Hotel Ichii – Kusatsu Onsen Ryokan
Hotel Ichii, ホテル一井
This ryokan has been run for more than 300 years since the Edo period. Located right in front of the landmark of Kusatsu Onsen - Yubatake, the ryokan features both the large communal baths and open-air baths filled with onsen from the springhead. You can choose either the traditional Kaiseki cuisine or modern buffet as the dinner.
Onsen is this ryokan:
Onsen nature: Acidic with sulfur, pH 1.7-2.06
2 public baths available (indoor and open-air).
Private family baths unavailable.
Rooms with Onsen Bath
Open-air onsen bath:
Unavailable
Indoor onsen bath:
Unavailable
Private-use Onsen Baths
Unavailable
Average Price per Room
-Half Board-
20000Yen+
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Type of Onsen:
The onsen water’s special feature is the strong acidity with pH 2.1. Basically, it contains sulfur, aluminum sulfate and chloride. The secret to its renowned therapeutic effect is its antibacterial power because of the strong acidity. Experiments has shown that E-coli bacteria cannot survive in Kusatsu onsen water for more than 1 minute, and almost all other bacteria and fungi cannot proliferate and soon die. Kusatsu Onsen is said to be good for reliving neuralgia, muscular and arthritic pain, skin ailments, chronic fatigue, chronic women's diseases, diabetes, high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries. That's why Kusatsu Onsen is proud of its reputation of 'curing any illness only except lovesickness'.
Things to Do:
Yubatake - the symbol of Kusatsu Onsen
Located in the center of the town, Yubatake (means 'hot water field' ) is the source of onsen that gush out 4,000 L of hot onsen water per minute among clouds of rising steam. Yubatake is surrounded by a promenade made of ceramic roof tiles and a bench in the shape of Mt. Shirane (a nearby volcano). You can stroll after taking a bath and relax while enjoying the exotic atmosphere of this unique resort.
Netsu-no-Yu Bathhouse
At this traditional bathhouse, you can see demonstrations of Yumomi which is a traditional dancing-and-singing method of cooling down the hot onsen water to bathing temperature without adding any water in it. Traditional 'Rakugo', a comic storytelling performance is given here in the evening.
Besides, you can stroll along the lively Sai-no-Kawara Street to Sai-no-Kawara Park where there is a flowing onsen river amongst large clouds of steam. Next to Kusatsu Onsen Town, you can go to visit the 2160-meter active volcano Mt. Shirane and its crater lake - Lake Yugama.
Transportation
To Hotel
5 minutes on foot from Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal
***Hotel provides shuttle <-> Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal, please call the hotel upon arrival 'Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal . (TEL 0279-88-0011).
To Kusatsu Onsen Town :
Tokyo
- JR from Ueno Station to Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station (150mins), then bus to Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal (30mins)
- JR from Tokyo Station to Kaurizawa Station (60mins), then bus to Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal (80mins)
- direct bus from Shinjuku Station to Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal (120mins)
Address: 411 Kusatsu-machi, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma
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