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Kawayu Onsen on the Kumano Kodo, Wakayama

Ryokan in Kawayu Onsen (Kumano)

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

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Kawayu Onsen on the Kumano Kodo, Wakayama
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Kawayu Onsen (Kumano)Classic

Kawayu Onsen, Hongū, Tanabe, Wakayama — on the Ōtō River near Kumano Hongū Taisha, with the bus stop at the door (about 1 hour 50 minutes from JR Kii-Tanabe or 1 hour from JR Shingū)

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Kawayu Onsen Fujiya

川湯温泉 冨士屋

Dig your own hot bath in the riverbed out front, soak in the winter Sennin-buro, and ride a free shuttle to the Kumano Kodo — a riverside base with real onsen character, in a dated building with patchy upkeep

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