[Gero/Okuhida x Guest room with open-air bath] Let's enjoy "flowing from the source" in the room ♡ 6 ryokan suitable for couples

Staying at a onsen ryokan with your partner. onsen is fun, but bathing in separate baths for men and women can be a little lonely. For couples who don't want to be apart for even a moment, a room with an open-air bath is perfect. But not many people check out the water in the open-air bath, do they? In fact, even if the large public bath is called onsen, the open-air bath is sometimes called "oyu" (hot water).

You'd be disappointed if you booked a room with an open-air bath and were excited to visit, only to find that the bath is just hot water. So this time, we've picked out inns with "rooms with open-air baths with natural hot spring water" in Gero onsen and Okuhida Onsen in Gifu onsen! It's about a four-hour drive from Tokyo to Gifu. You'll arrive there while you're chatting with him and eating local delicacies at a service area along the way. Take a dip in the hot onsen, which have many beneficial properties, to relieve your daily fatigue.

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Gero onsen is the largest onsen spring Gifu and is one of the three most famous hot springs in Japan along with Kusatsu onsen and Arima onsen. The slimy alkaline simple onsen of Gero Onsen are said to leave your skin feeling smooth after a bath. The retro hot onsen town along the Hida River, with its fountain pools, public baths, and foot baths, is full of charm. It's the perfect place to walk around in yukata with your partner, arm in arm.

Gero onsen Ogawaya is a onsen inn located on the banks of the Hida River, about a 10-minute walk from JR Gero Station. It is located in the center of the onsen town, so you can enjoy walking around the town in a colorful yukata that you can rent for free. They also offer a variety of great services, such as cakes, champagne, and bouquets of flowers to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. If you prepare them in secret, you might see his surprised and impressed expression.

The hotel offers a wide variety of 15 room types. There are also rooms with open-air baths, some with open-air baths and some with semi-open-air baths. "Koboku" is a Japanese-style room with an open-air observation bath where you can relax in a bath while gazing at the Hida mountains and the murmuring of the clear waters of the Hida River. There are also other rooms with open-air and semi-open-air baths, such as the Nordic-style "Daidai" and "Sarai," and "Rokuma," which has a spacious wooden terrace. You can enjoy both the relaxation of a onsen inn and the comfort of a hotel. Staying in a spacious room with your partner will make you feel like a celebrity in luxury ♡

The highlight of the inn is the large public bath. You can enjoy a "tatami bath" with tatami mats! Both the men's and women's baths have about 100 tatami mats each, and the floor is non-slip, making it extremely relaxing. It also keeps you warm after a bath, so it has many other benefits! The white ion bath "Shirotae no Yu", which is only available in the women's bath, cleans dirt from the skin with the action of fine bubbles and negative ions. Maybe after a bath, you'll be so beautiful that your boyfriend will be amazed!

Gero onsen Yunoshimakan is a long-established hot onsen ryokan founded in 1931. The three-story wooden main building, built on a site of about 160,000 square meters, is a registered tangible cultural property of the country. Club Moonlight, located in the Western-style building built at the same time, is a quaint bar lounge. Raise a glass of brandy with your partner and you'll be immersed in a romantic mood.

The hotel uses the hot onsen water from Gero Onsen for the large public bath, as well as the baths and showers in the guest rooms. There are a variety of guest rooms with open-air baths, including the "Momiji-no-Ma" room, which uses precious wood such as kobushi and mizume, and the "Kumo-no-Ma" VIP room with a tea room, where the former Emperor and Empress have stayed. Soaking in the open-air bath together in the silence of the moment will help you to unwind and melt away the fatigue of everyday life.

Dinner can be comfortably served in in-room dining. The course menu includes plenty of local ingredients such as Hida beef sirloin and river fish such as sweetfish and amago. It's so delicious that it will put a smile on your face on both your face and your partner's faces. You can also secretly prepare a whole cake or a bouquet of flowers, so it's a great way to surprise him on his birthday or anniversary. Take a photo of his surprised and happy face.

"Gero onsen Yamagataya, a long-established inn with a deep heart that stands along the Hida River" is a long-established onsen ryokan founded in the Edo period, located about a 10-minute walk from "Gero Station". It is conveniently located along the Hida River and just a 1-minute walk from Gero onsen town! After checking in, we recommend changing into colorful yukata robes and going for a stroll together. The hotel also has a cafe lounge and a ping-pong table. Having a ping-pong match will make your onsen trip even more exciting♪

There are three rooms with open-air baths with natural onsen: "Kaze no Izanai" with a Shigaraki-yaki ceramic bath, "Kawa no Seseragi" with an iron kettle bath, and "Tsuki no Katarai" with a cypress bath with a rich woody aroma. The antique rooms with their retro-modern interior and low beds are very photogenic. You'll also be able to take a great photo of you and your boyfriend.

meal is a seasonal multi-course meal that uses plenty of local ingredients such as Hida beef and seafood directly from the market. You can also arrange a cake or bouquet for your anniversary. Couples staying for special anniversaries should contact the inn to ♪ enjoy delicious food, enjoy a drink at the café bar overlooking the murmuring river, and enjoy a healthy Japanese set meal the next morning. The magnolia leaf grill with special miso paste is exquisite.

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"Oku-Hida onsen" is onsen that spreads out at the western foot of the Northern Alps in Gifu. The five onsen of Hirayu, Fukuchi, Shin-Hirayu, Tochio, and Shinhotaka are collectively called "Oku-Hida onsen". Oku-Hida onsen has the most outdoor baths in Japan, with over 110! There are also many events that are perfect for couples, such as the romantic "Taruma Kanekoori Illumination" that lights up the frozen waterfalls.

"Takumi no Yado Miyama Ouan" is an inn in Hirayu onsen, which has a long history even among the Oku-Hida onsen. It is conveniently located about a 5-minute walk from a large bus terminal where express buses depart and arrive, and is surrounded by the vast nature of the Northern Alps. Get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and refresh your body and mind by soaking in onsen that are said to have healed even Takeda Shingen. You can enjoy two different hot springs, so you can feel like you're on a hot spring tour without even leaving the inn.

The rooms, reminiscent of Hida folk houses, are made with natural wood from Hida and diatomaceous earth wall materials, giving you a natural warmth. The guest room "Himekomatsu no Sho" with its open-air bath with natural hot spring water is in a separate building, giving you a sense of privacy. You can chat with your boyfriend until late into the night or take a bath under the stars, and maybe you can have deep conversations that you normally can't have and get to know each other better!

For dinner, you can sit around the hearth and enjoy a variety of dishes made with Hida beef and plenty of Hida mountain produce. After your bath, you'll be served Yakult and milk, and from 10pm to 11pm, you can even enjoy midnight noodles! Drink milk after your bath with your partner, or eat midnight noodles if you get hungry. With this attentive service, you'll create more unforgettable memories with your partner.

"Okuhida onsen Kutsuroginoya Yu" is an inn located in the Shin Hirayu onsen town of Okuhida onsen. There are 10 rooms to choose from 4 types: "Japanese style room", "Maisonette", "Japanese-Western style room with open-air bath", and "Maisonette with open-air bath". In the entertainment room surrounded by Japanese goods, there are about 5,000 manga books lined up. Couples who love manga will find themselves reaching for them. Relaxing and reading in a place different from home is also a good memory.

In the "Maisonette with Open-Air Bath" and "Japanese-Western Room with Open-Air Bath," you can luxuriously enjoy natural onsen water flowing directly from the source. The ceiling of the second floor of the maisonette has a skylight. Lie down on the futon with him and look up at the night sky. Gazing up at the stars together is sure to become an unforgettable memory. If you sneak a peek at his profile, you might feel your heart fill with happiness at having the person you love by your side.

The fun dinner will be all Hida beef of A4 rank or above ♡ You can enjoy Hida beef to your heart's content with the specialty "Yuzan Nabe" where you can enjoy shabu-shabu and yakiniku at the same time, as well as specially ordered steaks and nigiri. If your boyfriend loves meat, he might be delighted. For breakfast, if you want Japanese food, you can have the "Japanese set meal with Hoba miso", and if you want Western food, you can have a sandwich made with Hida beef roast beef. Both are too tempting to choose...! In that case, why not choose something different and share it? You'll definitely be satisfied with being able to taste both!

"Yarimi no Yu Yarimikan" is a secret hot spring inn that was relocated and renovated from an old house that was once the residence of a village headman. Every morning in the renovated earthen floor lobby, a mochi-pounding event is held and loud shouts echo through the air. You can enjoy freshly pounded mochi around the hearth or on the terrace. You can also experience mochi-pounding, so be sure to take a video of him pounding mochi♪

The rooms with open-air baths are "Kiri" and "Kasumi", built in a detached building. The Japanese-style and Western-style guest rooms are decorated in a folk art style, and the cottage has a rock-made open-air bath, so you can have the whole building to yourself. There's no need to worry about the neighboring guest rooms, so you can chat and drink until late into the night, or take a bath in the open-air bath while gazing at the starry sky. The next morning, you can quietly have the open-air bath all to yourself without waking him up, and even take a morning bath♪

In addition to the open-air baths in the rooms, the hotel is equipped with seven different open-air baths, a large bath, and even a foot bath. The mixed-gender open-air bath is especially recommended! You might feel a little embarrassed about mixed bathing, but why not try taking a bath while hiding behind your boyfriend? The four private open-air baths are all interesting and different in style, including the "Forest Bath" with a wooden swing.

Gero onsen and Oku-Hida onsen in Gifu are famous hot onsen. If your room has an open-air bath, you can stay with him from check-in to check-out. In particular, if you take a bath in an open-air bath where fresh hot spring water is constantly flowing, you will be able to relieve your daily fatigue and rejuvenate both of you. If you are wondering where to go on your next trip, be sure to visit these places.