Akakura Onsen village

The village of Akakura Onsen has the highest concentration of hotels, rental shops, restaurants and bars in the Myoko Kogen region. There are crepe shops, Japanese style “izakaya” bars offering food and beverages, an Indian curry shop, Japanese dining halls, Okonomiyaki (savory pancake) restaurants, karaoke bars and lots of souvenir shops lining the main street – the same street the Akakura Onsen winter bus stop is located on.

Click here to see a map of the village of Akakura Onsen showing the location of bus stops, bars, restaurants, important places and accomodation.

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ATM

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Foreign ATM cards can only be used in certain ATMs in Japan, and in Akakura Onsen the only place is the post office – it is located next to the Akakura Onsen winter bus stop on the main street of the village. See the Akakura Onsen village map for the exact location. The ATM is only open from 9:00 am until 5:30 pm on weekdays and 9:00 am until 12:00 midday on Saturday.

Restaurants

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These are just a few of the many great restaurants in Akakura Onsen – see the Akakura Onsen Village Map for their locations.

Bars

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These are just some of the many bars, izakaya and karaoke venues to be found in Akakura onsen – see the Akakura Onsen Village Map for their locations.

Shinsetsu-ya

A homely style bar located right next to the Kumado lifts, Shinsetsu-ya serves a variety of drinks and delicious innovative bar foods including fried chicken with a tomato and coriander salsa topping. There is a great sound system and some great interior design ideas, and the owner Ken will always go out of his way to make sure everyone is comfortable, watered and has something tasty to snack on. If you’re ever stuck for ideas, just order “iro-iro” (roughly translates to ‘various things’) and enjoy the delights of the day!

Izakaya Hoheto

Serving a large selection of Izakaya style bar foods such as fried chicken, pickles and grilled fish as well as beer, sake, shochu and soft drinks, Hoheto is a great example of Japanese style night time relaxation.

Izakaya Kei

This little Izakaya serves beer, sake and shochu as well as mixed drinks and some interesting fusion foods to snack on while you are having a few quiet drinks.

Delica

Delica is a popular bar amongst the traveling foreigners in Akakura. They serve a wide range of drinks and have karaoke for the want-to-be popstars out there.

Hunter Karaoke

See the description in the restaurants section.

Onsen

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Akakura is famous for its hot springs, especially the bronze colour of the hot spring water. When you walk around the town the streets are covered in a bronze ‘dirt’, which is the tarnishing effect from the natural springs. It is quite a unique experience to walk around the streets and see the muddy bronzed colours around the town. Most hotels in the village have Onsen and many of them are open to outside guests within specific hours. The table and map below show which hotels are open when, where they are, and how much they charge for outside guests to use their onsen.

There are also other onsen outside the village available for use; “Landmark” in Ikenotaira, “Naena no yu” in Suginosawa (near Suginohara ski area) as well as the nearby towns of Tsubame Onsena and Seki Onsen. The first two of these can be accessed easily using the free Mt. Myoko shuttle. Landmark is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and prices start from ¥780 per adult for one hour. There is an indoor bath as well as a “rotemburo” or outdoor pool as well. Naena no yu is open from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm every day except for one holiday per month and has one indoor bath. It costs ¥450 per adult or ¥300 per child for unlimited use of the onsen.

Tsubame Onsen and Seki Onsen are not accessed by a regular bus except for the 3 day a week once per day Seki Onsen ski bus departing from Akakura Onsen.