To include an Iya Hotspring in this tour:
+Add 60 minutes of taxi-only time**
**Having a guide is not necessary if bath is taken at the end of the tour. If so, the fee would be for 60 min. extra taxi time only ( +¥4900 / 60 min Standard Taxi, +¥7500 / 60 min Jumbo Taxi)
- All hot-springs ( onsen ) have their own pricing, from about ¥1000 to ¥1900 per person, children discounted
For those not staying at a local hotel with its own hotspring ( onsen ) facilities, we can take you to enjoy one of Iya's several unique bathing experiences, where you can sooth away all that ails you.
The three main places we recommend would be:
- Iya Onsen , which has beautiful riverside baths that are accessed by their cablecar that goes down to the bottom of Iyakei Gorge (¥1900/person),
- Hotel Kazurabashi , which has panoramic outdoor baths as well as a lovely thatched roof tea house, all of which are access by a short cablecar ride up the hillside (¥1200/person),
- Hotel Hikyonoyu , which has outdoor baths as well as the largest and most elaborate indoor baths in the Iya Valley (¥1000/person).
Usually we would try to include the hotspring stop at the end of the tour, so your guide would finish when you arrive at the bath location. In such a case, you will be taken to your final destination by only the taxi driver.
To help with your planning and to know what to expect, please see our page about
Iya Valley Tours
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