No. 72 · Niigata
Echigoyuzawa Onsen
Echigoyuzawa Onsen ranked No. 72 in the published 2025 Japan hot-spring destination list. Check bathing options, access and stay details before planning your visit.
Spring information
Water and bathing details for Echigoyuzawa Onsen
Facility-level figures; blank town-wide averages are not inferred.
Named facility records for Echigoyuzawa Onsen. Figures marked “Not published” are not treated as town-wide averages.
| Facility | Spring | Source data | Supply | Bath type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuzawa Onsen Yama-no-Yu | Simple sulfur spring; low-tonicity, alkaline and high-temperature. Source: Yuzawa Onsen's Yumoto spring system; a current individual intake name was not published. | Source temperature: Not published for an individual intake. pH: Not published. | The current outdoor-bath listing explicitly describes the bath as source-flowing. The primary pages do not fully publish water addition, heating, circulation and disinfection details. | Day-use bath. A small, source-flowing sulfur bath with shampoo available but no shower. It is about a 20-minute walk from Echigo-Yuzawa Station and closes on Tuesdays. |
| Shimoyuzawa Onsen Komako-no-Yu | Sodium-calcium chloride spring; low-tonicity, weakly alkaline and high-temperature. Source: An individual source name was not published on the current official pages. | Source temperature: Not published. pH: Not published. | Current first-party sources do not publish water addition, heating, circulation or disinfection by pool. The filter replacement in June 2026 does not by itself establish the full circulation method. | Day-use bath. A public bath that reopened after filter work in June 2026. Its current listings show normal summer-hours operation again; check for any new maintenance notice before travelling. |
| Tsuchitaru Onsen Iwa-no-Yu | Alkaline simple spring; low-tonicity and low-temperature. Source: An individual source name was not published on the current official pages. | Source temperature: Not published; the low-temperature classification is the only current source-side detail. pH: Not published. | Current primary pages do not publish water addition, heating, circulation or disinfection details by pool. The low-temperature classification is not used to infer a heating method. | Day-use bath. A stone-bath public onsen that works well after outdoor activities around Tsuchitaru and Daigenta. It is a cooler-classified spring, but the current sources do not specify how the individual baths are heated or treated. |
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What this onsen town offers
History
71/100Spring character
76/100Town culture
72/100Seasonal scenery
73/100Access
69/100Local history
How the town developed
Four seasons
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