Hakodate Onsen Yukura
- Location
- Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, Japan
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 41 °C
- pH
- 7.3
Water profile
Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
Hakodate Onsen Yukura is another celebrated establishment in Hakodate's Yunokawa Onsen district, where the concentration of hot spring hotels and ryokan along the Matsukaze River has made this neighborhood Hokkaido's premier seaside resort for over a century, frequented by generals, politicians, and literary figures who came to bathe in its sodium-rich thermal waters within a long thermal tradition. The nearby Goryokaku Park contains the star-shaped Western-style fortress built in 1864 — the last stronghold of the Tokugawa shogunate forces during the Boshin War and the site of the final battle of Japan's feudal era in 1869 — now a beloved cherry blossom viewing destination in spring. Guests at Yukura can experience authentic Hokkaido onsen culture in a city that uniquely preserves both its samurai-era military heritage and its Meiji-era opening to Western influence in a single atmospheric harbor townscape.