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The public Ashiyu foot bath at Awara Onsen, Fukui

Ryokan in Awara Onsen

What Japanese guests say about ryokan in Awara Onsen: which room to book, what the baths are really like, and what to watch out for.

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The public Ashiyu foot bath at Awara Onsen, Fukui
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Awara OnsenClassic

Funatsu, Awara Onsen, Awara, Fukui — among rice fields on the edge of the spa town, about 15 minutes by car (free pre-booked shuttle) from Awara-Onsen Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, a 7–8 minute walk from Awara-Yunomachi Station on the Echizen Railway, and about 15 minutes from Kanazu IC

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Awara Onsen Grandia Housen

あわら温泉 グランディア芳泉

A big, polished 111-room onsen ryokan famous for its live-cooking dinner buffet and all-inclusive lounge, with a quieter kaiseki annex — but every bath, including the in-room tubs, is heated, recirculated and chlorinated

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