Naruko Onsen in Yamagata is a quiet scorching springs resort well-known for kokeshi picket dolls. The historical past may be dated again over 1,000 years and it’s mentioned to be one of many largest onsen villages in Japan. However as with most onsen stays one checks into the ryokan inn and possibly spend a while within the village to purchase omiyage presents for family and friends.
There are solely a handful of outlets promoting kokeshi dolls, wagashi sweets, postcards, lacquerware, and containers of sweets and crackers for presents. Getting off the prepare the scent of sulphur from the recent springs is overwhelming at first. There are some large kokeshi dolls all through town, excellent for taking images for Instagram. There may be additionally a foot tub on the station and a hand tub close by within the native park.
We opted to have solely breakfast in our ryokan so we scouted out the place to have dinner on the town. We love soba so Egaho close to the station was ideally suited. We had tempura of greens and fuki no to butterbur, a bitter mountain vegetable. There was just one different solo diner on the restaurant. It’s assumed that almost all vacationers are having dinner of their ryokans.
Egaho
Miyagi-ken, Osaki-shi, Naruko Onsen Yumoto 2-4
Getting right here from Tokyo take the shinkansen bullet prepare to Furukawa Station after which change to a neighborhood line to Naruko Onsen. It’s about three hours by prepare (plus a while to switch).
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