Mikurigaike Onsen
みくりが池温泉36°35′ N 137°36′ EGuesthouse¥Seasonal
Mikurigaike Onsen suits spring ski tourers and hikers who want to sleep at 2,410 m beside Japan's highest hot spring, and its trade-off is a 15-minute walk over snow from Murodo Terminal in April and May.
Price band
¥Budget
Guests
2 guests
You book and pay on the booking site's own secure checkout, and we never see your card.
- Meals
- Dinner and breakfast of Toyama seafood and mountain produce, carried up from the valley
- Best for
- Spring ski tourers, hikers
- Onsen
- Shared baths
- Cancellation
- Phone bookings cost 10% to cancel from 10 days out, 20% at 2–3 days, 50% the day before, 80% on the day and 100% for a no-show.
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Mikurigaike Onsen
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The lodge opened on 13 August 1957 at 2,410 m on the Murodo plateau, and it still calls its bath the highest natural hot spring in Japan. The water comes from Jigokudani below the lodge, milky and acidic, and flows through the two indoor baths with no water or heat added. Guests may bathe at any hour except 8:00 to 9:00, when the baths are cleaned.
In April and May the path from Murodo Terminal runs over snow, and the lodge asks for sturdy footwear and warm layers because the weather can turn to blizzard. Spring tourers base here for the slopes around Murodo. File the entry form Toyama Prefecture requires in April, May and November, and carry a beacon. Bookings for each season open online, and a dormitory bed costs ¥13,000 a person with two meals all year.
Highlights
- The bath is Japan's highest natural hot spring at 2,410 m
- Spring ski tourers start from the door
- Dormitory beds cost ¥13,000 with two meals
The essentials
- Prices
- Dinner and breakfast cost ¥13,000–¥14,200 a person in a shared bunk room and ¥15,500–¥18,500 a person for two sharing a private room in the 2026 season, with tax and the ¥150 bath tax included. Children of primary-school age pay 80 percent of the adult rate.
- Meals
- Dinner and breakfast of Toyama seafood and mountain produce, carried up from the valley
- Amenities
- OnsenDormitory with curtains and reading lightsFree Wi FiRestaurantCaféMont bell shop
- Best for
- Spring ski tourersHikersOnsen lovers
- To the lifts
- No lifts at Murodo; tourers climb on skins from the lodge.
- Baths
- Shared baths, fed by a hot spring
Quick answers about Mikurigaike Onsenよくある質問
Is Mikurigaike Onsen open all year?
Mikurigaike Onsen opens for part of the year. Open 15 April to 24 November in 2026; from 4 November the walk from Murodo needs winter mountain gear, and bookings then go through the lodge's site or by phone.
Are meals included at Mikurigaike Onsen?
Mikurigaike Onsen: Dinner and breakfast of Toyama seafood and mountain produce, carried up from the valley.
What does Mikurigaike Onsen have?
Mikurigaike Onsen lists onsen, dormitory with curtains and reading lights, free wi fi, restaurant, café, mont bell shop.
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