Yamaga Hirayama Onsen Ryokan Kazokuyu Imamura

Rakuten Travel's plans also list a Japanese-Western room combining a wood-floored area and 8 tatami mats (a 16-tatami-mat space in total, with an indoor bath fed straight from the source). It is just outside the ryokan's entrance. Futons for up to 4 people are laid on the tatami, and from the fifth set onward they are laid on the wooden floor. Its capacity is listed as 2 to 10 guests, but the plan description says up to 6 guests. This room does not appear in the room guide on the ryokan's website, so please confirm when booking if you plan to use it. The ryokan's entrance is locked from 10 p.m., so guests in this room let themselves in with the entrance key attached to their room key. In the rooms with an indoor bath, the water flows 24 hours a day, so you can bathe whenever you like.

A separate building on the grounds houses the family baths, and Rakuten Travel's introduction describes 10 family bath rooms. Day visitors can use them too. According to the family bath guide on the ryokan's website, each rate covers up to 4 people per room for 50 minutes: 1,400 yen for an indoor bath, 1,800 yen for an open-air bath, and 2,100 yen for indoor plus open-air. Reception is from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Whether staying guests pay the same rate, and whether the baths are booked by reservation or on a first-come, first-served basis, is not stated, so please check in advance. For family bath inquiries, call 0968-43-8831. The family baths provide body soap and rinse-in shampoo. The weekday-only standard plan with dinner and breakfast comes with unlimited use of the family baths. A bathing tax of 150 yen per adult is charged separately.