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Shibu Onsen
渋温泉Nagano · Chubu
Shibu Onsen's draw is its nine public bathhouses — the nine-bath circuit known as kutō-meguri — rather than its inns: staying guests borrow a key from their ryokan that opens all nine, while day visitors can enter only No. 9, the Ō-yu, with a ticket from the ryokan association office or the Shibu car park. The baths are plain rooms with a changing space and a tub, no showers or soap, set along a stone-paved lane of wooden ryokan in the Yudanaka-Shibu valley.
- Best season
- Year-round
- Crowd level
- Hidden gem
- Opening hours
- Seasonal — see below
Usual hours — confirm with the official site for holidays + seasonal closures.
Note
- Open 24 hours (area — individual baths, shops and facilities keep their own hours)
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