Around Mount Arasawa × Recommended Hotel·Ryokan

The property at Oyu Onsen, with a history of 1300 years since its opening, boasts a large rock bath with water flowing directly from the source. There is also an open-air bath where you can feel the four seasons of Uonuma. From the main building and riverside, you can view Echigo Komagatake, one of the Echigo Sanzan mountains, and the clear stream of the Sarugawa River. Alcohol and soft drinks are all-you-can-drink during dinner. Additionally, there are private karaoke rooms and indoor recreational facilities such as table tennis, which are available for free.

A hot spring Stays overlooking the Sarigawa River. Enjoy bathing without heating or adding water from three different hot springs with varying temperatures. Our diverse cuisine, using seasonal ingredients from Echigo and the Sea of Japan, is also highly praised. Spend a moment to soothe your soul with the scenery of each season.

In the distance, you can see Echigo Komagatake, one of the Echigo Sanzan mountains. Occasionally, you can hear the chirping of birds, and the river flows gently. The Onsen is lukewarm, but please enjoy it slowly by soaking for 3 minutes and resting for 1 minute. Those feeling unwell will feel rejuvenated. Our cuisine features traditional dishes from the past. The rice, of course, is Koshihikari from here in Oritate. The simmered royal mountain vegetable, zenmai, is deliciously prepared. Echigo Mochi Pork is a specialty of Echigo, raised with carefully selected feed. Please enjoy it as shabu-shabu. The building is from the Showa era, but it is kept clean and well-maintained. The Onsen is located on the second floor, and the Rooms on the second floor are close to the Onsen, making them ideal for those with mobility issues. All of our staff are dedicated to providing heartfelt hospitality. We warmly invite you to visit us.

Alongside Shirakami-Sanchi and Oku-Kurobe, Oku-Tadami and Oku-Oze are among Japan’s most remote hidden regions. The place name “Oze” is said to derive from Oze Saburo, who is believed to have reached this land after being exiled from the capital during the Heian period. Since then, these mountains have been spoken of as a sacred realm where the gods dwell.Echigo-Komagatake—one of Japan’s 100 Famous Mountains—and Nakanodake and Arasawadake—both among the 200 Famous Mountains—tower before you. Along the Kitanomata River, you can even spot large char with the naked eye, in scenery reminiscent of Kamikochi. This is Oku-Tadami / Ginzan-daira: one of Japan’s great wildernesses, one of its heaviest snowfall areas, a place frequented by writer Takeshi Kaiko, and a region where vast nature remains on a scale comparable to Kurobe–Tateyama.Oze Jutto offers six villa suites in hand-cut log house cabins, plus four standard rooms on the second floor of the restaurant building.For dinner, we serve a course meal created from that day’s ingredients.In winter, snowfall exceeds seven meters; in spring, meltwater nourishes the forest; in summer, life overflows; and in autumn, abundance fills these deep mountains.Wild mountain vegetables, mushrooms, game meat—and crystal-clear water… all are gifts from an ecosystem that has endured since ancient times.At our restaurant “Seizan Ryokusui,” we aim to express this primeval landscape. It is never extravagant cuisine—but it is not merely a meal to fill your stomach either.A journey to taste myth and climate-bound memory: that is “Seizan Ryokusui” primeval cuisine.