¥250
KS01
草津温泉 湯の香本舗
Sweets
← startKS02 草津ガラス蔵 →
Handmade Kusatsu cookies of Gunma flour and fresh butter, in seven flavours. A bottle of Yukemuri cider is ¥250.
¥250Jalan · Aug 202620 min8:15–21:00 (Saturdays and busy seasons to 21:30)
草津温泉 湯の香本舗 · 8:15–21:00 (Saturdays and busy seasons to 21:30)
KSKusatsu line · 6 stationshalf a dayon foot
Kusatsu
Once round the Yubatake, eating as you go
草津：湯畑をひと回り、食べ歩き
A morning around Kusatsu's steaming Yubatake, eating as you go: cookies and cider, an onsen egg cooked in the spring itself, a brown-sugar manju, a pudding named after the stirring of the hot water, and soba for lunch…
- stops
- 6
- km, 3.7 on foot
- 3
- hours
- ~4.2
- per adult, estimate
- ¥2,320
Entry and food as printed; every stop is priced.
Sora Nakamura · 2026.09.25 · Sora Nakamura is a pen name. Routes are written from the sources named on each stop, and read before they go out.
The line
Six stations, one day
SweetsComfortNoodles
The line
walk ≈5 min · 0.3 km
Walk ≈5 min · 0.3 km¥200
KS02
草津ガラス蔵
Comfort
← KS01 草津温泉 湯の香本舗KS03 松むら饅頭 →
Glass made in the green of the Yubatake spring, sold only here, and the original onsen egg: twelve minutes at 80°C, then more than two hours in the 50°C spring, ¥200.
¥200Jalan · Aug 202630 min9:00–18:00, changing with the season
walk ≈3 min · 0.2 km
Walk ≈3 min · 0.2 km¥150
KS03
松むら饅頭
Sweets
← KS02 草津ガラス蔵KS04 草津温泉プリン →
Smooth house-made bean paste of Hokkaido azuki in a thin brown-sugar skin, ¥150 each.
Plan B Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays: go straight on to the next stop, a minute's walk away.
¥150Jalan · Aug 202615 min8:00–17:00 (the branch opens at 9:00 in winter)
walk ≈3 min · 0.1 km
Walk ≈3 min · 0.1 km¥500
KS04
草津温泉プリン
Sweets
← KS03 松むら饅頭KS05 旬彩茶屋 夢花 →
Yumomi pudding, named after stirring the scalding spring with boards until people can bathe in it; made one at a time, ¥500.
¥500Jalan · Aug 202620 min10:00–17:00
walk ≈5 min · 0.3 km
Walk ≈5 min · 0.3 km¥800
KS05
旬彩茶屋 夢花
Noodles
← KS04 草津温泉プリンKS06 草津温泉 湯あがりかりんと →
A Japanese restaurant opposite the Kusatsu bus terminal, cooking with local produce. Zaru soba or udon ¥800, cream anmitsu ¥890.
¥800Jalan · Aug 202650 min10:00–15:00 (last order 14:30) and 17:30–21:30
walk ≈33 min · 2 km
Walk ≈33 min · 2 km¥420
KS06
草津温泉 湯あがりかりんと
Sweets
← KS05 旬彩茶屋 夢花end of the line →
Half an hour's walk west of the centre: karinto in a yukata-print bag, twenty-six kinds. The Yu-no-hana, dusted with sugar like the spring's mineral flowers, is ¥420.
Plan B Closed on Wednesdays: the closing day moves with the season; when it is shut, the walk ends at the stop before.
¥420Jalan · Aug 202615 min9:30–17:30
日 Day by Day · KS
The day costs
¥2,320
≈ $15 · €13 at the ECB rate of 11.09
Per person · one adult · 6 of 6 stops priced
- KS01草津温泉 湯の香本舗¥250
- KS02草津ガラス蔵¥200
- KS03松むら饅頭¥150
- KS04草津温泉プリン¥500
- KS05旬彩茶屋 夢花¥800
- KS06草津温泉 湯あがりかりんと¥420
The day, in words
A morning around Kusatsu's steaming Yubatake, eating as you go: cookies and cider, an onsen egg cooked in the spring itself, a brown-sugar manju, a pudding named after the stirring of the hot water, and soba for lunch opposite the bus terminal.
Every price is Jalan's, as of 31 August 2026, and each is small. Kusatsu is about 25 minutes by bus from Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi station. The manju shop closes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and the karinto shop on Wednesdays.
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