Miyagi · Sakunami Onsen, Sendai
Ōedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Sendai Sakunami (day use)
大江戸温泉物語 Premium 仙台作並（日帰り入浴）
A large hot-spring hotel in Sakunami Onsen on the upper Hirose River, 40 minutes by car from Sendai Station, taking walk-in day bathers in two sessions: 7:00–10:00 and 15:00–24:00 (last entry 22:00). ¥900 weekdays, ¥1,200 weekends and holidays (¥1,400 on peak dates, taxes included); towels rent for ¥330. There is an open-air bath over the mountain stream and a spacious indoor hall. Add the dinner buffet with bathing (17:00–21:30, from ¥4,200 weekdays, reservation required) for a half-day dinner-and-onsen plan. Shuttle from Sakunami Station on the Senzan Line (confirm ahead). Many combine it with a tour of the Nikka Whisky Miyagikyō distillery.
- Price (adult)
- ¥900
- Hours
- 7:00–10:00 and 15:00–24:00 (last entry 22:00)
- Closed
- Open daily (maintenance closures; entry limited when busy)
- Access
- About 5 min by hotel shuttle from JR Sakunami Station (Senzan Line, confirm); or about 70 min by Sendai city bus from Sendai Station; 40 min by car from Sendai-Miyagi IC
- Water type
- Simple spring
- Tattoos
- Ask ahead
- Admission
- Day bathing adults ¥900 weekdays, ¥1,200 weekends and holidays, ¥1,400 peak days; elementary children and infants ¥600 (¥700 peak); under 3 free (bath tax included). Towel set rental ¥330. No booking needed. Dinner buffet with bathing (17:00–21:30) from ¥4,200 weekdays, reservation required. Tattoos admitted only if fully covered with the hotel's paid cover stickers. Entry limited when crowded
- Baths
- A large resort hotel on the Hirose river (formerly 'Nihon no Yado Koyu', rebranded as Oedo Onsen Monogatari Premium in 2022). Its signature is the 'natural rock bath', little changed since the spring was opened: four pools, each fed by a different self-flowing, free-running source (mixed bathing with bathing wear permitted; women-only 5:30–7:00 and 19:30–21:00). On basement level 1 are gender-separated main baths with indoor pools and saunas, plus the glass-walled women-only rotenburo 'Koge-no-yu'. Men may find the outdoor bath unavailable in the evening because of the rotation. Little rest space for day visitors. Parking is opposite the hotel
- Spring water
- Sakunami's own sources run free-flowing into each of the four rock pools (a different source and temperature in each). A hypotonic, mildly alkaline simple spring — colourless, odourless and non-irritating, comfortable for children and the elderly, with the silky feel that earned Sakunami its nickname 'the beauty-making water'. The pools sit where the springs welled up on the riverbank at the 1796 opening, preserving 'the look of the original bath'. Indicated for neuralgia, joint pain, poor circulation, fatigue and convalescence
- Access & parking
- Free parking (opposite the hotel). About 20 min on foot or 5 min by taxi from Sakunami Station on the JR Senzan Line (shuttle for overnight guests). About 40 min from Sendai Station on the Senzan Line, or about 1 h 10 min by bus for Sakunami Onsen from Sendai Station's west exit. By car about 30 min from Sendai-Miyagi IC on the Tohoku Expressway via Route 48. Nikka Whisky's Miyagikyo distillery is 5 min away by car; Yamadera 25 min on the Senzan Line
- Phone
- 0570-041267
- Official site
- ooedoonsen.jp ↗
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Why go
- Morning and evening sessions until 24:00
- ¥900 weekdays; streamside open-air bath
- Pair with Nikka Miyagikyō distillery
The 1796 'natural rock bath' open till midnight, ¥900 on weekdays
Oedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Sendai Sakunami is a large resort hotel on the Hirose river at Sakunami Onsen, Sendai's 'back parlour', rebranded in 2022 from the former 'Nihon no Yado Koyu'. Its chief boast is the 'natural rock bath' that still occupies the riverbank spot where the springs welled up at the resort's founding in 1796: four pools, each fed free-flowing by a different self-rising source at a different temperature, inviting comparison. Day bathing runs long hours — 7:00–10:00 and 15:00 to midnight (last entry 22:00) — and at ¥900 on weekdays it is a favourite evening escape from central Sendai.
Rock bath, main baths and a women-only rotenburo — mind the rotation
There are three bathing areas. The riverside natural rock bath is mixed, but bathing wear is allowed and 5:30–7:00 and 19:30–21:00 are women-only, so women can enjoy it comfortably. The gender-separated main baths on basement level 1 are a calm, upmarket space in black stone with indoor pools and saunas, and there is a separate women-only rotenburo, 'Koge-no-yu', looking through glass onto the gorge. Baths rotate between the sexes by time and day, and men may find no outdoor bath available in the evening — if the rotenburo matters, check the day's allocation at the desk. The water is a gentle, colourless, odourless simple spring, silky in the 'beauty-making' Sakunami way and pleasantly warm for a long soak. As a hotel it offers little rest space for day visitors; shampoo is provided and towels rent for ¥330. Tattoos must be fully covered with the hotel's cover stickers.
Prices, hours and enjoying Sakunami
Day bathing is 7:00–10:00 and 15:00–24:00 (last entry 22:00); adults pay ¥900 on weekdays, ¥1,200 on weekends and holidays and ¥1,400 on peak days (Golden Week, Obon, New Year and other dates listed on the official site), children ¥600 (¥700 peak), bath tax included, no booking required. The bathing-plus-dinner-buffet plan (from ¥4,200 weekdays) must be reserved in advance and is popular with Sendai residents who drive out for an evening of buffet and baths. From Sendai Station it is 40 minutes on the Senzan Line to Sakunami then a 20-minute walk, or 30 minutes by car from Sendai-Miyagi IC; park opposite the hotel. For a day out, pair it with a tour of Nikka Whisky's Miyagikyo distillery 5 minutes away or the temple of Yamadera (Risshakuji), 25 minutes on by train; Sakunami also keeps kokeshi-doll workshops and Meiji-era inns along its street. In winter the snowbound rock bath is especially atmospheric.
Before you go
- No official tattoo policy is published — ask at reception.
- Ryokan day-use hours are limited and may be suspended in peak season — phone the same morning.
- Last entry is 30–60 minutes before closing.
Features
Mood & scenery
Amenities
✔ Verified operating: 2026-09 Operating status and rates cross-checked against the official site and onsen guides (full source notes in Japanese on the JA page)
Prices and hours change. Check official sources before visiting.
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