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Things to Do in Yugawara Onsen

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Where Japanese travelers eat and stay in Yugawara Onsen, and what they tell visitors to skip, from their own comments, translated.

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Japanese visitors splitIs Yugawara Onsen Worth It? The Quiet One Near Hakone
Yes for the bath, no for the town: Japanese visitors sleep in Yugawara and play in Atami. The top comment (109 likes) sends you up to Oku-Yugawara.
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Oku-YugawaraYugawara, KanagawaThe strip of hot spring inns further up the mountain, and the single most-liked recommendation in the thread (109 likes), from a commenter who lives in Atami. Expensive inns, and a crowd that mostly stays inside them.Map Why it's here
Tsubaki (Kaiseki-ro Tsubaki)Miyakami, YugawaraThe inn commenters name when they describe Oku-Yugawara's high end: one calls it the representative of the wealthy-guest ryokan Yugawara was originally built around (2 likes), another simply remembers staying there.Map Why it's hereCheck rates and availability on Agoda
Kogome no YuMiyakami, YugawaraThe town's day-use bath, and where one commenter used to drive down alone from Tokyo when work wore him out. 1,100 yen for adults from 9:00 to 19:00, 600 yen after that, closed Mondays.Map Why it's here
Yugawara Soyu Books and Retreat (Manyo Park)Miyakami, YugawaraThe retreat a resident calls the good place at the end of the video, built on the site of the old Doppo no Yu foot baths. Closed since 14 October 2025 and reopening 18 September 2026; the entrance terrace with its cafe, coworking space and foot bath is free, the bathing terrace is 3,500 yen for three hours without a meal and needs a reservation.Map Why it's here
Iida ShotenToi, YugawaraThe ramen shop commenters say is now the most famous name in town. Reservation only: 11:00 to 15:00, closed Sunday to Tuesday, bookings open each Sunday at 16:00 for the following Wednesday to Saturday.Map Why it's here
Yutoro Sagasawa no YuYoshihama, YugawaraThe other day bath in the thread, on a rise away from the onsen quarter. One commenter used to alternate it with Kogome no Yu; another stops there for the sashimi set on the way home.Map Why it's here
Chibori Sweets Factory YugawaraToi, Yugawara, three minutes on foot from the stationA 17-like recommendation: a cookie buffet with a drink, quoted at 880 yen as of the comments. The maker's own shop runs it as a 60-minute all-you-can-eat with one drink, 10:00 to 17:00, and there is parking.Map Why it's here

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The loudest voice on Yugawara Onsen

“I'm from Atami. What I'd recommend in Yugawara is the strip of hot spring inns up the mountain that people call Oku-Yugawara. The atmosphere is pretty good, though it's lined with expensive inns and the main crowd may well be older people whose whole trip is staying inside the inn.”

地元が熱海の者です。湯河原でお勧めなのが、奥湯河原と云われる山のほうにある温泉宿街です。雰囲気は結構良いですが、高額な宿が立ち並びやはり宿内から出ない巣ごもり旅行を目的とした高齢者層がメインかもしれません。

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Where do these come from?: From the comment sections of Japanese YouTube videos — food crawls, hidden-gem tours, honest reviews. We quote real comments only, show the actual like counts at the time of collection, and link back to the source video.
How accurate are the translations?: Each quote keeps the original Japanese alongside the English. We adapt slang so it reads naturally, but we never change the meaning or invent comments.