Close to Hagi/Mine/Shimonoseki] Winter Recommendations for Nagato City, Yamaguchi (2024-2025)

Hot springs, gourmet food, events, etc.

We will provide you with recommendations for the winter of 2024-2025 in Nagato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. We introduce recommended hot springs and gourmet food. We also compile information on shopping and events. Please be sure to stop by, along with nearby Shimonoseki, Hagi, Mine, etc.

Hot springs in Nagato

Nagato Yumoto Onsen

This is a beautiful hot spring resort with inns lined up around the Otosoregawa River. In the center of the hot spring resort area, there is an "Ontou" hot spring where you can drop in and relax, with stepping stones across the river, riverbeds, and benches for viewing the scenery.

→Nagato Yumoto Hot Springs Official Tourism Site

▽Transportation information
・About 40 minutes by car from Hagi city
・About 20 minutes by car from Mine city
・About 1 hour and 30 minutes by car from Shimonoseki city / 1 hour by car from Kakunoshima

Check this out too! Nagato Yumoto Onsen Onsen Light-up "Onshin River Utaakari 2025

From January 31 (Fri.) to March 9 (Sun.), the hot spring resort town of Nagato Yumoto will host the "Onshin River Utaakari 2025" lighting event! Various lighting effects will illuminate the hot spring resort town based on the theme of the works of Misuzu Kaneko, a children's song poet from Nagato City (click here to see the venue ).

During the period, there will be special events and food stalls on weekends. For details, please visit the official event website below.

Official website of "Ontoshin River Utaakari 2025

Tawarayama Onsen

The retro streets of this hot spring resort town look as if you have stepped back in time. Visitors can bathe in the hot springs, which have been known as a therapeutic hot spring since ancient times.

→Tawarayama Onsen official website

There are also many other hot spring resorts!

Aburaya Bay Hot Springs

In addition to Nagato Yumoto Onsen and Tawarayama Onsen, there are three other hot spring resorts (Aburaya Bay Onsen/Kohado Onsen/Yumen Onsen) in Nagato City. We hope you will take advantage of these as well.

→ Aburayawan hot spring
→ Kohado hot spring
→ Yumen hot spring

Other spectacular spots in Nagato

Motonosumi Shrine

This is one of Nagato's most popular reflection spots. It features 123 torii gates lined up facing the sea, providing a dynamic view.

→Detail page of Motonosumi Shrine

▽Transportation information
・About 1 hour drive from Hagi city
・About 1 hour drive from Mine city
・About 1 hour and 30 minutes drive from Shimonoseki city/about 40 minutes drive from Kakunoshima

Qinghai Island & Qinghai Island Sightseeing Steamship

The island is located in the center of "Kita-Nagato Kaigan National Park" and is lined with artistic rocks created by the rough waves of the Sea of Japan and volcanic rocks. The Aomi Island Sightseeing Steamship, which operates daily from the premises of "Roadside Station Senza Kitchen" in the Senzaki district, allows visitors to fully enjoy this scenery.

→Qinghai Island

→Qinghai Island Tourist Steamship Official Website

▽Transportation information
・About 30 minutes by car from Hagi city
・About 30 minutes by car from Mine city
・About 2 hours by car from Shimonoseki city / 1 hour by car from Kakunoshima

Gourmet & Shopping in Nagano

Roadside Station Senza Kitchen

Located in the Senzaki district, the roadside station's direct sales shop sells fresh fish from the nearby Senzaki fishing port and a variety of other products from within the city and prefecture. Another feature of this facility is the "grill house," where visitors can bring in their own food for BBQ. In addition, there is a wide variety of food and beverage options, including seafood rice bowls, seafood set menus, ramen, teppan-yaki, and Nagato's famous "Nagato Yakitori" (grilled chicken)!

→Senza Kitchen Official Website

▽Transportation information
・About 30 minutes by car from Hagi city
・About 30 minutes by car from Mine city
・About 2 hours by car from Shimonoseki city / 1 hour by car from Kakunoshima

For those with children, the Nagato Toy Museum of Art is also recommended, where they can play with wooden toys to their heart's content.

→Nagato Toy Museum

In addition, rental bicycles are available at the tourist information center "YUKUTE" at the roadside station. Please use them to explore the surrounding area!

→YUKUTE Bicycle Rental Details Page

→Click here to make a reservation in advance.

Kaisenmura Kitagamon

This commercial facility in the Misumi district offers a wide variety of processed marine products, including dried fish and fish cakes, as well as the famous "shiso iri wakame" (seaweed with perilla). It is also a spot where you can enjoy local culinary attractions such as a restaurant and soft-serve ice cream sales.

→Kaisenmura Kitanagato official website

▽Transportation information
・20 min. by car from Hagi city
・30 min. by car from Mine city
・2 hours and 20 min. by car from Shimonoseki city / 1 hour by car from Kakunoshima

Please come to Nagato when you travel to Yamaguchi.