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Chorakuen
玉造温泉 湯之助の宿 長楽園
Chorakuen — the garden, Tamatsukuri Onsen · 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Japan's biggest mixed open-air bath in a 10,000-tsubo garden, made approachable with bathing wraps for everyone — at a big, dated, Showa-era inn with so-so food
Chorakuen was founded in 1868 by the family who managed Tamatsukuri's hot spring in the Edo period, and it is famous for one thing: Ryugu-no-yu, a 1909 garden bath of 395㎡ that the inn calls the largest mixed open-air bath in Japan. Unusually, it's easy for first-timers — wraps for women (in several sizes, including children's) and paper trunks for men are provided, and women reach it from a women-only indoor bath with its own powder room — 'you wear a wrap, so it isn't intimidating even for women', one guest wrote. Japanese guests rate the baths highest (4.6 across 3,634 reviews on one site; 4.48 across 1,955 on another) and praise the garden and staff. Everything else is more mixed. It's a large inn of around 60 rooms that reviewers repeatedly call old — rotary phones, a musty old room bath, a moldy shared toilet, confusing extensions, hot corridors without central air-conditioning — and the food, served in banquet halls unless you pay for a private room, is often described as set out in advance and unremarkable. There is also a gap between the 'no heating, no dilution' claim and a posted notice at the indoor baths listing chlorine, recirculation and added water. Basic plans start around ¥19,250 per person with two meals.
Últimas novedades
Lo que han añadido las crónicas de estancia, publicaciones y avisos oficiales japoneses más recientes desde que se escribió esta reseña
Checked in October 2026: no closures or policy changes; official starting prices have risen slightly (basic plans from about ¥19,250 per person). Autumn 2026 reviews still praise the garden bath and staff, and still mention sticky locker keys and an ageing building.
Guía para elegir habitación
Lo que recomiendan quienes se han alojado aquíRecomendadas
Renovated Japanese-Western and concept rooms
Guests in renovated rooms with beds were delighted — 'the food, the room, the bath, the garden: all superb', wrote one New Year 2024 guest. Concept rooms such as Ryokuteika and Oukaka are universal-design rooms with a sloped entrance and handrails, and Hakuginka is wheelchair-accessible.
Aioi annex and garden rooms with their own bath
The Aioi annex (15 tatami plus a bedroom) has an open-air bath and foot bath, and the Sanso rooms Kotobuki and Tokiwa have garden open-air baths — the way to enjoy the spring privately. All in-room baths use spring water.
Mejor evitar
Older standard rooms (e.g. in the annex or Kaseikaku)
The complaints concentrate here: a July 2026 annex guest found the facilities 'very old', with a rotary phone and a smelly old room bath; a 2019 guest's Kaseikaku room had no bath at all. A June 2026 reviewer also found a three-bed universal room cramped with an old bathroom.
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La cocina a fondo
Consenso sobre el desayuno
4.0/5Lake Shinji clam miso soup, herbal rice porridge and ago-yaki fish cake; one 2026 guest also had overnight-dried nodoguro
Bathe early (from 5:30) or late (until 23:30) to have Ryugu-no-yu quieter, and try the free spring-water-fed private bath Seisen, bookable in 45-minute slots from 16:00 to 21:00 and barrier-free. Wraps and trunks are in the changing rooms.
Claves de la cena
3.8/5Kaiseki with winter crab, nodoguro and Shimane wagyu (one 2025 stay let guests choose nodoguro, steak or abalone), served in banquet halls — or in a private room for ¥3,300 extra per room, which a 2023 family loved for the calm. There's no in-room dining, and a kids' meal is available. Reviewers most often call dinner so-so: dishes mostly set out before you sit down, 'no sign of the chef's personality', and slow service on some nights.
Onsen y bienestar: la realidad
A weakly alkaline sodium-calcium sulphate-chloride spring. The inn advertises free-flowing water 'neither heated nor diluted'; Jalan's listing says the garden bath is partly recirculated and filtered, a 2026 guest photographed a notice at the Keisen/Kasen baths listing chlorine, recirculation and added water, and a staff member said Ryugu-no-yu is cooled with added water.
Ryugu-no-yu (mixed, outdoor, 5:30–9:30 and 15:00–23:30) is reached by women through the women-only indoor bath Suisho-no-yu; wraps and paper trunks are provided, and there's a private changing room. Two large indoor baths (Keisen and Kasen) swap between men and women. Guests' gripes: a weak shower at the mixed bath, paper trunks that are too small, locker keys that are hard to open (a repeated complaint), unclear instructions, a walk outdoors in geta, and the bath feeling hot in summer or lukewarm to some.
No policy on the official FAQ, terms or booking sites — contact the inn. The private bath Seisen and rooms with their own bath avoid sharing.
Advertencias y matices locales
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No day-bathing — the baths are for overnight guests only.
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Getting there: JR to Tamatsukuri-Onsen Station (9 minutes from Matsue), then the shuttle between the station, Tamatsukuri Kokusai Hotel and the inn (book the day before). From Izumo Airport, take the bus to Matsue Station. Free parking.
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Check-in 15:00 (last 18:00), check-out 10:00. The whole inn has been non-smoking since February 2026, with smoking booths beside the front desk and outdoors.
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Children under primary-school age are welcome, with child rates and kids' meals; there's no game corner.
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Prices (October 2026, official site): basic kaiseki plans from about ¥19,250 per person, breakfast-only from ¥13,200, room-only from ¥12,100, and private-room dining plans around ¥42,000–46,000 per person.
Antes de tu estancia
Recuerdos de Tamatsukuri Onsen y ayuda práctica para tu viaje.
Recuerdos de Tamatsukuri Onsen en Rakuten
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Qué hacer cerca
Tamatsukuri Onsen: lugares de interés, experiencias y eventos de temporada de Trip Gacha, nuestro sitio hermano.
Créditos de las fotos
- Matsue Castle: 663highland / CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Fuentes
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- 2023 秋 ３世代 山陰ドライブ旅 (4travel.jp)
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- 玉造温泉 湯之助の宿 長楽園 (公式サイト)
- 弾丸旅とは思えない満足度だった島根旅行【島根県・湯之助の宿 長楽園】 (note, October 2025)
- 長楽園 公式ブログ (September 2026)
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Créditos de las fotos
- Tsubame-yu, Ueno, Tokyo · Thirteen-fri / CC BY-SA 3.0
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Créditos de las fotos: The Tamayu River in spring, Tamatsukuri Onsen, Shimane · Matsue / CC BY-SA 4.0 / The Ishidan stone steps, Ikaho Onsen, Gunma · Abasaa / Public domain / Shuzenji Onsen, Izu · 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Autumn colours in Nasushiobara, Tochigi · Raita Futo / CC BY 2.0 / Ito Onsen along the Okawa River, Ito, Shizuoka · Sakaori / CC BY 3.0
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