Ponshukan — Echigo-Yuzawa Station

In the station's bath you soak in sake: 950 yen, with no need to book.

Inside Echigo-Yuzawa Station, a hundred or more sakes from all over the prefecture can be tasted with tokens: 500 yen for five coins and a glass, and almost every label costs a single coin. In the same building, a hot-spring bath adds real sake to the hot water: 950 yen admission, shampoo and hairdryer included, no booking.

A commercial facility devoted to sake and Niigata products, inside JR Echigo-Yuzawa Station, with token tastings, a shop and a themed hot-spring bath.

ℹ️ Tasting area and shop open all day, following the station's opening hours; the sake bath is open roughly 10:30–18:30 (varies by season), 950 yen for adults and junior high/high school students, 400 yen for elementary school children; towel hire 200 yen, coin locker 100 yen (refunded when you return the key).

🚉 Echigo-Yuzawa · 4 min walk

Sources: rurubu.jp · ponshukan.com

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