Hotel Futaba

Hotel Futaba (Mizu ga Orinasu Echigo no Yado) is a Japanese-style ryokan located on a hill in Yuzawa Onsen. It has extensive hot spring facilities, including the “Futaba no Yu” with three zones—Sora no Yu, Yama no Yu, and Sato no Yu—together known as “28 baths,” plus open-air baths and saunas, letting you fully enjoy Yuzawa Onsen. There are also 29 rooms with open-air baths, allowing you to enjoy hot springs without leaving your room. Futaba’s commitment extends beyond baths to meals: the chef carefully selects fresh fish from the Sea of Japan, whose flesh is firm from rough seas—so you can taste the difference in one bite. Yuzawa’s snowmelt-fed rice, sake, and vegetables are also a local culinary pleasure. Inside the ryokan are adult-friendly spaces such as a bar lounge and karaoke salon, likely deepening bonds with family or friends. Access: there is a shuttle from Echigo-Yuzawa Station taking about 2 minutes; by car, about 5 minutes from Kan-etsu Expressway Yuzawa I.C.