Yudanaka Shibu|Luxury
Kanaguya
歴史の宿 金具屋
A 1758 Shibu Onsen inn whose four-storey wooden wing is a registered cultural property, with five free private baths.
English OKOnsenPrivate Onsen
from $230 / per night · per person
8.7/10 (48)
Destination
Nine hot springs strung along the Yokoyu River in the Nagano mountains, about two and a half hours from Tokyo. Shibu Onsen is the atmospheric core: a stone-paved lane of wooden inns where overnight guests are lent a master key to nine small public bathhouses that day visitors cannot enter. Above the valley sits Jigokudani Monkey Park, where wild Japanese macaques bathe in a hot spring — mainly between December and March, and never on a schedule.
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歴史の宿 金具屋
A 1758 Shibu Onsen inn whose four-storey wooden wing is a registered cultural property, with five free private baths.
from $230 / per night · per person
8.7/10 (48)地獄谷温泉 後楽館
The only inn in Jigokudani, 200m from the snow monkey park, with a riverside open-air bath the wild macaques sometimes climb into.
from $85 / per night · per person
7.4/10 (6)Blog
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