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Hoshi Onsen Chojukan

Minakami Town

Gunma Prefecture

Hoshi Onsen Chojukan is a secluded Japanese style onsen hot spring inn located in Minakami town, close to the Gunma and Niigata border. This full-of-character accommodation has a history of over 150 years and offers a very traditional Japanese style experience in beautiful quiet surroundings.

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Guest Rooms


Traditional Japanese style accommodation in a number of buildings, with the Main Building and Annex National registered as Tangible Culture Cultural Properties. A variety of different styles and sizes are available.


Hoshi Onsen Chojukan is famous for the extensive public onsen hot spring facilities. Guests use these facilities for bathing. (Guest rooms do not have private baths).


Most rooms have private toilets (all except three in the main building).


There are 33 guest rooms in total and a capacity of 120 guests. (Many rooms with usually have two guests staying and so even when full there are usually around 90 guests in total).


Facilities


Sunken hearth and traditional atrium entrance.

Tangible Culture Cultural Property registered buildings.

There are a number of natural onsen hot spring baths to try. Cleaning time for all baths is 10:10am until 11:00am.


  • Hoshi-no-yu:

Traditional mixed bathing bath. This bathroom is a national registered tangible cultural property. Ladies only between 8:00pm and 10:00pm.


  • Tamaki-no-yu:

All cypress indoor bath and an open-air bath with a sense of openness.

Ladies only from 3:00pm until 8:00pm and from 7:00am until 10:10am.

Gentlemen only from 8:00pm until 7:00am.

Closed between 10:10am until 3:00pm.


  • Choju-no-yu:

Japanese cypress pillars and floor.

Women only from 11:00am until 3:00pm and from 8:00pm until 10:10am.

Men only from 3:00pm until 8:00pm.


Dining


Traditional Japanese-style cuisine is served at Hoshi Onsen Chojukan. Carefully selected meat and vegetables, delicious fresh local rice and water are used - locally sourced as much as possible.


A variety of high quality Japanese sake is also available. The manager of Chojukan is particularly fond of sake with Shugetsu Junmai Ginjo being particularly recommended. A range of famous local brands are available to try.


Charges


Charges depend on room type and number of guests staying in a room.


Example rates (two adults with evening meal and breakfast and including service charge and consumption tax:


Main Building: 22,150 yen

Annex: 25,450 yen

Horyuden: 27,650 yen

Kunzanso: 26,550 yen

The required bath tax of 150 yen is also included in the charges.

Location


  • About 22km from Jomo Kogen Station on the Joetsu Shinkansen line

  • About 23km from the Tsukiyono IC exit of the Kanetsu Expressway


Ski areas in the region


  • Naeba (15.5km)

  • Kagura (21.8km)

  • Norn Minakami (32km)


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