Samurai AKITA - Tazawako Kakunodate TRAVEL GUIDE

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The taste of a secret hot spring created by over 350 years of history since its opening

Tsurunoyu Onsen

鶴の湯温泉

Tsurunoyu Onsen is one of the eight inns in Nyuto-Onsenkyo Onsenkyo at the foot of Mt.nyuto (1478m), and is the oldest hot spring inn in the area.
It is said that in the 15th year of the Kan'ei era (1638), the second lord of the Akita domain, Yoshitaka Satake, and in the 1st year of the Kanbun era (1661), the lord of the Kameda domain, Genba Iwaki, visited Tsuru no Yu for a hot spring bath. Records of the hotel serving general guests as a hot spring inn date back to the Genroku period (1688-1704).

It is said that the name Tsuru-no-Yu came from a local hunter named Kansuke, who found a crane that had been injured while hunting and was able to heal its wounds in the hot water, and that is how the name Tsuru-no-Yu remained.

Spring quality: Baking soda/salt hydrogen sulfide spring
Efficacy: Hypertension, arteriosclerosis, peripheral circulation disorder, rheumatism, diabetes, chilblains, eczema, etc.
There are also white hot springs, black hot springs, and waterfall hot springs, all of which have different spring qualities.

Detailed Information

Street address
50 Sentatsuzawa National Forest, Tazawako , Semboku City, Akita Prefecture 014-1204
Street address(Japanese)
〒014-1204 秋田県仙北市田沢湖田沢字先達沢国有林50
Telephone Number
0187-46-2139
Price range

From 10,600 yen

Credit card and electronic payment
Only Visa and Mastercard can be used.
Home Page
http://www.tsurunoyu.com/
Getting Around
[Shinkansen Komachi]

Take the Akita Shinkansen Komachi and get off at JR Tazawako station. There is a regular bus stop (bound for Nyuto Nyuto Onsen) in front of the station.
When you arrive at Tazawako station, please call us and let us know what time you will be taking the bus. Our hotel's shuttle will pick you up at Arupa Komakusa bus stop.
The Nyuto Line bus runs once every hour.

Pick-up and drop-off is only available between Tsurunoyu Onsen, Yamanoyado, and Arupa Komakusa bus stop.

【By Airplane】

Akita Airport and Hanamaki Airport are the closest airports. It takes 120 minutes by 90km drive from Akita Airport. The limousine bus from Akita Airport to Akita Station takes 40 minutes. The Shinkansen from Akita Station to Tazawako station takes 60 minutes. The Airport Liner , a reservation-based shared taxi that runs directly from Akita Airport to Nyuto, is convenient. To Hanamaki Airport: Hanamaki - Morioka - Tazawako

[By car]

From Tokyo/Sendai area

From the Morioka Interchange, take National Route 46 toward Akita, enter Tazawako Town, turn right onto National Route 341 , and turn right at the Sentatsuzawa intersection (there is an ENEOS gas station). Turn left after climbing the prefectural road for about 13 km, and you will see a wooden sign for Tsuru no Yu. Turn left and follow Tsuru-no-Yu Forest Road for 3 km, passing through Bekdateyama Inn on the way to Tsurunoyu Onsen.

From Akita City/Akita Airport

From Akita City, take National Route 13 to National Route 46 , enter Tazawako, then turn left onto National Route 341 , turn right at Sentatsuzawa intersection, and walk 13km to the Tsurunoyu Onsen entrance.

    Street address50 Sentatsuzawa National Forest, Tazawako , Semboku City, Akita Prefecture 014-1204
    Street address(Japanese)〒014-1204 秋田県仙北市田沢湖田沢字先達沢国有林50
    TEL0187-46-2139
    Price range

    From 10,600 yen

    Credit card and electronic paymentOnly Visa and Mastercard can be used.
    Home Pagehttp://www.tsurunoyu.com/
    Getting Around
    [Shinkansen Komachi]

    Take the Akita Shinkansen Komachi and get off at JR Tazawako station. There is a regular bus stop (bound for Nyuto Nyuto Onsen) in front of the station.
    When you arrive at Tazawako station, please call us and let us know what time you will be taking the bus. Our hotel's shuttle will pick you up at Arupa Komakusa bus stop.
    The Nyuto Line bus runs once every hour.

    Pick-up and drop-off is only available between Tsurunoyu Onsen, Yamanoyado, and Arupa Komakusa bus stop.

    【By Airplane】

    Akita Airport and Hanamaki Airport are the closest airports. It takes 120 minutes by 90km drive from Akita Airport. The limousine bus from Akita Airport to Akita Station takes 40 minutes. The Shinkansen from Akita Station to Tazawako station takes 60 minutes. The Airport Liner , a reservation-based shared taxi that runs directly from Akita Airport to Nyuto, is convenient. To Hanamaki Airport: Hanamaki - Morioka - Tazawako

    [By car]

    From Tokyo/Sendai area

    From the Morioka Interchange, take National Route 46 toward Akita, enter Tazawako Town, turn right onto National Route 341 , and turn right at the Sentatsuzawa intersection (there is an ENEOS gas station). Turn left after climbing the prefectural road for about 13 km, and you will see a wooden sign for Tsuru no Yu. Turn left and follow Tsuru-no-Yu Forest Road for 3 km, passing through Bekdateyama Inn on the way to Tsurunoyu Onsen.

    From Akita City/Akita Airport

    From Akita City, take National Route 13 to National Route 46 , enter Tazawako, then turn left onto National Route 341 , turn right at Sentatsuzawa intersection, and walk 13km to the Tsurunoyu Onsen entrance.