Kusatsu Onsen Naraya

Naraya has stood next to the Yubatake, the steaming centrepiece of Kusatsu, since 1877. It draws the Shirahata source, one of Kusatsu's oldest, lets it cool overnight in on-site tanks and has yumori bath keepers adjust flow and stir the water by hand. Two public baths swap between men and women overnight, and three ceramic private baths can be booked on arrival. Corridors are laid with tatami, and the Senyu-tei rooms mix bedrooms with Japanese sitting areas; one maisonette has its own semi-open-air bath. Dinner is a seasonal kaiseki of about ten dishes served in three private dining rooms with table seating.

• ◎Right beside the Yubatake in central Kusatsu
• ◎Shirahata source water managed by resident yumori
• ◎Private dining rooms with table seating instead of floor seating

Room types

Japanese-style (tatami) · Japanese-Western (tatami + beds) · Western-style

Open-air bath in the room

Some rooms

Shared onsen baths

Yes

Natural hot spring water

Yes

Spring type

acidic sulfur-containing aluminium sulfate-chloride spring (酸性・含硫黄－アルミニウム－硫酸塩・塩化物温泉), Shirahata source

Reservable private bath

Yes

Open-air bath in the room

Some rooms

Kaiseki dinner

Yes

Dinner

Yes

Breakfast

Yes

Where meals are served

Private dining room

5 min walk from Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal (pickup on request by phone); next to the Yubatake; no on-site parking - free for guests at the contracted Sainokawara paid car park (about 10 min walk) with staff shuttle; about 80 min by car from Usui-Karuizawa IC or Shibukawa-Ikaho IC

Prefecture

Kusatsu & Gunma onsen · Gunma

Nearest station

Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal (JR bus from Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station, about 25 min)

Station pick-up

Yes

Shuttle bus

Yes

Parking

Yes

• Couples
• Families
• Solo travellers

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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Check-in

15:00

Check-out

11:00

Children

Children accepted; preschoolers on meal plans get a children's meal, elementary pupils the adult menu. Several Senyu-tei rooms do not accept children. The strongly acidic water can irritate sensitive infant skin.

Tattoos

Tattooed guests may not use the large public baths; paid private baths are available. Small tattoos fully covered by a patch are allowed.

Accessibility

Tatami floors and many stairs; wheelchairs and wheeled walking aids cannot be used inside. At least 11 steps at the entrance and 12 to the bath floor; wooden wing has no lift.