{"id":4959,"date":"2025-12-26T10:41:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T01:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onsen.thmiyake.com\/?p=4959"},"modified":"2026-04-05T18:51:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:51:52","slug":"tenninkyo-onsen-shikishimaso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onsen.thmiyake.com\/en\/2025\/12\/26\/tenninkyo-onsen-shikishimaso\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenninkyo Onsen – Oyado Shikishimaso"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Access]<\/strong> About 50 minutes by car from Asahikawa Airport
[Webpage]<\/strong>\u00a0Oyado Shikishimaso<\/a> (Japanese)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During my winter stay in Higashikawa, I brought Japanese snowshoes (wakan) to enjoy walking on the snow, so I thought I might be able to visit Hagoromo Falls as well and headed to Tenninkyo. However, unlike Asahidake, there were fewer tourists, and snow removal on the road stopped at Oyado Shikishimaso. Beyond that point, the road was completely closed, even to pedestrians. There is a bridge over the Chubetsu River beyond the closure, but the snow was so deep that even if walking had been allowed, it felt far too dangerous\u2014I could easily imagine falling off. For a moment I considered heading back to Asahidake and my usual stop, Yukomans\u014d, but since I had been already there many times, I decided to enjoy Tenninkyo Onsen instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The indoor bath at Shikishimaso \u2014 the tile mural of Hagoromo Falls is truly magnificent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The cozy open-air bath \u2014 the snowy scenery creates a wonderfully atmospheric setting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Shikishimaso has a large indoor bath and a small, cozy open-air bath. The indoor bath features a magnificent tile mural of Hagoromo Falls, as seen in the photo, while the open-air bath offers snowy scenery at this time of year\u2014though I did find myself wishing the walls were a bit lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hot spring at Tenninkyo is, as you can see, a striking greenish-brown cloudy water. From this color and the mineral deposits coating the floor, it already feels like a promising onsen. The spring quality is a sodium\u2013calcium\u2013magnesium sulfate\u2013bicarbonate\u2013chloride spring, with a total mineral content of 2,298 mg\/kg and a pH of 6.8. When rubbing the water on my skin, it had a slightly squeaky, resistant feel. Given the color, I expected a strong iron presence, but surprisingly there was no noticeable taste or smell. The source temperature is 44\u00b0C, making the indoor bath a bit on the hot side, while the outdoor bath\u2014perhaps thanks to the cold air\u2014was just right. That day, low clouds hung overhead, and with snow covering the rocks and trees, the scenery felt exactly like a monochrome ink painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A strangely surreal view where Shikishimaso seems to be the only place with any color.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As you can see, the world that day was truly black and white, with the only sound being the flowing river. Shikishimaso itself seemed to be the only place with any color, which made the atmosphere feel strangely surreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The impressive columnar joints of Tenninkyo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tenninkyo is also known for its impressive columnar joints, which I\u2019ve seen in summer, autumn, and winter. In every season, they stand out beautifully against completely different color palettes, making this a truly remarkable place. On a clear winter day, the contrast with a deep blue sky is stunning, but even on this colorless day, the scenery had its own distinct charm. Asahidake and Tenninkyo are places I never get tired of visiting, no matter how many times I return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During my winter stay in Higashikawa, I brought Japanese snowshoes (wakan) to enjoy walking on the snow, so I thought I might be able to visit Hagoromo Falls as well and headed to Tenninkyo. However, unlike Asahidake, there were fewer tourists, and snow removal on the road stopped at Oyado Shikishimaso. Beyond that point, the road was completely closed, even to pedestrians. There is a bridge over the Chubetsu River beyond the closure, but the snow was so deep that even if walking had been allowed, it felt far too dangerous\u2014I could easily imagine falling off. For a moment I considered heading back to Asahidake and my usual stop, Yukomans\u014d, but since I had been already there many times, I decided to enjoy Tenninkyo Onsen instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/onsen.thmiyake.com\/?p=4949","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hokkaido","en-US"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_wp_geo_latitude":"43.6203677","_wp_geo_longitude":"142.7785199","_wp_geo_map_settings":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onsen.thmiyake.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onsen.thmiyake.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onsen.thmiyake.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onsen.thmiyake.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onsen.thmiyake.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4959"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/onsen.thmiyake.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4961,"href":"https:\/\/onsen.thmiyake.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4959\/revisions\/4961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onsen.thmiyake.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onsen.thmiyake.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onsen.thmiyake.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onsen.thmiyake.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}