Where to Stay in Hanamaki Onsen and Hanamaki
Hanamaki Onsen’s hotels stand in Yumoto and in villages along the Dai and Toyosawa rivers in western Hanamaki. Start with Koyokan in Yumoto for its mountain-view rooms and reserved station shuttle.
The resort and the river valleys
Yumoto is Hanamaki Onsen’s main resort area on the Dai River. The wider hot-spring district, or onsenkyo, includes villages with their own springs. Shidotaira, Osawa and Namari lie along the Toyosawa River in the western valley. Dai Onsen has traditional inns and free-flowing hot springs along its village streets. Hanamaki city is east of the hot-spring villages.
- Family: Hotel Shidotaira.
- Couple: Yusen Shidate.
- Lower budget in an onsen village: Fujisan Ryokan.
- City stay for an early road departure: Hotel Route Inn Hanamaki.
Tatami are floor mats; hotels use their number to describe the size of a Japanese room. A Japanese-Western room has both a tatami area and Western beds.
Yumoto
At 1-125 Yumoto, Koyokan, Hotel Hanamaki, Senshukaku and Kashoen stand around the resort grounds. Roses grow around a fountain, with benches nearby. You can follow the woodland loop around Kamabuchi Falls or visit Hanamaki Onsen Inari Shrine within the grounds.
Koyokan in Yumoto has mountain-view rooms close to the gardens and woodland paths. Overnight guests can take Yumoto’s free hotel buses from either JR station. Reserve the shuttle before you arrive.
Hotel Koyokan
Mountain-view rooms and outdoor rock and pot baths in Yumoto’s resort grounds.
8.6 · 1340 Agoda reviews
Shidotaira
At Hotel Shidotaira, you look onto the stream from the 25-meter Tenga no Yu bath. Hidakami no Yu is a two-story bath hall with hiba-wood and pottery tubs. The semi-open-air bath in Hidakami no Yu faces the stream. The hotel’s three springs supply sodium sulfate–chloride water and simple spring water.
Up to six guests can share Hotel Shidotaira’s 12.5-tatami Japanese room. The six-guest category has its own rate. At the dinner buffet, cooks prepare food in front of diners beneath a large tree feature. Children have a food corner, and baby food is available.
- Arrival shuttle: reserve at least three days before the stay.
- Return shuttle: reserve at check-in.
- Shuttle contribution: ¥100 (about US$0.60) per guest aged 3 and over, each way.
Yusen Shidate has 26 rooms, each with a stream-facing open-air bath supplied by free-flowing natural hot-spring water. The Kumo Japanese-modern room has a pottery tub on its balcony overlooking the Toyosawa River. The Kumo room has a tatami area and Western twin beds.
Yusen Shidate serves dinner in private rooms at Kaze to Orugooru. The seasonal course features Iwate beef and Sanriku seafood. Breakfast includes Hanamaki-grown Hitomebore rice and miso soup made with dashi, a Japanese stock. Yusen Shidate accepts guests aged 12 and over.
Hotel Shidotaira
A 25-meter bath overlooks the stream at this riverside resort.
8.7 · 271 Agoda reviews
Ryokan Yusen Shidate
Every room has a free-flowing open-air hot-spring bath at this Shidotaira ryokan.
9.3 · 96 Agoda reviews
Yamanokami and Nakano
At Yukaen Ryokan in Nakano, shrine-and-temple carpenters made the coffered ceilings, sliding screens and transoms of the traditional rooms. In the newer wing, the riverside room categories face the stream.
Yukaen has 72 rooms and several bathing areas. Toyosawa no Yu has a high-ceilinged indoor hall decorated with Chinese ceramic wall pictures. You can hear the river from Toyosawa no Yu’s outdoor pool. At Komorebi no Yu, the newer outdoor bath is lit blue after dark, and spring water spills over the edge.
For dinner, Yukaen serves the Saika kaiseki course of Shirokane pork, fish and vegetables. At breakfast, the Japanese-Western buffet includes hittsumi dumpling soup, pork curry and cold noodles.
Arrival shuttle: reserve at least four days before the stay.
Yukaen Ryokan
Traditional rooms have coffered ceilings and crafted sliding screens and transoms.
8.8 · 863 Agoda reviews
from US$337 per room / night
Kaiseki dinner depends on the selected meal plan.
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Namari
At Namari, Fujisan Ryokan’s three-story zelkova main building stands on the Toyosawa River. Its White Ape Bath is a standing pool cut by hand into natural rock, on average 1.25 meters deep. The bath is mixed apart from set women-only sessions.
Shiraito’s semi-open-air bath faces a waterfall. You can book Gin for private bathing. Overnight guests can arrive on the hotel shuttle.
- Day bathing: 10:00–21:00.
- Last admission for day visitors: 20:00.
- Adult day admission: ¥800 (about US$5.10); higher fees apply on special dates.
Namari Onsen Fujisan Ryokan
Stand in Namari’s deep bath, carved by hand from natural rock.
7.4 · 157 Agoda reviews
Yuguchi-Sano
At Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Iwate Hanamaki in Yuguchi-Sano, you bathe above the Toyosawa River with mountains ahead. From the men’s Keikoku no Yu, you look through large indoor windows across the outdoor pool at the seasonal scenery. The Premium Lounge has a fireplace and earth-colored decor.
At Restaurant Toki, drum-shaped ceiling lights recall the Hanamaki Festival. For dinner, the buffet includes regional dishes such as Morioka cold noodles. The breakfast buffet serves rice bowls with a choice of toppings and French toast.
Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Iwate Hanamaki
Open-air baths above the Toyosawa River face the mountains.
7.9 · 41 Agoda reviews
Hanamaki city and rail arrivals
Hotel Route Inn Hanamaki stands on the main road in Higashimiyanome, northeast of Hanamaki Station. Its starting room rate is lower than those at the onsen hotels. You reach Hotel Route Inn Hanamaki by road from the airport or either railway station.
Local trains stop at Hanamaki Station. The Shinkansen stops at Shin-Hanamaki Station. The Kamaishi Line connects the two stations. From Hanamaki Station, the Hanamaki Onsen Line bus goes to Yumoto. The Yuguchi Line bus serves Shidotaira, Osawa and Namari. Overnight guests can take the hotel guest shuttles from either station to the onsen hotels.
Hotel Route Inn Hanamaki
Lower room rates than the onsen hotels, on Hanamaki’s main road.
8.0 · 354 Agoda reviews
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