Nozawa Onsen Kawaichiya Ryokan

Reference price as of September 19, 2026 (stay date 2026-10-10). Please check the booking site for actual rates.
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Rakuten Travel rating 4.55 out of 5 (818 reviews). In posts from families with children, comments stand out about the food being delicious and children eating well, and about the renovated interior feeling clean. On the other hand, some guests note that futon bedding is already laid out in the room when you arrive, which can feel cramped depending on the number of guests, so it is worth checking the room size in advance when traveling as a family.
Kids Facilities
The dining room Danran
The dining room Danran
Meals are served in this first-floor dining room, which also has private rooms. In-room dining is not available. Guests with food allergies who let the ryokan know in advance will be served dishes prepared with every effort to remove the allergens, though their removal is not guaranteed.
Shinano-tei rooms with an onsen bath
Shinano-tei rooms with an onsen bath
Shinano-tei has rooms with an onsen bath or an open-air onsen bath fed by the Shinyu source, so you can bathe with your children without going to the communal bath. Rikka sleeps up to 5 guests and has an open-air onsen bath plus a living room with three Simmons single beds. Sakura no Iro sleeps up to 5 guests and combines an 8-tatami Japanese-style room, an 8-tatami bedroom and a 3-tatami Japanese-style room with an onsen bath. Water is added to the Shinyu source water in the open-air onsen baths.
Japanese-style tatami rooms and Japanese-Western rooms
Japanese-style tatami rooms and Japanese-Western rooms
The 12-tatami Japanese-style tatami room sleeps up to 5 guests and is laid out with futon bedding. The Japanese-Western study room Futarishizuka sleeps up to 5 guests with an 8-tatami Japanese-style room plus a 6-tatami bedroom, and futon bedding is prepared for parties of 3 or more.
Nearby Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort
Nearby Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort
- calendar_monthSeason:Winter only
A ski area a 5-minute walk or a 4-minute drive from the ryokan. It has 36 courses and slopes, about 40% of them suited to beginners, and there is a family lane for children trying skiing or snowboarding for the first time. The shuttle bus stop is also a 5-minute walk away.
- •The kids' park, childcare service, ski school and equipment rental are all run by Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort and are not facilities or services of the ryokan
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Overview
Nozawa Onsen Kawaichiya Ryokan stands in the hot-spring town of Nozawa Onsen in Shinshu. The indoor baths draw on the same spring source as Ogama, a designated natural monument, while the open-air baths run freely from the Shinyu source, so you can enjoy two spring sources with different types of spring water in one building. The 18 guest rooms range from 12-tatami Japanese-style tatami rooms and Japanese-Western rooms to the Shinano-tei rooms with Simmons beds and their own onsen bath, and several rooms sleep up to 5 guests. Futon bedding is laid out for guests beyond the number of beds. Meals are served at Danran, the dining room on the first floor, which also has private rooms. Food allergies can be accommodated as far as possible if you let the ryokan know in advance. Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort is a 5-minute walk away.
Rooms
There are 18 guest rooms, including rooms with an open-air bath, Japanese-style tatami rooms, Japanese-Western rooms and Western-style rooms. The 12-tatami Japanese-style tatami room sleeps up to 5 guests, has no bath of its own, and is laid out with futon bedding. The Japanese-Western study room Futarishizuka sleeps up to 5 guests with an 8-tatami Japanese-style room plus a 6-tatami bedroom; the bedroom has two France Bed single beds, and futon bedding is prepared for parties of 3 or more. Yukiguri, a room built around a hearth, sleeps up to 3 guests and has a hearth area plus a bedroom, though no fire can be lit in the hearth for safety reasons. The nap room Buna sleeps up to 5 guests with a Japanese-style room plus a bedroom. The Japanese-style twin is a 22 sq m twin room with an 8-tatami Japanese-style area and a toilet, sleeping up to 3 guests; its two beds each measure 97 cm wide by 195 cm long by 60 cm high, and because of the building's structure the toilet is a small space. Among the Shinano-tei rooms with an onsen bath, Ginka, Fukashiyama and Mizu no Oto each sleep up to 5 guests; Sakura no Iro also sleeps up to 5 and combines an 8-tatami Japanese-style room, an 8-tatami bedroom and a 3-tatami Japanese-style room with an onsen bath; Rikka sleeps up to 5 with an open-air onsen bath and a living room holding three Simmons single beds; Sekka sleeps up to 3; and Yu no Ka sleeps up to 2. Children are limited to 2 per room, and some room types cannot take them. There is an elevator, but some room types are reached by stairs, and Shinano-tei Sakura no Iro is reached by climbing the stairs to the second floor, with no elevator. Whether cribs or bed guards are available has not been confirmed.
Dining
In-room dining is not available. Meals are served at Danran, the dining room on the first floor, which also has private rooms. Dinner options include the wagyu beef set, the Yachimata HIKO course, the set of traditional vegetables and river fish, and the Yachimata HIME course, and breakfast features freshly cooked Koshihikari rice grown in Nozawa Onsen. Breakfast is served from 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m., with last orders at 8:30 a.m. Guests with food allergies who let the ryokan know in advance will be served dishes prepared with every effort to remove the allergens, though their removal is not guaranteed. Whether a children's menu is available has not been confirmed.
Baths and Onsen
At the Yuraku bathing area, the indoor baths draw water from the same spring source as Ogama, which is designated a natural monument, and run on a circulating filtration system, while the open-air baths flow freely from the Shinyu source; there are 2 communal baths and 2 open-air baths. From spring through autumn they can be used from 3 p.m. until 9:30 a.m. the next morning, including overnight. In winter only, they are unavailable at night, from 10:30 p.m. to 6 a.m., for security reasons. None of the baths can be used during cleaning times. There is no private-hire bath and no sauna. Whether children who are not yet out of diapers may get into the baths has not been confirmed, so please ask the ryokan. Shinano-tei has rooms with an onsen bath or an open-air onsen bath fed by the Shinyu source, where you can bathe with your children without worrying about other guests. Water is added to the Shinyu source water in the open-air onsen baths.
Family-Friendly Features
Co-sleeping is limited to one child, and the limit is likewise one for a young child. Children's rates are 80% of the adult rate for both upper-grade and lower-grade elementary school children; infants and toddlers with meals and bedding are 60% of the adult rate; infants and toddlers with bedding but no meals cannot be accepted; and infants and toddlers with neither meals nor bedding are charged 3,300 yen. The bathing tax is 150 yen per day for junior high school students and older, and from June 2026 the Nozawaonsen-mura accommodation tax also applies separately, at a rate of 3.5% on the room charge excluding meals and similar costs. Items available to borrow include hot-water bottles, lap blankets, memory foam pillows, reading lamps and playing cards, and humidifiers can be borrowed as well. There is a coin laundry on the second floor, open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. There is no childcare service. The entire property is non-smoking.
Access
From Iiyama Station on the Shinkansen, take the bus bound for Nozawa Onsen for 25 minutes, get off at the Nozawa Onsen stop and walk 2 minutes; from the Toyota-Iiyama IC it is 25 minutes along Route 117 toward Nozawa Onsen. There is no shuttle. The ryokan's own parking right beside the building is free of charge, but the number of spaces is limited, and when restrictions arise due to heavy snow or similar conditions guests are directed to the paid village-run parking (1,500 yen). During the winter season the parking can be used only between check-in and checkout. Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort is a 5-minute walk or a 4-minute drive away, and the shuttle bus stop is also a 5-minute walk. The location is handy for touring the 13 public bathhouses around the town. An English-language page is available.
Access & Information
| location_onAddress | 8923-1 Toyosato, Nozawaonsen-mura, Shimotakai-gun, Nagano 389-2502 |
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| directions_carAccess | About 25 minutes from the Toyota-Iiyama IC along Route 117 toward Nozawa Onsen. From Iiyama Station on the Shinkansen, take the bus bound for Nozawa Onsen for 25 minutes, get off at the Nozawa Onsen stop and walk 2 minutes. |
| trainNearest station | Togari-Nozawaonsen Station |
| local_parkingParking | Parking is available: the ryokan's own parking has 18 spaces, free of charge, and the village-run parking costs 1,500 yen. |
| callPhone | +81-269-85-4126 |
| languageOfficial site | https://kawaichiya.jp/en/open_in_new |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What ages is Nozawa Onsen Kawaichiya Ryokan 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 Nozawa Onsen Kawaichiya Ryokan?
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Parking: Parking is available: the ryokan's own parking has 18 spaces, free of charge, and the village-run parking costs 1,500 yen.
How do you get to Nozawa Onsen Kawaichiya Ryokan?
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About 25 minutes from the Toyota-Iiyama IC along Route 117 toward Nozawa Onsen. From Iiyama Station on the Shinkansen, take the bus bound for Nozawa Onsen for 25 minutes, get off at the Nozawa Onsen stop and walk 2 minutes.
What are the check-in and checkout times?
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Check-in is at 3 p.m. and checkout is at 10 a.m. If you expect to arrive after 6 p.m. on the day, you are asked to call the ryokan.
Can you accommodate food allergies?
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If you let the ryokan know in advance, they will accommodate them as far as possible. Meals are served in the dining room on the first floor.
Can we send our luggage to the ryokan before we arrive?
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You can send luggage in advance. Please note, though, that items that arrive are placed in the basement ski storage area, and the ryokan does not store or look after them.
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