Overview

Premium Hotel New Shiobara brings you to Shiobara Onsen, a historic hot spring town in Tochigi known for valleys, waterfalls, and long-loved mineral springs. The hotel sits close to the sound of the river and the view of Shichigen Falls, giving you a stay that feels active inside the building and calming outside the window.

This is a good choice when you want a hot spring hotel with plenty to enjoy after check-in. You can relax in the waterfall-view premium lounge, soak in shared baths across the Main Building and Yusenkyo areas, enjoy buffet dining, spend time at the post-bath lounge, and use indoor entertainment such as bowling, table tennis, karaoke, manga, games, and the large kids’ area.

Accommodation

Premium Hotel New Shiobara has a wide range of rooms across its buildings, including Japanese-style rooms, Western-style rooms, Japanese-Western rooms, rooms with beds on tatami-style flooring, and larger rooms for families or groups. The room choice is broad, so you can match the stay to a couple’s trip, a family holiday, a group gathering, or a simple hot spring break.

Japanese-style rooms give you tatami space and futon bedding for a traditional onsen hotel stay. Japanese-Western rooms combine beds with a Japanese-style sitting area, making them useful when you want easier sleeping but still want room to stretch out on the floor. Western-style single, semi-double, twin, and larger bed-based rooms suit you well when you prefer a hotel-style layout.

Larger Japanese rooms can fit bigger groups, with some room types designed for up to 12 people. Room baths differ by category. Some rooms have an indoor bath, some have a shower only, and some have no in-room bath, so choose an indoor bath, some have a shower only, and some have no in-room bath, so choose carefully if you need your own bathing space. The main bathing experience is the shared hot spring area.

Rooms include practical basics such as Wi-Fi, air conditioning, TV, refrigerator, safe, towels, yukata, and standard amenities. The hotel has non-smoking room categories, with smoking limited to designated spaces.

Dining

Dining at Premium Hotel New Shiobara centers on buffet meals for both dinner and breakfast. The style is casual and easy to enjoy, with Japanese, Western, and Chinese dishes, live-kitchen items, local Tochigi flavors, desserts, and family-friendly choices.

Dinner may include sirloin steak, tempura, sushi-style items, seasonal dishes, Tochigi local dishes such as nira soba, and warm buffet dishes suited to a hot spring hotel stay. Seasonal fairs change the menu through the year, so the meal feels different depending on when you visit. Dessert includes Häagen-Dazs ice cream, giving the buffet a stronger treat-like finish.

Breakfast is also buffet-style, with Japanese and Western items. You can start with rice, miso soup, grilled fish, eggs, bread, salad, and lighter morning dishes before sightseeing, bathing, or heading home.

The buffet style works well when you travel with children or a group because you can choose your own pace and portions. Drinks and meal details may differ by plan and service period.

Onsen and Wellness

The hotel offers shared hot spring bathing across the Main Building and Yusenkyo areas, so you can enjoy an indoor bath tour without leaving the property. The bath areas include large indoor baths, open-air and semi-open-air bathing spaces, sauna facilities, a cold bath, and baths with different moods and layouts.

Yusenkyo is the strongest bathing area when you want a closer valley feeling. The semi-open-air bath looks toward Shichigen Falls on the men’s side, while the sound of the river and waterfall adds to the bathing atmosphere. Other baths include rock-style spaces and larger indoor baths, giving you several ways to warm your body after travel or sightseeing.

The hot spring is a chloride and bicarbonate spring, known in Shiobara for a soft skin feel. The water is associated with warmth, fatigue recovery, and skin comfort. The baths are not fully free-flowing; the water is managed with added water and partial circulation filtration.

There is no private bath listed at the hotel. The current onsen experience is centered on the shared public baths.

Guests with Tattoos

Premium Hotel New Shiobara has shared public hot spring baths. Tattoos are not permitted in the shared bathing areas unless they are fully covered with the hotel’s designated paid cover stickers.

Facilities

Premium Hotel New Shiobara has a premium lounge overlooking Shichigen Falls, a post-bath lounge, shared hot spring baths, sauna facilities, a buffet restaurant, kids’ area, bowling, table tennis, karaoke rooms, manga corner, game corner, massage chairs, shop, vending machines, parking, and day-use bath services.

The premium lounge is one of the hotel’s main spaces. You can sit by the fireplace, look toward the waterfall, and enjoy soft drinks or alcoholic drinks during set service hours. The post-bath lounge gives you another easy place to cool down after bathing.

The kids’ area is large and divided by age, with soft play equipment for younger children and more active play spaces for older children. This makes the hotel especially useful for family stays, rainy days, and trips where you want plenty to do without going outside.

Bowling, table tennis, karaoke, manga, and games give you more ways to spend time after dinner or between baths. The shop carries souvenirs and local items from the Tochigi and Shiobara area.

Activities

Premium Hotel New Shiobara works well as a base for Shiobara Onsen town. You can walk around the hot spring area, visit local footbaths, explore river scenery, and enjoy the slower rhythm of the valley. The nearby town has cafés, small shops, and places connected to Shiobara’s long history as a hot spring retreat.

Nature spots around Shiobara include waterfalls, suspension bridges, forest paths, and autumn foliage areas. Momijidani Suspension Bridge, Yuppo no Sato footbath, Ryuka Falls, and other valley sights make good outings when you want fresh air and a short drive or walk.

In winter, nearby snow activities and ski areas add another reason to stay. During warmer seasons, the area works well for drives, light hiking, sightseeing, and family trips around Nasushiobara and Nasu.

Inside the hotel, you can spend a full day with baths, the lounge, buffet dining, bowling, table tennis, karaoke, manga, games, and the kids’ area, so the stay remains easy even when the weather changes.

Additional Features

Premium Hotel New Shiobara is best for you if you want a Shiobara Onsen hotel with a waterfall-view premium lounge, shared hot spring baths across multiple areas, sauna facilities, buffet meals, Häagen-Dazs at dinner, indoor entertainment, a large kids’ area, day-use bathing, parking, and easy access to Shiobara’s waterfalls, footbaths, and valley scenery.

Check-in starts at 15:00, and check-out is at 11:00. You also have Wi-Fi, yukata, a shop, post-bath lounge spaces, parking, shuttle access from JR Nasushiobara Station by advance reservation, day-use bath service when available, and dinner-buffet day-use plans by advance reservation.