Yamamiya-onsen
2532-1, Yamamiya-cho, Kofu City, Yamanashi Pref.
The bathtub is filled and overflowing with hot water flowing from the source. Gentle and not too hot water makes you want to soak for a long time.
The water is a little warm and gentle. You can enjoy unheated, hot water flowing from the source. There is a large amount of water, they also uses the hot spring water for the faucets and showers.
The charge is reasonable, and it has a sauna, so it's good value for money. It has been renovated and is now clean and much nicer. Apparently it is becoming more and more popular with local residents.
It is located near Yumura Onsen, along the road to Shosenkyo Gorge. We recommend stopping by during your sightseeing trip around Kofu.
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Only the bathing room at the back has an open-air bath. (The bathing rooms alternate daily between men and women.)
Location
Area / Railway
Ko-shin-etsu Region
Yamanashi Pref.
JR Chuo Line
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Route from Tokyo (Shinjuku)
- Shinjuku Sta. Keio: 1 hr Keio Line ¥410
- Takao Sta.JR: 1 hr 50 min Chuo Line ¥1,520
- Ryuo Sta.Walk: 42 min 3.3 km (2.1 mi) Difference in elevation: 44 m (144 ft)
- Yamamiya-onsen
Route from Tokyo (Shinjuku)
- Shinjuku Sta.JR: 2 hrs 50 min Chuo Line ¥2,310
- Ryuo Sta. (South gate) ※Kai City Bus: 24 min Shikishima Hokubu Line ¥200
- Shikishima Kinzoku Bus StopWalk: 9 min 0.7 km (0.4 mi)
- Yamamiya-onsen
Route from Tokyo (Shinjuku)
- Shinjuku Sta.JR: 2 hrs 35 min Chuo Line ¥2,310
- Kofu Sta. (South gate)
Bus Terminal No.4 Yamanashi Kotsu Bus: 19 min for Shosenkyo ¥390 - Hokusei Chugakko Bus StopWalk: 2 min 0.2 km (0.1 mi)
- Yamamiya-onsen
Route from Tokyo (Shinjuku)
- Shinjuku Sta. JR express: 1 hr 40 min Kaiji etc. Reserved seat※¥3,890
- Kofu Sta. (South gate)
Bus Terminal No.4 Yamanashi Kotsu Bus: 18 min Yamamiya Junkan ¥390 - Yamamiya Kamicho Bus StopWalk: 6 min 0.5 km (0.3 mi)
- Yamamiya-onsen
Route from Tokyo (Shinjuku)
- Shinjuku Sta. (New South Gate)Walk: 2 min
- Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal
(4th floor) Expressway bus: 2 hrs 04 min Kofu Ryuo Line ¥2,200 - Kofu Sta. (North gate)Walk: 2 min 0.2 km (0.1 mi)
- Hotel "New Station"※Bicycle rental: 25 min 5.2 km ( 3.2 mi) ¥1,000
- Yamamiya-onsen
Routes from Tokyo
- Shinjuku
- Keio
- Takao
- JR
- Ryuo
- Walk
3 hrs 32 min ¥1,930
- Shinjuku
- JR
- Ryuo
- Bus
- Shikishima Kinzoku
- Walk
3 hrs 23 min ¥2,510
- Shinjuku
- JR
- Kofu
- Bus
2 hrs 56 min ¥2,700
- Shinjuku
- JR express
- Kofu
- Bus
- Yamamiya Kamicho
- Walk
2 hr 04 min ¥4,280
- Shinjuku
- Expressway bus
- Kofu
- Bicycle rental
2 hrs 33 min ¥3,200
- 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.
- Kai City Bus Shikishima Hokubu Line, which goes from Ryuo Station to Shikishima Kinzoku Bus Stop, only operates on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
- 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 Yamamiya-onsen
(From Ryuo Sta.)
- Go out the station north gate rotary and turn right (go to east) at the traffic light intersection
- Turn left at the T-junction (immediately afterwards you will pass under the expressway). Then go straight for about 2.3 km (1.4 mi)
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- Go past the "Wade-cho" traffic light intersection and turn right at the next intersection. (You will see the blue signboard for Yamamiya-onsen.)
- Cross the bridge and turn left at the T-junction
- In front of the junior high school gate, go diagonally forward to the right
- Turn left at the "Hokusei Jr. High School Ent." traffic light intersection
: bus stop
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Informations about Hot spring travel
- JR East (Japan Railway)Web Site
- JAPAN RAIL PASS info(JR GROUP)
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- Train Timetable Search(EKITAN)
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- Kai City Bus route bus info
- Yamanashi Kotsu route bus info
- Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal
- Expressway bus Search (Bus Hikaku-Navi)
- Taxi Tel numberKofu 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 Kofu City(WN)
- Weather forecast Kofu City(tenki.jp)
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 are in Kofu today. Their destination is Yumura Onsen, a historic hot spring town. But, it seems that Nishi-san wants to stop by another hot spring before heading to Yumura Onsen...
Yamamiya-onsen? I've never heard of it... Is it close to Yumura Onsen?
It's pretty close. From what I've seen online it looks good.
Huh, OK. Anyway, does it have an open-air bath?
Sometimes.
What does that mean?
The men's and women's baths are switched daily, and only one of them has an open-air bath. In short, the probability is 50/50.
I see. Well, since my actions are good everyday, today the men's bath probably has the open-air bath.
No, no, no, based on your actions everyday, there will be no open-air Oh, we've just arrived at Yamamiya-onsen!
♨
Signboard for Yamamiya-onsen on the way from JR Ryuo Station (near the Shikishima Kinzoku Bus Stop)
exterior
Anyway they arrived.
It looks like it's still new.
undressing room
Exactly. But it doesn't feel like it's aimed at tourists, so I'm looking forward to it.
Well, anyway, that's nice it's new and clean. And, if the men's bath has an open-air bath, it'll be perfect.
I'm sure it's the one without.
What you say? There definitely is!
♨ Yamamiya-onsen was renovated in 2015.
Today, the men's bathing room is at the back.
bathtub
It's spacious and clean, you know. And it has even a sauna.
Two bathtubs. It says, this one is hot spring source. It's huge overflowing, isn't it?
If this is the hot spring source, what's the other one? …Ah, the temperature is a little high.
bathtub
Oh really. In short, it's heated and circulating, from the looks of it. It's not overflowing.
Ah, I see. Temperature-wise, the source one is just right, then.
The water is mild and nice. Hot springs in Kofu have really high quality.
Oh! There's an open-air bath!
open-air bath (pot bathtub)
Kita-san immediately goes into the open-air bath. Nishi-san goes to the washing area.
It's paradise ♫ It's because my actions are good everyday, you know.
washing area
Hey, the water from this faucet smells. It's not tap water. Could it be hot spring source?
It's paradise ♫
They uses source for faucets too, don't you think it's so luxurious, do you?
It's paradise ♫
…You don't listen to me...
After a relaxing soak in the hot springs, they had lunch. In the afternoon, Nishi-san and Kita-san headed to Yumura Onsen. (→ Continue to Yumura Onsen Tsue-onsen Koboyu)
(October 2023)
Impression & rating
This is a plain but capable hot spring. With reasonably charge, you can enjoy the hot spring water flowing from the source. It's easy to see why it's usually crowded with locals.
2.5 pt
Impression & rating
It's more than a downtown hot spring public bathhouse but less than a Japanese style Spa & Bath. The downside is that the probability of being able to enter the open-air bath is 50/50.
2.0 pt
The Onsen facility
- Address
- 2532-1, Yamamiya-cho, Kofu City, Yamanashi Pref.
- Phone
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domestic: 055-251-4263
international: +81-55-251-4263 - Website
- Yamamiya-onsen
- Bathing hours
- 10:00 - 22:00(Last entry at 21:15)
- Close days
- First Wednesday
- Charge
- Adults: ¥700 / Children: (ages 2 and up to elementary school age) ¥300 / Children under 2: Free of charge
- Baths
- Gender-separated indoor bath (with sauna and cold water bath), Open-air bath in the back bathing room (Bathing rooms alternate daily between men and women)
- Facilities
- There are lockers in the undressing room
The hot spring data
(According to hot spring analysis report etc.)
(Field examination date: Feb. 18, 2019)
- Spring quality
- Sodium - Chloride spring (Hypotonic Weak alkaline Hot spring
- Gushing place
- 2532-1, Yamamiya-cho, Kofu City, Yamanashi Pref.
- Temperature
-
37.6 ℃ (99.7 ℉)
[air temperature: 8.5 ℃ (47.3 ℉)] - Water volume
- 200 L / min (Pumping)
- pH value
- 7.7
- Total ingredients
- 1.453 g / kg
- Perception
- Colorless, clear, tasteless, odorless
Today's Ekiben
Beef rice on the farm
(Purchased at Kofu Station)
I thought the packaging had a retro design, and it turns out it's a reproduction of the ekiben that was sold 20 years ago (until around 2002). Compared to modern ekibens with lots of colorful side dishes mainly vegetables, it might give us a sense of the trend of the times that the entirely brown appearance. That aside, the sweet and spicy simmered beef with wasabi is delicious simply.
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Rice (grown in Japan), Simmered beef, Simmered dishes (Konjac, Shiitake mushroom, bamboo shoots, etc.), Pickles, Pickled ginger
(¥1,080)
(→ Marumasa website)
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- 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.