A beautiful space with 200% natural hot spring water has been created in a "best seat for the spectacular view of Lake Gosho."
Gourmet food, hot springs, and hospitality with a rich local flavor.
The evening view of Lake Gosho from the open-air bath "Hinoki no Yu." The high-temperature spring water flows lavishly into the bath, creating the illusion that it is cascading into the lake.
"Hanayuzen" is a private dining room. An upgraded Japanese meal where you can enjoy the luxurious seafood and mountain delicacies that are unique to Iwate.
Mount Iwate, also known as the Front Fuji, reflects its gentle shape in Lake Gosho and changes in countless ways with the seasons and the dawn and dusk of each day. Hotel Shion is a Japanese-style resort located on the shores of Lake Gosho. The hotel offers an elegant and local experience with hospitality based on the magnificent views of the mountains and lake.
All guest rooms have mountain and lake views, and the scenery changes depending on the floor and room location, captivating everyone who comes to relax. So no matter which room you choose, it will be your "best seat for a spectacular view."
The "Premium Room" was created in 2023 and has only three rooms on the fourth floor. You can enjoy both the open-air bath and the indoor bath, both of which are 100% natural spring water, in one room. The room is 90 square meters and equipped with a smart lock. The facilities and services are special specifications. In the private dining room, you can enjoy kaiseki cuisine carefully prepared by the head chef. This is a highly recommended space.
The area is rich in ingredients, with Kitakami, Ouu, and the Sanriku coastline nearby. The inn will treat you to delicious, locally-sourced cuisine. We recommend the Nanbu Magariya Kaiseki course, which you can enjoy at your leisure in the dining hall. Depending on the season, snow crab and abalone may also be added to the plan. You can also enjoy the local flavors with the Japanese kaiseki Megumi Marugoto Gozen or the luxurious, upgraded Japanese meal Hanayuzen.
The spacious premium rooms are a step above the rest, and the new modern space is creating quite a buzz.
The indoor bath and open-air bath in the premium room. 100% natural spring water x 2, making it "200% natural spring water."
Akamatsu no Yu is an open-air bath with a magnificent octagonal wooden roof inside Nanbu Magariya no Yu. You can enjoy a luxurious time in the bathhouse that gives you a taste of Iwate, with the natural hot spring water flowing freely from the source.
Be sure to head to the Lobby Lounge for a relaxing moment while taking in the view of Lake Gosho.
The attraction is the hot springs
The Silk Bath "Kinu no Yu" is reminiscent of a traditional Japanese-style room. Just soaking in the bathtub and gazing at Lake Gosho and Mt. Iwate has a healing and relaxing effect.
You can enjoy the high-temperature, abundant hot spring water that has been gushing out of this area since the Heian period at Hitorijime no Yu, a spectacular hot spring that includes a silk bath called Kinu no Yu and an open-air bath called Hinoki no Yu.
The water that envelops your skin is a simple spring with a pH of 8.7 to 9.5, a highly alkaline component, and contains metasilicic acid, a natural moisturizing component, making it a skin-beautifying bath. The Silk Bath in particular is popular for its "microscopic bubbles that cleanse and smoothen the skin." The "Cypress Bath" has an infinity feel. You can also enjoy the strange sensation of the water flowing into Lake Gosho.
The other hot spring is a new spring source that the inn discovered. The spring quality is alkaline simple spring. The hideaway-like "Nambu Magariya no Yu" is a place where you can enjoy the luxurious flowing water. The open-air bath "Akamatsu no Yu" with its octagonal wooden roof feels like a hidden hot spring at night. The rustic atmosphere of the open-air bath "Oiwa no Yu" is also irresistible. Private open-air baths are also available.
More Information
| building | 12-story reinforced concrete building |
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| Rooms | (Total 127 rooms) / 115 Japanese-style rooms, 10 Western-style rooms, 2 Japanese-Western style rooms |
| meal | Dinner: Japanese cuisine, Breakfast: Buffet |
| Facilities | Baths: Large bath, open-air bath, private bath, sauna (direct from the source/open-air bath, private bath), banquet hall (3 rooms, 40-400 tatami mats), convention hall (500 people), traditional Japanese restaurant (4 rooms), restaurant (30 seats), karaoke (1 room), club, bar, noodle shop, tea lounge, games, shop, beauty salon, wedding hall |
| Fee | 15,550 yen to 33,150 yen (tax included, bathing tax not included) |
| Check-in and check-out | Check-in: 15:00 Check-out: 10:00 |
| Wifi | Guest Rooms and Lobby |
| Smoking and non-smoking | No smoking in the entire building, designated smoking areas available |
| Hot spring quality | Alkaline simple sulfur spring (pH 9.1) |
Facility information / Access
| location | 74-2 Yunoyakata, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan 020-0055 |
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| Railway | Get off at Morioka Station on the JR Tohoku Shinkansen line, then take a taxi for about 20 minutes |
| bus | From Morioka Station, Tsunagi Onsen bound for Tsunagi Onsen for about 35 minutes, get off at the Tsunagi Onsen stop, and then walk for about 5 minutes. |
| car | From Morioka IC on the Tohoku Expressway, head towards Akita and follow National Route 46 for about 9km. |
| plane | About 50 minutes by taxi from Hanamaki Airport |
| parking | 150 passenger cars, 10 large cars (EV car charger: available) |
| Pick-up and drop-off | Shuttle buses run regularly from Morioka Station (reservations required) |
| TEL | 019-689-2288 |
| FAX | 019-689-2320 |
| URL | https://www.hotel-shion.com |