Echigo-yuzawa Onsen Komakonoyu
148, Yuzawa, Yuzawa Town, Minami-Uonuma District, Niigata Pref.
The most popular communal bath for skiers, named after the heroine Komako of the novel "Snow Country" by KAWABATA Yasunari.
Among the communal baths in Echigo-yuzawa Onsen, this is a hot spring facility that is the most popular among skiers. They are devising easy to use such as each washing area has its own partition.
A Japanese-style and clean facility with plenty of wood. The spacious bathing room has large bathtub and windows that allow you to stretch out in the hot water while watching the snowy mountains.
A hot spring named after the heroine Komako of the novel "Snow Country" by KAWABATA Yasunari. The facility has also a "Snow Country" exhibition section in the hall.
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Location
Area / Railway
Ko-shin-etsu Region
Niigata Pref.
JR Joetsu Line
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Minami-echigo Kanko Bus timetable etc.
Route from Tokyo (Ueno)
- Ueno Sta.JR: 3 hrs 50 min Takasaki Line etc. - Joetsu Line ¥ 3,410
- Echigo-yuzawa Sta. (East exit) Walk: 15 min 1.2 km (0.7 mi) Max difference in elevation: 20 m (66 ft)
- Komakonoyu
Route from Tokyo (Ueno)
- Ueno Sta. Joetsu Shinkansen: 1 hr 25 min Toki etc. Non-reserved seat※¥ 6,050
- Echigo-yuzawa Sta. (West exit) Walk: 18 min 1.4 km (0.9 mi) Max difference in elevation: 30 m (99 ft)
- Komakonoyu
Route from Tokyo (Ueno)
- Ueno Sta. Joetsu Shinkansen: 1 hr 30 min Tanigawa etc. Non-reserved seat※¥ 6,480
- GALA Yuzawa Sta.※ Walk: 15 min 1.2 km (0.7 mi)
- Komakonoyu
Route from Tokyo (Ikebukuro)
- Ikebukuro Sta. (East exit) Walk: 3 min
- Seibu Bus Bus StopExpressway bus: 2 hrs 56 min Nagaoka Niigata Line ¥ 2,600 - ¥ 6,000
- Yuzawa Expressway Bus Stop※ Walk: 22 min1.7 km (1.1 mi) Difference in elevation: -21 m (-69 ft)
- Echigo-yuzawa Sta. (East exit) Minami-Echigo Kanko Bus: 3 min Yuzawa - Muikamachi Line ¥ 270
- Shimonaka-Iriguchi Bus Stop Walk: 7 min0.5 km (0.3 mi) Difference in elevation: 11 m (36 ft)
- Komakonoyu
Route from Tokyo (Ikebukuro)
- Ikebukuro Sta. (East exit) Walk: 3 min
- Seibu Bus Bus StopExpressway bus: 2 hrs 56 min Nagaoka Niigata Line ¥ 2,600 - ¥ 6,000
- Yuzawa Expressway Bus Stop※
Walk: 2 min
- Miyabayashi Bus Stop※ Minami-Echigo Kanko Bus: 6 min Asahibara (Daigenta) Line ¥ 160
- Echigo-yuzawa Sta.(The rest is the same as above)
Route from Niigata
- Niigata Sta.JR: 2 hrs 50 min Shin-etsu Line - Joetsu Line ¥ 2,310
- Echigo-yuzawa Sta.(The rest is the same as above)
Route from Niigata
- Niigata Sta.JR express: 50 min Shirayuki Non-reserved seat※¥ 3,510
- (Transfer at Nagaoka Sta.) JR: 1 hr 20 min Joetsu Line ¥ -
- Echigo-yuzawa Sta.(The rest is the same as above)
Route from Niigata
- Niigata Sta. Joetsu Shinkansen: 50 min Toki etc. Non-reserved seat※¥ 4,950
- Echigo-yuzawa Sta.(The rest is the same as above)
Routes from Tokyo
- Ueno
- JR
- Echigo-yuzawa
- Walk
4 hrs 05 min ¥ 3,410
- Ueno
- Shinkansen
- Echigo-yuzawa
- Walk
1 hr 43 min ¥ 6,050
- Ueno
- Shinkansen
- GALA Yuzawa
- Walk
1 hr 45 min ¥ 6,480
- Ikebukuro
- Expressway bus
- Yuzawa
- Walk
- Echigo-yuzawa
- Bus
3 hrs 31 min ¥ 2,870 - ¥ 6,270
- Ikebukuro
- Expressway bus
- Yuzawa
- Bus
- Echigo-yuzawa
- (The rest is the same as above)
3 hrs 07 min+ ¥ 2,760 - ¥ 6,160+
Routes from Niigata
- Niigata
- JR
- Echigo-yuzawa
- (The rest is the same as above)
2 hrs 50 min+ ¥ 2,310+
- Niigata
- JR express
- Nagaoka
- JR
- Echigo-yuzawa
- (The rest is the same as above)
2 hrs 10 min+ ¥ 3,510+
- Niigata
- Shinkansen
- Echigo-yuzawa
- (The rest is the same as above)
50 min+ ¥ 4,950+
- The price of JR Express and normal Shinkansen is "Basic fare" plus "(Super) express charge". (These are determined according to the distance.) "(Super) express charge" has two types: Reserved seat and Non-reserved seat. Reserved seat charge adds ¥930 (during the busiest season), ¥730 (during the busy season), ¥530 (during the normal season) or ¥330 (during the off season) to Non-reserved seat charge. (For details, please refer to JR East_Ticketing and Busiest / Busy / Normal / Off season calendar.)
- When going from Echigo-yuzawa Station, from the West exit, the distance is far, but there is almost no uphill.
- GALA Yuzawa Station is available only in winter.
- Expressway Bus Yuzawa Bus Stop is located at the Yuzawa Interchange on the expressway. To get to JR Echigo-yuzawa Station from there, you can take a local bus from Miyabayashi Bus Stop or Kobara Bus Stop. (To go to Kobara Bus Stop, you will go up the stairs to the Mikuni Road.)
- If there is snowfall or snow, it may take longer than the above required time.
- The above fares are based on cash. When using an IC card, the fares may differ slightly.
- The above times and distances are approximate. Does not include transfering or waiting times.
How to get to Komakonoyu
(Directions from Echigo-yuzawa Sta. East exit)
- Turn left at the traffic light in front of the station (to the north)
- Turn left at the T-junction after the post office
- Cross the river and turn left at about 150 m (492 ft). Go up the hill and turn right at the sign
(Directions from Echigo-yuzawa Sta. West exit)
- From the station west exit to the right
- Straight along the road
- Turn right at the sign. Go down the hill and turn left at the sign
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Informations about Hot spring travel
- JR East (Japan Railway)Web Site
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- Route Search (Japan Transit Planner)
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- Taxi Tel numberYuzawa Town(Mapion)
- Rent-a-carReservation(TABIRAI)
- Echigo Yuzawa Onsen Tourism Association
- Hotel / Ryokan Echigo Yuzawa (Rakuten Travel)
- Hotel / Ryokan Niigata Pref.(Jalan)
- Hotel / Ryokan Echigo-yuzawa (Yuko Yuko)
- Weather forecast Yuzawa Townoverview
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Travel journal of day trip bathing to hot spring
Characters
- Nishi-san
- He is an orthodox hot springs lover and particular about quality of springs. He loves the hot springs flowing from the source, the hot water with a presence, and the rustic atmosphere.
- Kita-san
- He doesn't care much about quality of hot springs. He loves the open-air bath, and prefers hot springs that have visible features such as good views.
(→ Continuation from Yamanoyu)
One day at the end of March,
Nishi-san and Kita-san have come to Echigo-yuzawa for a day trip bathing hot spring.
After enjoying Yamanoyu, they are walking to Komakonoyu.
Exterior
Komakonoyu seems to be the most popular for ski travellers.
Gee, so? ... But, you used to go skiing in the past, but now, you don't ski, right?
Well, no, I haven't skied for a long time.
Then, it doesn't really matter ... Oh, looks like we arrived. It didn't take ten minutes.
The exterior is Japanese-style ... The inside is ... Oh, it has a woody taste.
A modern Japanese-style.
The two enter the bathing room at once.
Bathtub
Oh, it's pretty big.
Ugh, what is this! It smells much chlorine.
Ah, if you say so, that's right. But it's not so much to bother you, you know.
... Really think so?
You can stretch out comfortably in the tub, and the washing area has partitions. It's not a bad onsen.
Washing area
But, this chlorine smell is like a pool.
I think you feel more clean when you come back from skiing.
True, it has a feeling of cleanness ... But I’m not sure about that.
Soaking in the hot water while looking at the snowy mountains through the big window, it takes away my tiredness from skiing!
No, you didn't ski.
♨ Echigo-yuzawa Onsen has five communal baths (Yamanoyu, Komakonoyu, Iwanoyu, Kaidonoyu and Shukubanoyu). They offer the "Stopping by hot springs tour ticket" that allows you to enter all of these for 1,500 yen. (→ Yuzawa Onsen stopping by hot springs tour)
"Snow Country" exhibition
Nishi-san and Kita-san came out of the bath. Komakonoyu is named after the novel "Snow Country", and it also has an exhibition section on "Snow Country".
There is an exhibition of "Snow Country". Old monochrome photos.
Hmmm, Snow Country ... This is a movie photo ...
♨
"Snow Country" (1935-37)
The author is KAWABATA Yasunari. The story is set here in Yuzawa Town.
Photos at "Snow Country" exhibition
It's nostalgic and nice, you know.
After all, the actresses in old days are beautiful. Not to say that the current actresses are not beautiful.
Looking at this, I want to read Snow Country again.
Leaving Kita-san who are looking at the photo of "Snow Country", Nishi-san have come to the break room in the back.
♨
Photo above:
Movie "Snow Country" (1957) KISHI Keiko played Komako.
Photo below:
Stage "Snow Country" (1970) WAKAO Fumiko played Komako.
Break room
Hey, come on. The hanging scroll is Snowy Country too. The famous beginning of Snow Country.
Hanging scroll in the break room
Beginning? How about ... 'I am a cat. As yet I have no name.' ... Right?
No-o-o! Snow Country, really read!
After that, Nishi-san and Kita-san talked about what "Snow Country" was like for a while in the break room.
(March 2013)
♨ The beginning of "Snow Country" is "The train came out of the long tunnel into the snow country."
Impression & rating
Exactly there is a feeling of cleanliness, but the chlorine smell is too strong and I don't feel like entering the hot spring.
0.5 pt
Impression & rating
It's spacious, so when you come back from skiing, it's good for you to stretch out and take your tired away.
1.5 pt
The Onsen facility
- Address
- 148, Yuzawa, Yuzawa Town, Minami-Uonuma District, Niigata Pref.
- Phone
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domestic: 025-785-7660
international: +8125-785-7660 - Website
- Yuzawa Town Management Corporation
- Bathing hours
- 10:00 - 21:00(Last entry at 20:30)
- Close days
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Thursdays
(open on public holidays) - Charge
- Adults: ¥ 500 / Elementary school students and under: ¥ 250
- Baths
- Gender-separated indoor bath
The hot spring data
(According to hot spring analysis report etc.)
(Jul. 18, 2003)
- Spring quality
- Sodium / Calcium - Chloride spring (Hypotonic Weak alkaline High temperature spring)
- Temperature
- 57.3 ℃ (135.1 ℉)
- pH value
- 8.0
- Total ingredients
- 1.073 g / kg
- Perception
- Colorless and transparent
Today's Detour
Statue of Komako
(at Echigo-yuzawa Station West exit)
A statue of Komako at the West exit of Echigo-yuzawa Station. In front of that, young travelers passed by saying, "Who is Komako?" Certainly, it's a kind of lethargic object. But, thinking of that such a thing is displayed at the station, Komako is probably a famous person in Yuzawa.
- The descriptions on this page contain personal opinions and are not necessarily objective facts.
- The information may have changed at present. In particular, the charge and price etc. has often not updated from the time of travel, so check the latest information on the official website.