WHERE TO STAY
Where to Stay Near Snow Monkey Park
Every place to stay within reach of Jigokudani, in one place.
All places to stay
Where to Stay
Shibu Onsen Guide
Nine public baths, wooden inns, and a stone street you walk in a yukata.
Where to Stay
Yudanaka Onsen Guide
The station town, closer to the trains and easier on the budget.
Where to Stay
Where to Stay Near Snow Monkey Park
Shibu, Yudanaka, or Nagano city. Where to sleep, and why.
Where to Stay
Tattoo Friendly Onsen
Japan's onsen tattoo taboo is real but navigable. Around the Snow Monkey Park, your best tools are ryokan with private or reservable baths, Shibu Onsen's guest-key bathhouses, and a polite question at check-in.
Where to Stay
Luxury Ryokan Nagano
The luxury version of a snow monkey trip is a fine ryokan night: a room with a private open-air bath, a multi-course kaiseki dinner, and the park at opening the next morning — rural Japan at its most polished.
Where to Stay
Budget Ryokan
A night near the monkeys does not require a kaiseki budget. Yudanaka and Shibu Onsen have modest family-run ryokan and guesthouses where the same mineral water fills the baths at a fraction of the price.
