Tamagawa-onsen
1038-1, Tamagawa, Kai City, Yamanashi Pref.
Flood!? The water pipe is broken!? Torrent that make you think so. In back it is a golden-colored bathtub that has onsen flowing from the source.
The hot water flowing from the source is been pouring in full flood. The overflowing water is flowing the bathing room floor like a river.
Hot spring is a moor spring that is common in Kofu Basin. Hot water with bubbles and fresh iron smell gives a smooth feeling and a refreshing after bath feeling.
Perhaps because it is located in a slightly confusing place outside the city, it is relatively empty and you can enjoy the hot water as much as you want.
Location
Area / Railway
Ko-shin-etsu Region
Yamanashi Pref.
JR Minobu Line
Click on a station/bus stop to see detailed information.
Bus timetable etc.
- Kai City Bus route map [PDF]
- Kai City Bus timetable [PDF]
- Kofu Sta. South exit Bus Terminal No.3 [PDF]
- Showa Town Office Entrance Bus Stop timetable [PDF]
- Aeon Mall Kofu ShowaBus Stop timetable [PDF]
- Aeon Mall Kofu ShowaShuttle Bus timetable [html]
- Expressway BusKofu Ryuo Line[PDF]
- Expressway BusMinobu Line[PDF]
- Kofu City Bicycle rental [html]
Route from Tokyo (Shinjuku)
- Shinjuku Sta. Keio: 1 hr Keio Line ¥ 370
- Takao Sta.JR: 2 hrs 10 min Chuo Line - Minobu Line ¥ 1,690
- Joei Sta.Walk: 25 min 1.9 km (1.2 mi) Difference in elevation: 10 m (33 ft)
- Tamagawa-onsen
Route from Tokyo (Shinjuku)
- Shinjuku Sta.JR: 2 hrs 40 min Chuo Line ¥ 2,310
- Ryuo Sta. (South exit) ※Kai City Bus: 14 min Bound for University of Yamanashi Hospital ¥ 200
- Tamagawa Danchi Nishi Bus StopWalk: 4 min 0.3 km (0.2 mi)
- Tamagawa-onsen
Route from Tokyo (Shinjuku)
- Shinjuku Sta.JR: 2 hrs 35 min Chuo Line ¥ 2,310
- Kofu Sta. (South exit)
※Yamanashi Kotsu Bus: 19 min
Bound for University of
Yamanashi Hospital (Route No.58) ¥ 390 - Showa Town Office Entrance Bus Stop Walk: 12 min1 km (0.6 mi)
- Tamagawa-onsen
Route from Tokyo (Shinjuku)
- Shinjuku Sta. JR express: 1 hr 40 min Kaiji etc. Reserved seat※¥ 3,890
- Kofu Sta. (South exit) ※Aeon Mall Kofu Showa Shuttle Bus: 30 min ¥ 210
- Aeon Mall Kofu ShowaWalk: 20 min 1.6 km (1 mi)
- Tamagawa-onsen
Route from Tokyo (Shinjuku)
- Shinjuku Sta. (New South Gate)Walk: 2 min
- Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal
(4th floor) ※Expressway bus: 2 hrs 10 min Kofu Ryuo Line ¥ 2,200 - Kofu Sta. (South exit)Walk: 3 min
- Business Ryokan Suehiro
※Bicycle rental: 40 min
(electric assisted) ¥ 1,000
6.2 km (3.9 mi) - Tamagawa-onsen
Route from Tokyo (Shinjuku)
- Shinjuku Sta. (New South Gate)Walk: 2 min
- Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal
(4th floor) ※Expressway bus: 2 hrs 10 min Minobu Line ¥ 2,200 - Nishi-Yahata Bus StopWalk: 22 min 1.7 km (1.1 mi)
- Tamagawa-onsen
Routes from Tokyo
- Shinjuku
- Keio
- Takao
- JR
- Joei
- Walk
3 hrs 35 min ¥ 2,060
- Shinjuku
- JR
- Ryuo
- Bus
2 hrs 58 min ¥ 2,510
- Shinjuku
- JR
- Kofu
- Bus
- Showa Town Office Entrance
- Walk
3 hrs 06 min ¥ 2,700
- Shinjuku
- JR express
- Kofu
- Bus
- Aeon Mall Kofu Showa
- Walk
2 hrs 30 min ¥ 4,100
- Shinjuku
- Expressway bus
- Kofu
- Bicycle rental
2 hrs 55 min ¥ 3,200
- Shinjuku
- Expressway bus
- Nishi-Yahata
- Walk
2 hrs 34 min ¥ 2,200
- The price of JR Express is "Base fare" plus "Express charge". (These are determined according to the distance.) In case of JR Express on Chuo Line, "Express charge" has two types: "Reserved seat" and "Undecided seat". Both have the same charge, which do not change depending on the season. However, the price will vary depending on where you buy. (Internet < Station < Inside the car). If you have an "Undecided seat" ticket, you can sit in any vacant seat, but you have no priority. So, if someone comes who has a "Reserved seat" ticket for the seat you are sitting, you have to give up the seat to him / her.
- On the JR Minobu Line, you cannot use the IC card tickets such as Suica, PASMO and so on.
- Kai City Bus from Ryuo Station to Tamagawa Danchi Nishi Bus Stop is "Yamanashi Kotsu Shikishima Office - JR Ryuo Station South Exit - University of Yamanashi Hospital Line" and runs from Monday to Friday.
- Kofu City Bicycle Rental is operated in cooperation with Kofu City and the Kofu Hotel Ryokan Cooperative. You can rent an electric assisted bicycle at some hotels around Kofu Station. From 9:00 to 18:00 (from November to March until 17:00), ¥1,000, ID card required, return to borrowed place. Inquiry: Kofu City Sightseeing Department 055-237-5702
- 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 Tamagawa-onsen
(Directions from Joei Sta.)
- Go straight out of the station (go north)
- Turn right when you come to the prefectural road, then immediately turn left at the "Yamanashi University Hospital Entrance" intersection
- Go straight at the "Tsukijiarai" intersection
- At the traffic intersection on the left curve, enter the right path immediately after the intersection (path beside Takeuchi Housing)
- Turn right at the Y-junction
: bus stop
Click the map to open Google Map
Informations about Hot spring travel
- JR East (Japan Railway)Web Site
- JAPAN RAIL PASS info(JR GROUP)
- Route Search (Japan Transit Planner)
- Japan Route Finder & Calculater (NAVITIME)
- Train Timetable Search(EKITAN)
- Kai City Bus route bus info
- Yamanashi Kotsu route bus info
- Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal
- Expressway bus Search (Bus Hikaku-Navi)
- Taxi Tel numberKai City(Mapion)
- Rent-a-carReservation(TABIRAI)
- Kofu Tourism Association "Visit Kofu"
- Hotel / Ryokan Kofu City(Rakuten Travel)
- Hotel / Ryokan Yamanashi Pref.(Jalan)
- Hotel / Ryokan Yamanashi Pref.(Yuko Yuko)
- Weather forecast Kaioverview
- Weather forecast Kaihourly
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.
Nishi-san and Kita-san have come to visit the hot springs in Kai City, next to Kofu City. First they head to "Tamagawa-onsen".
Signboard
It's in a rice field.
I don't feel like there is a hot spring ... Oh, signboard there.
It says flowing like a waterfall.
Gee, waterfall ... Oh, it looks like we've arrived.
Exterior
They've arrived at Tamagawa-onsen. Kita-san takes off his clothes at the undressing room and tries to enter the bathing room first. When he open the bathing room door, ...
What's this!!!
Are you MATSUDA Yusaku?
Come here and see!
What's this!!!
Bathing room
Hot water overflowing from the bathtub flows all over the floor of the bathing room, just like a river.
What a hell! It's rushing!
That's a lot of water. It's exciting, or wasteful?
It was not too exaggerated to say that like a waterfall ...
Large bathtub (flowing from the source)
Nishi-san and Kita-san walk carefully so as not to get caught in the flow of hot water and head toward the larger bathtub. The time is just when sunlight comes in from the window.
Oh, it's a beautiful bathtub ...
Is it because of the light? The water glows golden, you know.
♨ See "Bark at the Sun!"
It's because of the light, but it looks like the water itself is a little brownish.
The temperature is ... yes, it's just right.
I guess the hot water also smells of sulfur ... and irony. This is nice ...
Hot water spout
Hey, it has fine bubbles, isn't it? Around the spout ...
Oh, true! Boy, the level is high.
What's this small tub? Something whitish, like a carbonated bath.
Small bathtub (whirlpool)
The smaller bathtub is actually not a carbonated bath, a whirlpool. But it is a hot water that contains considerable air bubbles due to the power of the stream.
But this huge flowing is really amazing. Without any customers, it's so luxurious in the situation like a reserved ...
Speaking of greed, I wish it had a good view of an open-air bath.
Because there is no open-air bath, there may not be many customers.
The light of the afternoon shining through the window was sparkling the hot water of the bathtub and the rising steam. (→ Continue to Yamaguchi-onsen)
(May 2015)
Impression & rating
The hot water is fresh with a large amount of water flowing from the source. And the hot water itself has a strong presence. Great hot spring.
3.5 pt
Impression & rating
There is a feeling of of blockage just by the indoor bath, but the hot water flowing down the bathing room floor has a considerable impact.
1.5 pt
The Onsen facility
- Address
- 1038-1, Tamagawa, Kai City, Yamanashi Pref.
- Phone
-
domestic: 055-276-5151
international: +81-55-276-5151 - Website
- None
- Bathing hours
-
10:00 - 21:00
(Last entry at 20:40) - Close days
- Mondays
- Charge
- Adults: ¥ 500 / Elementary school students: ¥ 300 / 3 years old and over: ¥ 200
- Baths
- Gender-separated indoor bath
- Equipments
- No shampoo etc.
The hot spring data
(According to hot spring analysis report etc.)
(Nov. 6, 2002)
- Spring quality
- Sodium - Chloride / Hydrogen carbonate spring (Hypotonic Weak alkaline Hot spring
- Gushing place
-
961, Tamagawa, Ryuo Town, Nakakoma District, Yamanashi Pref.
As a result of the merger in 2004, Ryuo Town in Nakakoma District has become Kai City.
- Temperature
-
41.5 ℃ (106.7 ℉)
[air temperature: 18.8 ℃ (65.8 ℉)] - Water volume
- 244 L / min (Drilling and Pumping)
- pH value
- 7.7
- Total ingredients
- 1.230 g / kg
- Perception
- Colorless, clear, salty, odorless
Today's Ekiben
Koshu charcoal grilled chicken rice bowl
An Ekiben that containes the chicken charcoal grills, and Torimotsu (simmered chicken internal organs). Torimotsu, which has become famous in the B1 Grand Prix, is a specialty of Yamanashi. The feature is the container has a heating function. When you pull the string, it becomes hot in 5 or 6 minutes with hot steam. After all, a warm food is delicious. (¥ 1,050) (→ Marumasa website )
- 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.