Overview

Premium Hotel New Shiobara brings you to Shiobara Onsen, a long-loved hot spring town in Tochigi known for valleys, waterfalls, and river scenery. The hotel looks toward Shichigen Falls and gives you a lively onsen stay with shared hot spring baths, a waterfall-view premium lounge, buffet dining, and many indoor activities.

This is a good choice when you want more than a quiet bath-and-sleep stay. You can relax in the premium lounge with drinks, enjoy different bath areas inside the hotel, eat Japanese, Western, and Chinese buffet dishes, and spend time with bowling, table tennis, karaoke, manga, games, and the large kids’ area.

Accommodation

Premium Hotel New Shiobara has many room styles across its buildings, including Japanese-style rooms, Western-style rooms, Japanese-Western rooms, semi-double rooms, twin rooms, suites, barrier-free rooms, and larger rooms for families or groups. Some room types fit up to 12 people, making the hotel useful for family gatherings and group travel.

Japanese-style rooms give you tatami space and futon bedding for a classic onsen hotel stay. Japanese-Western rooms combine beds with a Japanese-style area, which works well when you want easier sleeping and space to sit on tatami. Western-style rooms suit you when you prefer a simple bed-based layout.

Room baths differ by category. Some rooms have an indoor bath, some have a shower only, and some have no in-room bath. Selected suites also have open-air baths, giving you a more private bathing option inside your own room category. The main hot spring experience, however, is in the shared public bath areas.

Rooms include practical basics such as Wi-Fi, air conditioning, TV, refrigerator, safe, towels, yukata, and standard amenities. Most room types are non-smoking, 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, flexible, and easy to enjoy with family, friends, or a group.

Dinner includes Japanese, Western, and Chinese dishes, with live-kitchen items, seasonal dishes, local Tochigi flavors, and desserts. You may find dishes such as sirloin steak, tempura, sushi-style items, local nira soba, soup yakisoba, warm seasonal dishes, and Häagen-Dazs ice cream.

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

The buffet setup works especially well when you travel with children because everyone can choose what they want and eat at their own pace.

Onsen and Wellness

The hotel has several shared hot spring bathing areas, including baths in the Main Building and the Yusenkyo area. This lets you enjoy an indoor bath tour without leaving the property.

Yusenkyo is one of the most memorable bath areas. The men’s semi-open-air bath looks toward Shichigen Falls, while the sound of the river and waterfall adds to the bathing atmosphere. Other bath spaces include rock-style baths, indoor baths, sauna facilities, cold bath, and a standing bath where you soak while upright.

The spring quality includes chloride and bicarbonate spring water, known for warmth and a soft feel on the skin. The water is managed with added water and partial circulation filtration, rather than being fully free-flowing.

There is no reservable private bath facility. The main onsen experience is the shared public bath area, while selected open-air bath suites give you a private in-room bathing option when available.

Guests with Tattoos

Premium Hotel New Shiobara has shared public hot spring baths. Tattoos are not permitted in the shared bathing areas.

Facilities

Premium Hotel New Shiobara has a premium lounge overlooking Shichigen Falls, shared hot spring baths, sauna facilities, post-bath lounge spaces, 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 features. 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 place to cool down after soaking.

The kids’ area includes play equipment for different ages, including a baby area for children under three. This makes the hotel useful for family trips, rainy days, and stays where you want plenty to do inside the building.

Bowling, table tennis, karaoke, manga, and games add easy entertainment 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 footbath spots, explore river scenery, and enjoy the slower rhythm of the valley.

Nearby sights include waterfalls, suspension bridges, forest paths, and autumn foliage areas. Momijidani Suspension Bridge, Yuppo no Sato footbath, Ryuka Falls, and other valley spots 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. In warmer seasons, the area works well for drives, light hiking, sightseeing, canoeing, SUP, and family trips around Nasushiobara and Nasu.

Inside the hotel, you can spend the day with baths, lounge drinks, buffet meals, 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, 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, shuttle access from JR Nasushiobara Station by advance reservation, day-use bath service when available, and dinner-buffet day-use plans by advance reservation.