Shirabu Onsen in Fall

I made a second visit to Shirabu Onsen (= hot spring) – the accessible retreat from Yonezawa City, Yamagata – with my friend and we dropped in at an old-style inn to enjoy onsen. Their bathing room was very traditional and comfortable.  Unfortunately I wasn’t able to take pictures of the room, because it wasn’t bright enough to take the inside.

The inn, called Nishi-ya, is very popular among tourists because of their old-style appearance.  They open their onsen house to drop-in customers during the daytime. So you don’t have to stay there if you’d like to have only a relaxing bathing time. That’s what we did this time.

The area will be covered with tons of snow probably in two months and driving up there would be hard in the winter.  But I still recommend you to visit Shirabu Onsen in the winter, because it shows you another beautiful scenery.

FYI:

• About Shirabu Onsen:http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/yamagata/sirabu.html
• Shirabu Onsen Website (Japanese): http://www.shirabu.jp

On the way to Shirabu Onsen

On the way to Shirabu Onsen

On the way to Shirabu Onsen

On the way to Shirabu Onsen

On the way to Shirabu Onsen

On the way to Shirabu Onsen

On the way to Shirabu Onsen

On the way to Shirabu Onsen

   

Waterfall @ Shirabu Onsen

Nishi-ya
FYI: http://www.nishiya-shirabu.jp

Inside Nishi-ya

Onsen house of Nishi-ya

 

Onsen house of Nishi-ya

In front of Nishi-ya

      

also see; <The Joy of Onsen (= hot spring) > http://funtravelinjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/09/the-joy-of-onsen-hot-spring-of-yonezawa.html