Jozankei View Hotel Yusuikyo

Hot spring plus a 4,000 m² indoor water park: Jozankei’s best for families

Jozankei View Hotel, with 647 rooms, is the resort’s largest, run under the Granbell Hotels & Resorts brand since a 2021 refurbishment. Day use hinges on two things: the big basement bath “Yusuikyo” with its riverside rotenburo and two saunas, and “Lagoon”, one of Hokkaido’s largest all-weather indoor water parks at 4,000 m² — lazy river, wave pool and kids’ pool, usable in swimwear even in mid-winter snow. Play first, then warm up in the onsen: for families with children nothing else in Jozankei compares. On weekdays the bath alone costs ¥1,000, but on weekends and in summer holidays only the pool package (¥2,500) is sold and only in the morning, so the experience differs sharply by day of the week.

Tips & cautions

- Check the day: weekdays admit from 14:00 (same as guests); weekends and 21 Jul–20 Aug 10:00–15:00 (last entry 14:00) with no bath-only ticket.

- Bring swimwear and a cap for the pool (rentals available). Weekdays open only the lazy river, the “Palettepia” ship and kids’ pool.

- The 16th-floor “Seiten” bath is guests-only at certain times — day visitors mainly use the basement bath.

- The free rest area is the banquet hall — spacious, with cushions.

- Tattoos are not permitted under house rules.

- A huge hotel: very crowded when tour groups stay. Refurbished, though parts of the pool are ageing.

Getting there

Jotetsu bus ~60 min from Sapporo Station (bound for Jozankei Shako-mae) to “Jozankei Onsen Higashi 2-chome”, right outside (Minami-ku, Jozankei Onsen Higashi 2-chome). Free guest shuttle from Sapporo Station north exit (booking required). By car ~1 h via Route 230. Free parking.