Gatsugi Yurihana Onsen

What it is

• A hot spring area in Murakami City featuring sodium and calcium sulfate water.
• The Katsugi Yurihana Kaikan facility provides day-use bathing for visitors.
• The Hachiman lodging facility opened in 2001 inside a former junior high school.
• The local Sanpoku Tokushukai Hospital utilizes the natural hot spring water.

What to see

• The facility faces the Sea of Japan and the Sasagawa Nagare coastline.
• Hot spring water naturally heated to 54.5 degrees Celsius.
• A renovated school building repurposed into the Hachiman lodging facility.

Getting there

• The site is a five-minute walk from Katsugi Station.
• It is a 20-minute drive from the Atsumi Onsen Interchange.
• It is a 30-minute drive from the Asahi Mahoroba Interchange.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.