Yukemuri No Yado Inazumi Onsen, SendaiYukemuri No Yado Inazumi Onsen in Sendai, Japan has a corrected score of 3.6 ± 0.4 (thin evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), ranked 4 of 21 hotels we score in Sendai. Its platform ratings, normalised to 0-5, average 3.8 before correction: Booking.com 4.7, Agoda 3.0.Yukemuri No Yado Inazumi Onsen is a four-star ryokan in the Akinomiya hot spring village of Yuzawa, in Akita Prefecture, an area counted among the oldest hot spring districts in the region. The property has large gender-segregated public baths fed by mineral hot springs, two private open-air baths, and some rooms with their own open-air hot spring baths. Guests eat traditional kaiseki meals, and there is a Japanese garden, a restaurant, parking and free stays for children. It suits travellers seeking a traditional onsen stay in a quiet mountain setting. Note that it is a rural ryokan rather than a city-centre hotel, so reaching it requires travel into the countryside.What stands out

Private open-air baths in some rooms

Traditional kaiseki dining

Free stays for children

On-site parking available

Watch out for

Rural location, far from city centres

Public baths are gender-segregated only

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