{
  "id": "hakuginso-onsen",
  "name": "Hakuginso / Fukiage Onsen",
  "area": "Fukiage Onsen, Kamifurano",
  "status": "conditional",
  "priority": "high",
  "tags": [
    "Onsen",
    "Mountains",
    "Scenery",
    "Rain-friendly"
  ],
  "summary": "Prefer managed Hakuginso day bathing, not the nearby free wild spring. As of October 26, 2026, Hakuginso is temporarily closed, with reopening planned for November 1; summer 2027 operation remains unconfirmed. [S1][S2]",
  "why_go": "A mountain bathing retreat with hiba-wood and rock indoor baths, open-air baths and sauna facilities. It offers a relaxing outing without requiring a hike, particularly for visitors who enjoy communal bathing and mountain surroundings. [S1]",
  "season": {
    "late_june": "Recommendation: choose a mild, clear weekday and bring a warm layer. Treat any mountain walk as a separate activity needing current conditions; bathing does not require hiking.",
    "july": "Recommendation: allow extra driving time for regional summer tourism and favor weekday opening time. This is an onsen visit, not a lavender-viewing destination.",
    "early_august": "Recommendation: keep hot-bath and sauna sessions short, hydrate, and retain a daylight return-drive buffer. Do not assume mountain weather matches central Furano.",
    "best_window": "Any suitable weekday in the requested window, provided reopening, road access and volcanic conditions are confirmed. No particular weather or 2027 operating period is guaranteed."
  },
  "visit_duration": "Planning estimate: 1.5-2.5 hours for admission, changing, bathing and recovery; approximately half a day including the return drive.",
  "drive_from_furano": "Planning estimate: approximately 50-65 minutes each way from central Furano in normal summer traffic, not live routing. Add 20-30 minutes of peak-season buffer; parking and changing are additional.",
  "best_time_of_day": "Aim for the published 10:00 opening on a weekday after checking same-day operation. This is a crowd-avoidance recommendation, not a guaranteed quiet period. [S1]",
  "visit_plan": [
    "Before departure, check Hakuginso's latest notice, municipal access instructions, JMA volcanic information and mountain-road weather. [S1][S2][S3]",
    "Navigate specifically to Hakuginso, park, and confirm admission and bathing-area rules at reception.",
    "Use the sex-separated baths, or ask whether the separate mixed swimsuit area is operating; do not confuse either with the wild spring. [S6][S8]",
    "Wash and rinse before soaking, take cooling breaks, then dry, hydrate and rest before driving. [S7]"
  ],
  "practicalities": [
    {
      "label": "Hours and season",
      "text": "Normal published hours: 10:00-22:00, last admission 21:00, no regular closing day; year unspecified. The October 19, 2026 notice overrides these: closed through October 31, reopening planned November 1, 2026. Not confirmed for 2027. [S1]"
    },
    {
      "label": "Costs",
      "text": "Published day admission, year unspecified: adults JPY 700, junior/senior high-school students JPY 500, elementary-school children JPY 300. Recheck 2027 prices. [S1]"
    },
    {
      "label": "Parking and access",
      "text": "The tourism listing gives 100 parking spaces; parking charges were not confirmed. The Hakuginso-Bogakudai section of Route 966 has winter closures; a published April 23, 2026 reopening is historical, not a 2027 date. [S1][S5]"
    },
    {
      "label": "Facilities and accessibility",
      "text": "Indoor/outdoor baths and sauna are listed. A visitor guide updated January 2024 reports flush toilets. Step-free access, accessible changing/toilets and assisted bath entry remain unverified. Accommodation is self-catering; do not plan around an unverified restaurant. [S1][S6]"
    },
    {
      "label": "Reservations",
      "text": "No day-bathing reservation requirement was found in the reviewed facility listing. Confirm unusual arrangements before travel; lodging booking procedures should not be applied automatically to day admission. Published facility telephone: 0167-45-4126. [S1]"
    },
    {
      "label": "Towels, amenities and tattoos",
      "text": "Current operator policies for towels, rentals, soap/shampoo and tattoos could not be verified. Bring your own towels. Do not assume tattoos are accepted, prohibited, or acceptable when covered."
    }
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Make managed Hakuginso the destination; do not substitute the wild spring if Hakuginso is closed.",
    "Bring small and drying towels, water, a warm layer and a swimsuit only if considering the separate mixed area.",
    "Eat in town beforehand or carry a snack rather than relying on unverified meal service.",
    "Choose indoor bathing during light rain only when the drive and facility remain safe.",
    "Allow recovery time after hot bathing or sauna before the mountain descent."
  ],
  "weather_plan": "Indoor baths make this a possible light-rain outing, not an all-weather mountain drive. Postpone during severe rain, thunderstorms, poor visibility or official restrictions; do not use the wild spring as a closure workaround. [S1][S2]",
  "safety_and_etiquette": [
    "A January 2024 visitor guide distinguishes sex-separated baths from a mixed area; a 2015 tourism-association account expressly requires swimsuits in the mixed area. Ordinary sex-separated onsen bathing is nude. Current operator-specific confirmation remains outstanding. [S6][S7][S8]",
    "Wash and rinse first; keep towels and hair out of ordinary soaking baths, leave phones/cameras outside, speak quietly, and avoid alcohol before bathing. [S7]",
    "Fukiage Roten-no-Yu is a separate free mixed outdoor spring, approximately five minutes' walk according to tourism information, with no changing room. Its generic 24-hour listing does not establish current reopening after the 2026 closure. [S1][S4]",
    "On October 23, 2026, JMA retained Alert Level 2 with warnings approximately 1.5 km around crater 62-2. The municipality reports the Fukiage evacuation instruction and associated Route 966 restriction lifted October 16. Neither statement guarantees 2027 access or facility operation. [S2][S3]"
  ],
  "pair_with": [
    "Hinode Park",
    "Tokachidake Bogakudai"
  ],
  "skip_if": "Communal bathing is unappealing, unresolved access or tattoo requirements are important to you, or reopening and safe road access cannot be confirmed.",
  "recheck_for_2027": [
    "Actual reopening and any maintenance or water-supply interruptions.",
    "Day-bathing hours, prices and reservation arrangements.",
    "Mixed-area availability, swimwear rules, towels, amenities and tattoo policy.",
    "JMA alerts, municipal exclusion areas, Route 966 restrictions and same-day weather."
  ],
  "confidence_notes": [
    "The linked operator website could not be retrieved. Facility notices hosted by the tourism association and municipal notices establish the current closure.",
    "Bath layout is supported by a 2024 visitor guide; the explicit tourism-association swimsuit statement dates to 2015, not 2027.",
    "No separate current reopening confirmation was found for the wild spring. Driving times and visit durations are planning estimates."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "S1",
      "title": "Hakuginso facility listing and facility notices",
      "publisher": "Kamifurano Tokachidake Tourism Association",
      "url": "https://www.kamifurano.jp/archives/facility_item/465/",
      "accessed": "2026-10-26",
      "supports": "Normal hours, fees, parking, facilities, telephone, self-catering accommodation, September closure and October 19 planned-reopening notice; basic details also read in raw HTML."
    },
    {
      "id": "S2",
      "title": "Kamifurano municipal administrative homepage: volcanic and facility updates",
      "publisher": "Kamifurano Town",
      "url": "https://www.town.kamifurano.hokkaido.jp/index.php?id=110",
      "accessed": "2026-10-26",
      "supports": "October 16, 2026 relaxation of restrictions, Fukiage evacuation cancellation, Route 966 restriction lifting and planned Hakuginso reopening."
    },
    {
      "id": "S3",
      "title": "Tokachidake volcanic activity",
      "publisher": "Japan Meteorological Agency",
      "url": "https://www.data.jma.go.jp/vois/data/report/activity_info/108.html",
      "accessed": "2026-10-26",
      "supports": "October 16 and October 23, 2026 Alert Level 2 information, approximate 1.5 km warning area and downwind ash cautions."
    },
    {
      "id": "S4",
      "title": "Fukiage Roten-no-Yu",
      "publisher": "Kamifurano Tokachidake Tourism Association",
      "url": "https://www.kamifurano.jp/archives/facility_item/582/",
      "accessed": "2026-10-26",
      "supports": "Separate free mixed outdoor spring, approximate walking distance, lack of changing room and generic 24-hour listing."
    },
    {
      "id": "S5",
      "title": "Route 966 winter closure reopening notice",
      "publisher": "Kamifurano Town",
      "url": "https://www.town.kamifurano.hokkaido.jp/index.php?id=445",
      "accessed": "2026-10-26",
      "supports": "Seasonal closure of the Hakuginso-Bogakudai stretch and published April 23, 2026 reopening."
    },
    {
      "id": "S6",
      "title": "Hakuginso Lodge, updated January 26, 2024",
      "publisher": "Hokkaido Wilds",
      "url": "https://hokkaidowilds.org/hut/hakuginso-lodge",
      "accessed": "2026-10-26",
      "supports": "Visitor-guide corroboration of sex-separated baths, separate mixed swimsuit area, road access and flush toilets; relevant content read in raw HTML."
    },
    {
      "id": "S7",
      "title": "How to best enjoy onsen",
      "publisher": "Japan National Tourism Organization",
      "url": "https://www.japan.travel/en/guide/how-to-best-enjoy-onsen/",
      "accessed": "2026-10-26",
      "supports": "General nude-bathing etiquette, washing, towel and hair handling, privacy, hydration and checking individual tattoo policies."
    },
    {
      "id": "S8",
      "title": "Tokachidake mountain-opening visit report, 2015",
      "publisher": "Kamifurano Tokachidake Tourism Association",
      "url": "https://www.kamifurano.jp/archives/14267/",
      "accessed": "2026-10-26",
      "supports": "Historical firsthand description of Hakuginso baths and explicit swimsuit requirement for its mixed area; not current operator confirmation."
    }
  ]
}