Kumaishi Hiratanai-so(熊石ひらたない荘)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Kumaishi Youth Village(熊石青少年旅行村)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten