[2025 Tokamachi ] Travel Guide for Matsunoyama Onsen (Updated Jul)

I went to Echigo Yuzawa for the first time and Matsunoyama Onsen for the first time♨️ When I got off the Joetsu Shinkansen at Echigo Yuzawa Station, the cool wind hit my skin and I realized, "Oh, I'm in Niigata now." When you exit the ticket gate, there is a souvenir street, and when you go through there, the famous "Ponshukan" appears! ※Ponshu is Japanese sake. For 500 yen, you get 5 coins, choose your favorite ponshu from the ponshu lined up like a gachapon machine, put in 1-2 coins, and put the sake in a rental sake cup! I gave up after 3 cups...☺️ My favorite, Matsunoyama Onsen, can be reached by rental car in just under an hour and a half from Echigo Yuzawa Station. It seems there is also a direct bus. This hot spring is called a fossil hot spring, and it is seawater that seeped into the ground tens of thousands of years ago and turned into hot spring water. It is indeed salty when you lick it. The temperature is a little hot, and because it is sodium, the salt blocks pores and prevents chills after the bath, so you stay warm 🫶 My skin is also smooth, and I bought some "Matsunoyama Onsen Mist" as a souvenir 👍 In addition to the hot springs, there is a beach called Jade Coast where you can find jadeite raw stones, and nearby there is a museum called the "Fossa Magna Museum" where you can learn about stones, so it's a place that both children and adults can enjoy, and I couldn't enjoy everything in just two days 💦 I would definitely like to visit again in the cold season. #EchigoYuzawa #MatsunoyamaOnsen #JadeCoast #HotSpring

#japanitinerary Just absolutely beautiful with superb service. The restaurant was great with the chefs menu for both dinner and breakfast, and an excellent variety of sake. Choose the 630pm slot for dinner as it’s a lot of delicious food to eat 😅 The team was so hospitable and always helpful, can’t wait to return!,overall is awesome

#0yentravelFebruary2025 "Handmade Ramen Yanagiya" in Matsunoyama Onsen. After washing off the sweat at the nearby day-use bathing facility Takanoyu, you'll be thirsty, right? When that happens, we recommend having some ramen next door! We'll have the char siu ramen. The char siu made with Tsumari pork and the hand-made curly noodles are mixed together and soak in the hot spring. Combined with the homemade gyoza, it's already a blissful time. Please give it a try! #MatsunoyamaOnsen

It is said that Matsunoyama Hot Spring was discovered about 700 years ago. It is one of the three major medicinal hot springs in Japan along with Arima and Kusatsu. This hot spring street is full of small and beautiful traditional Japanese hot spring hotels. Walking on this street after a heavy snowfall feels like you have entered a real-life snow country. It was already dark after skiing. When I came here, all the lanterns on this street were already lit up. There were large snowflakes floating under the dim lights. Not to mention the little potatoes from the south. I am a northerner who watches snow every day. We are all conquered by this snow scene! The heavy snowfall overnight put makeup on the entire hot spring village. There is a waterfall at the entrance of the village, and the rumbling sound wakes up the village. The first thing the villagers do every day is to clear the snow at the door. Skiing during the day is to activate your adrenaline and keep you energetic; then stay here after skiing, soak in the hot springs and enjoy the snow, so that you can calm down and fall asleep comfortably ~