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Hotel Iya Onsen
ホテル祖谷温泉
- Signature
- Scenic
- Private onsen
- Rooms with open-air bath
- Kaiseki dinner
- Riverside
Remote 17-room inn above the Iya Valley gorge in Tokushima, where a cable car descends to riverside open-air baths of free-flowing alkaline sulphur water.
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Overview
Hotel Iya Onsen clings to the side of the Iya Valley in western Tokushima, a gorge linked with Heike refugee legends. Its signature is a five-minute cable car ride down a 42-degree slope to open-air baths beside the Iya River, fed by free-flowing alkaline sulphur water; a private riverside bath can be booked. Upstairs there is a view bath facing the valley. The 17 rooms are individually styled in Japanese-Western fashion, several with open-air baths. Dinner is kaiseki using Iya soba, Iya tofu, Awa beef and local game, served in a dining hall painted with murals by Hideki Kimura.
Why stay here
- Cable car down to open-air baths on the Iya River, fed by free-flowing source water
- Rooms and terraces looking straight over the Iya Valley gorge
- Kaiseki built on Iya soba, tofu, Awa beef and local game
Rooms
- Number of rooms
- 17
- Room types
- Japanese-style (tatami) · Japanese-Western (tatami + beds) · Suites
- Open-air bath in the room
- Some rooms
Onsen and baths
- Shared onsen baths
- Yes
- Natural hot spring water
- Yes
- Spring type
- alkaline simple sulphur spring; free-flowing from a source that wells up at the riverside baths
- Reservable private bath
- Yes
- Open-air bath in the room
- Some rooms
Dining
- Kaiseki dinner
- Yes
- Dinner
- Yes
- Breakfast
- Yes
- Where meals are served
- Dining hall or restaurant
Location and access
About 30 min by road from JR Oboke Station. One free inn bus per day: pickup at Oboke Station 15:10 and drop-off leaving the inn 9:50, both by reservation. Free parking for 37 cars (first come). Iya Kazurabashi vine bridge is about 20 min by car.
- Prefecture
- Dogo Onsen & Shikoku · Tokushima
- Nearest station
- Oboke Station (JR Dosan Line)
- Station pick-up
- Yes
- Shuttle bus
- Yes
- Parking
- Yes
Who it suits
- Couples
Price information
Price on request
This inn prices by date, room and meal plan. Send your dates and we reply with the current price and available rooms.
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Policies
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- Check-in
- 15:00
- Check-out
- 11:00
- Accessibility
- No elevator: the building steps down the mountainside and all floors are reached by stairs; the riverside baths are reached by cable car.
- Cancellation
- 7 days before: 10%; 5 days before: 30%; day before: 50%; same day or no-show: 100% (rates vary with party size, rooms and plan).
Questions
Does Hotel Iya Onsen have rooms with a private open-air bath?
Some rooms · Reservable private bath: Yes
What are the check-in and check-out times at Hotel Iya Onsen?
Check-in from 15:00, check-out by 11:00.
How much does a night at Hotel Iya Onsen cost?
This inn prices by date, room and meal plan. Send your dates and we reply with the current price and available rooms.
How do I book Hotel Iya Onsen through OlaChill?
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Details checked against official sources on 2026-09-30.
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