Hotel Kiso Onsen Kogane no Yu / Glamping ONTAKE

Reference price as of September 19, 2026 (stay date 2026-10-10). Please check the booking site for actual rates.
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forumWhat families say
Rakuten Travel rating 4.69 out of 5 (101 reviews). Guests describe the staff as kind and attentive, which puts families with children at ease, and note that getting from the rooms to the onsen, the kids' space and the dining area is smooth and easy. They praise the mixed-gender open-air bath, where the family can bathe together in a yuamigi bathing garment and look up at the stars. Some say, on the other hand, that the view from the glamping tents was not what they expected, and that the tents sit close together, which made noise noticeable.
Kids Facilities
Kids' space in the lobby
Kids' space in the lobby
- paymentsPrice:Free for guests
A raised kids' space in one corner of the lobby, shaped like a wooden house. It has a small slide, a shelf of picture books, stuffed toys and a children's table and chairs, and it sits in a bright spot facing a large window.
Children's sets and children's meals
Children's sets and children's meals
At dinner the content differs with the child's age. Elementary school children are served the adult meal with 2 to 3 dishes removed, children under school age who are booked with meals are served a single plate (think of a kids' meal), and children under school age booked without meals are given a seat at the meal only.
- •Children under school age booked without meals are given a seat at the meal only
Children's yuamigi bathing garments
Children's yuamigi bathing garments
- paymentsPrice:Free for guests
The mixed-gender open-air bath may be used only while wearing a yuamigi bathing garment, which is lent to staying guests free of charge. Children's versions come in a pants type and a one-piece, but numbers are limited, so bringing your own where you can is recommended.
- •Lent free of charge to guests staying at the hotel or the glamping domes
- •Campground users pay a separate rental charge of 550 yen
Children's samue
Children's samue
Samue (a two-piece Japanese outfit) for wearing around the property is provided in the rooms and may be worn everywhere on site, including the restaurant and the onsen. Children's sizes come in S (100-120), M (110-130) and L (120-140), but for children under 100 cm you need to bring your own.
Japanese-style tatami room: family-friendly, facing Mount Ontake, 10 tatami mats
Japanese-style tatami room: family-friendly, facing Mount Ontake, 10 tatami mats
The most reasonably priced Japanese-style tatami room at the hotel, 10 tatami mats and 24 sq m, sleeping 1 to 4 guests. It has a washbasin and a warm-water washlet toilet but no bath, so guests use the communal bath. This is the room presented as family-friendly.
Glamping domes with a private deck and toilet
Glamping domes with a private deck and toilet
Whole-unit dome tents ranging from 19 sq m for 2 guests to 50 sq m for 6. Each has an adjoining private deck and toilet, 2 to 6 beds depending on capacity, and air conditioning and heating, an air purifier, a refrigerator and an electric hot-water kettle. Showers are in the shared glamping Center House (open until 9 p.m.), and the hotel's communal bath on the same grounds can also be used.
- •Cooking inside the dome tent is not allowed
- •You may bring in your own food and drinks
- •Because the domes are out in nature, the agreement states that insects may get inside the tent
- •Fireworks and campfires are allowed only in front of the Center House until 9 p.m.; no open flames are permitted inside the tent or around it
- •The sink on the deck cannot be used in winter because it freezes
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Overview
Hotel Kiso Onsen Kogane no Yu / Glamping ONTAKE stands in the mountains of Kiso at the foot of Mount Ontake, combining an onsen hotel with glamping domes. Its golden-colored water flows straight from the source, and alongside separate indoor and open-air baths for men and women there is a mixed-gender open-air bath that the whole family can share while wearing a yuamigi bathing garment. The rooms are varied: a 10-tatami Japanese-style tatami room for up to 4 guests, a 55 sq m Japanese-Western room with a semi-open-air hinoki cypress bath, and the barrier-free Warmth of Wood Relaxing Room. Every plan on Rakuten Travel has a set children's rate. Dinner differs for elementary school children and for children under school age, and children's samue (a two-piece Japanese outfit) is provided as well.
Rooms
The most reasonably priced rooms in the main building are the 10-tatami, 24 sq m Japanese-style tatami rooms (1 to 4 guests), which are presented as family-friendly. There are also the Japanese-Style Room with Bed, where a bed is set up in a tatami room (10 tatami mats, 24 sq m, 1 to 2 guests), the Quiet Forest Room with 2 permanently installed beds (22 sq m, 1 to 2 guests), and the Soothing Forest Room (24 sq m, 1 to 3 guests). The Warmth of Wood Relaxing Room (27 sq m, 1 to 3 guests) is barrier-free and described as a comfortable space for everyone; it has 2 semi-double beds permanently installed, and an extra bed is prepared when 3 people stay. The Detached Room with Garden (30 sq m, 1 to 3 guests) is a twin bedroom with a wood deck, and an extra bed is added for a third guest. The largest room is the Japanese-Modern Special Room with Semi-Open-Air Bath (a 55 sq m Japanese-Western room, 1 to 6 guests), which has a raised tatami area and a massage chair, so a family of up to 6 can share one room. The Japanese-Style Room with Bed, the Japanese-style tatami rooms, the Warmth of Wood Relaxing Room and the Detached Room with Garden have no bath, only a washbasin and a warm-water washlet toilet. In a separate section of the same grounds, the glamping domes are whole-unit rentals ranging from 19 sq m for 2 guests to 50 sq m for 6, each with an adjoining private deck and toilet, 2 to 6 beds depending on capacity, and air conditioning and heating, an air purifier, a refrigerator and an electric hot-water kettle. The dome units have no bathroom or shower; for showers you use the 2 shower rooms in the glamping Center House (open until 9 p.m.), which also has men's and women's toilets, an amenity buffet, a microwave, a toaster and a sink, and you can also use the hotel's communal bath on the same grounds. The sink on the deck cannot be used in winter because it freezes.
Dining
For dinner you can choose between a seasonal Japanese kaiseki tray meal and a yakiniku kaiseki that lets you compare 4 kinds of meat, including Shinshu Premium Beef. The yakiniku is served at smokeless-grill tables in the hotel restaurant, and dinner starts at 6 p.m. Children's meals are divided by age: elementary school children are served the adult meal with 2 to 3 dishes removed, children under school age who are booked with meals are served a single plate (think of a kids' meal), and children under school age booked without meals are given a seat at the meal only. Breakfast is a buffet from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., and on some days it is served as a hakozen (an individual tray-table meal set). Both breakfast and dinner are served in the dining hall and the dining room; in-room dining is not listed in our information, so please confirm with the hotel. For glamping guests, meals are eaten on the covered deck beside each dome tent, and you may bring in your own food and drinks, but cooking inside the dome tent is not allowed and equipment brought from home may not be used. Glamping plans include a full set of rental equipment, and the grill is a gas grill (rental is until 8 p.m., when a member of staff comes to clear it away). For dinner you can bring your own ingredients or order the paid BBQ Meat Set option, which must be reserved in advance (from 2 servings; the meat and vegetable set is 7,700 yen and the meat set is 6,600 yen, ordered by 2 days before the day of use). If you book at least 3 days in advance you can also choose to eat at the hotel restaurant, and on plans that include breakfast, breakfast is a Japanese-Western breakfast in the hotel restaurant.
Baths and Onsen
Kogane no Yu is 100% onsen water flowing straight from the source without recirculation, and the types of spring water are a sodium bicarbonate spring, a chloride onsen and a sodium-calcium chloride spring. Both the men's and women's areas have an indoor bath and an open-air bath. Hotel guests can use them from 3 p.m. until 9 a.m. the next morning. Glamping guests can use them from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. and again from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m., so glamping guests cannot bathe in the middle of the night. The mixed-gender open-air bath may be used only while wearing a yuamigi bathing garment, which is lent to staying guests free of charge. Children's yuamigi come in a pants type and a one-piece, but numbers are limited, so bringing your own is reassuring. The only room with a semi-open-air hinoki cypress bath is the Japanese-Modern Special Room with Semi-Open-Air Bath, and that bath is not an onsen. Whether children who are not yet out of diapers (not yet toilet-trained) may get into the baths is not listed in our information, so please confirm in advance.
Family-Friendly Features
Every accommodation plan on Rakuten Travel has a set children's rate. On the property's own booking site, children's rates are 70% of the adult rate for elementary school children (with bedding), and for children under school age 50% with a meal and bedding, 30% with bedding but no meal, and 30% with a meal but no bedding, while a baby or toddler given neither a meal nor bedding is 1,650 yen per child, so co-sleeping without bedding is possible. Only the three categories with bedding are marked as counting towards the room's occupancy, so a co-sleeping child without bedding does not count towards it. On the inn's booking site you can put 2 adults plus 3 co-sleeping children into a room for 2 or a 2-person glamping dome and still see availability and a price. Even so, no limit is stated on how many children may co-sleep in one room, so check before booking if you are a large party. The appended table in the accommodation terms uses the same brackets: 70% of the adult rate when meals and bedding equivalent to an adult's are provided, 50% for a children's meal and bedding, 30% when only one of the two is provided, and a separate usage fee for children under school age given neither bedding nor meals. The bathing tax is 150 yen for adults and free for children aged 6 to 12. From June 2026, a Nagano Prefecture accommodation tax of 200 yen per person is charged separately. The samue (a two-piece Japanese outfit) worn around the property comes in children's sizes S (100-120), M (110-130) and L (120-140) and may be worn everywhere on site, including the restaurant and the onsen, but for children under 100 cm you need to bring your own. The lobby has a kids' space shaped like a wooden house, with a small slide, picture books, stuffed toys and a children's table and chairs. There is also a microwave on the property. Late checkout until 12 noon is possible only when the room is unoccupied the following day and is arranged in advance, at 1,100 yen per person per hour. Whether cribs or baby futons are available to borrow is not listed in our information, so please check before booking if you need one.
Access
The hotel sits in the mountains about 30 minutes by car from Kisofukushima Station on the JR Chuo Main Line, and parking for 50 cars is free of charge with no reservation needed. It is about 1 hour 30 minutes by car from both Nakatsugawa IC and Ina IC. Because it is deep in the mountains, there are no supermarkets or convenience stores nearby; there is an Aeon, a JA supermarket and convenience stores near Kisofukushima Station about 30 minutes away by car, so doing your shopping there before you head up is recommended. Check-in for hotel guests is from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. with dinner and from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. without dinner, and glamping check-in is from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Checkout is at 10 a.m. for the hotel and 9:30 a.m. for glamping. In winter, Kaida Kogen Mia Ski Resort is about 15 minutes by car and Kisofukushima Ski Resort is 20 to 25 minutes by car, but there is no shuttle to either. The first snow generally falls around mid-November, and studless tires or chains are required in the winter months.
Access & Information
| location_onAddress | 9-57 Setonohara, Mitake, Kiso-machi, Kiso-gun, Nagano 397-0101 |
|---|---|
| directions_carAccess | About 30 minutes by car from Kisofukushima Station on the JR Chuo Main Line. |
| trainNearest station | Kisofukushima Station |
| local_parkingParking | Parking is available for 50 cars, free of charge, with no reservation needed. |
| callPhone | +81-264-25-6688 |
| paymentsCards | VISA, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, UC, DC, NICOS, Mastercard, Discover, Rakuten Card |
| languageOfficial site | https://koganenoyu.jp/open_in_new |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What ages is Hotel Kiso Onsen Kogane no Yu / Glamping ONTAKE best suited to?
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It has facilities that work especially well for babies and toddlers (ages 0 to 2) and children aged 3 and over. There is no age limit, and families with children of any age can stay.
Is there parking at Hotel Kiso Onsen Kogane no Yu / Glamping ONTAKE?
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Parking: Parking is available for 50 cars, free of charge, with no reservation needed.
How do you get to Hotel Kiso Onsen Kogane no Yu / Glamping ONTAKE?
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About 30 minutes by car from Kisofukushima Station on the JR Chuo Main Line.
What time is check-in?
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For hotel stays, check-in is from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. with dinner and from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. without dinner, and for glamping stays it is from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Checkout is at 10 a.m. for hotel stays and 9:30 a.m. for glamping stays.
Can we go into the mixed-gender open-air bath with our children?
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The mixed-gender open-air bath is used while wearing a yuamigi bathing garment. Guests staying at the hotel or the glamping domes can borrow one free of charge (campground users pay a separate 550 yen). Children's versions come in a pants type and a one-piece, but numbers are limited, so bringing your own where you can is reassuring.
Is late checkout available?
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It can be arranged in advance, but only when the room is unoccupied on the day after your stay. It can be used until 12 noon, at 1,100 yen per person per hour.
Is there a supermarket or convenience store nearby?
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There are no supermarkets or convenience stores around the hotel. There is an Aeon, a JA supermarket and convenience stores near Kisofukushima Station, about 30 minutes away by car. Doing your shopping before you arrive is recommended.
What amenities are provided?
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Amenities are laid out buffet-style for you to choose from, including a hairbrush, shower cap, body towel, razor, mouthwash and toothbrush. Bath towels and face towels are provided in the room.
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