Jozankei Daiichi Hotel Onsen

Jozankei Daiichi Hotel Onsen is a premier ryokan in Jozankei — Sapporo's beloved backyard hot spring — located in a forested river gorge of the Toyohira river just one hour from Hokkaido's capital, making it Japan's most accessible high-quality urban-escape onsen destination and a cherished retreat for Sapporo's population across all seasons. Sulfated volcanic water from deep geothermal sources flows at high volume into the hotel's sophisticated array of indoor baths, open-air rotenburo rock pools, and private family soaking rooms, surrounded by beech and white birch forest that turns a spectacular palette of amber and crimson each October in Hokkaido's famous autumn foliage season. The Jozankei onsen district, developed in the Meiji era as a retreat for Sapporo's growing urban population, now hosts dozens of ryokan and hotel properties along both banks of the Toyohira river, each offering the traditional multi-course kaiseki dinner and onsen ritual sequence that defines Japanese hot spring hospitality. As one of the largest and most established properties in the valley, the Daiichi Hotel offers a complete and refined immersion in Hokkaido's volcanic onsen culture at the gateway to the pristine wilderness of Jozankei Nature Land.