Kamenoi Hotel Kusatsu Resort: Bandai Baths, the Three-Hotel Route and What to Book

The name is easy to misread when booking. Kamenoi Hotel Kusatsu Resort and Kamenoi Hotel Kusatsu Yubatake are separate hotels in different parts of town. The Resort is the quieter, higher-up option, with parking and a main bath supplied by Bandai spring. Yubatake is the central property for guests who want to be close to the town’s landmark and bathe in several sources without changing hotels.

What the renovated resort actually offers

The Resort’s public baths and garden open-air bath use Bandai spring, which the hotel describes as 100% kakenagashi. A sauna and cold plunge are part of the renovated bathing area. The source is strongly acidic and very hot at its origin; source temperature is not the temperature of the bathing pool, so follow the facility’s posted guidance.

The renovation completed in December 2025 covered guest rooms, the restaurant and the public bath. Room types range from compact Japanese-style rooms to larger Japanese-Western rooms and a tatami room for up to nine guests. Some Japanese-style rooms have no private bathroom. A room with a regular bathroom should not be mistaken for a room with its own hot-spring bath: the hotel does not list in-room onsen tubs.

The three-hotel bath route takes planning

The free three-hotel stamp rally connects this property with Daitokan and Kamenoi Hotel Kusatsu Yubatake. It is available to staying guests from 3 p.m. until the 8 p.m. final bath admission, during the stay only; bring towels from your hotel. That is a useful way to add other spring sources and visit the centre, but it is an outing—not an extension of the Resort’s own bath complex. Transfers, walking and the return trip all matter, particularly in winter or with children.

Choose the Resort if you would enjoy making the soak itself part of the itinerary and are comfortable using a shuttle or walking into town. If you would rather stay under one roof and try several springs without leaving the hotel, the Kusatsu Yubatake hotel guide is a better starting point.

The Resort is about a ten-minute walk from the bus terminal and provides a short shuttle ride. Its generous free parking is useful for drivers, while the hilltop location makes it less convenient for unplanned trips back and forth to Yubatake. Check the hotel’s current shuttle hours before choosing a dinner or bath schedule around them.

Room choice: decide whether you need a private washroom

For a couple, the twin room is the straightforward choice. Families and groups can use larger tatami rooms, but check whether the exact plan includes a bathroom; the 7.5-mat and 10+8-mat categories include versions without one. If a child, older traveller or anyone in your group needs a private shower, confirm the bathroom field on the booking page rather than relying on the room’s name or size.

If access to an in-room natural spring is essential, this is not the right property. For a room with an onsen bath, compare the Kusatsu room-upgrade guide. For the different springs around town, use the six-source bathing map.

Sources

- [Kamenoi Hotel Kusatsu Resort: official site](https://kamenoi-hotels.com/kusatsuresort/) - [Kamenoi Hotel Kusatsu Resort: baths](https://kamenoi-hotels.com/kusatsuresort/onsen/) - [Kamenoi Hotel Kusatsu Resort: rooms](https://kamenoi-hotels.com/kusatsuresort/room/) - [Kamenoi Hotel Kusatsu Resort: access and parking](https://kamenoi-hotels.com/kusatsuresort/access/) - [Kamenoi Hotel Kusatsu Resort: three-hotel bath route](https://kamenoi-hotels.com/kusatsuresort/activity/) - [Kusatsu Onsen Spring Distribution: Bandai source information](https://www.kusatsu-onsenhaitou.com/watanoyu/) - Image: [Kusatsu-Shiranesan, Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kusatsu-Shiranesan03s5s4272.jpg)

Checked: September 27, 2026

Tags: Kusatsu Onsen, Kamenoi Hotel, Bandai spring, kakenagashi, sauna, ryokan