On the Lake Kussharo shore, about an hour’s drive from Memanbetsu airport Whole-house villa with its own hot-spring baths

SANSUI Lakeside Villa

山水

Does SANSUI Lakeside Villa allow tattoos? In a private bath

Private bath only

Two houses stand on the Kussharo shore with source-fed tubs inside them and canoes on the beach, and each one goes out whole, to one party, sauna and all.

Two houses on the lake shore, each rented whole, each with its own baths running 100 percent natural hot-spring water. Migiwa sleeps five in two bedrooms with three baths and three showers; Nukumori sleeps four in two bedrooms with two baths, two showers and the operator’s own wood-stove sauna. There is no shared bath to have a policy about and no other guests to meet.

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100% natural hot spring water

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Where it is

Kushiro STN JR Senmo line 1 h 37 Sapporo STN Hakodate STN Asahikawa STN Location
Kawayu-Onsen STN
Sapporo is the door to all of these. Asahikawa is 1 h 25 on the Kamui limited express, Obihiro 2 h 42 on the Tokachi and Kushiro 4 h 04 on the Ozora; buses carry on from there to Sounkyo, Asahidake, Tokachigawa, Lake Akan and Utoro. Closer in, Noboribetsu is about 1 h 45, Jozankei 56 minutes by coach, Toyako Onsen 2 h 20 and Niseko about 3 h 25. SANSUI Lakeside Villa · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

JR Hokkaido Rail Pass Five, seven or ten days of unlimited JR trains on the island, which covers the Ozora to Kushiro and the Senmo line on to Kawayu-Onsen, so the whole ride is on the pass. Sold on Klook.

What happens when you arrive

Skip the shared baths and reserve the private one the way this page describes. Once the door is closed, the bath is yours.

How we know

Confirmed from official site — bath structure, not a tattoo policy (the operator’s HOUSES page)

Read on: sansui.inhokkaido.com/houses/

Best for: A family or two couples who want the lake, a wood-fired sauna and a source-fed tub inside a house nobody else can enter

Migiwa comes with bicycles, SUP boards and canoes; Nukumori has the sauna. The operator lists canoeing and SUP on the lake, campfires and deck yoga alongside the baths, and sells direct through Chillnn as well as the booking platforms. This is the most expensive thing in the region by a distance.

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