Can become cold after 4:30pm as the sun sets earlier from Autumn. Well maintained with a beautiful view at the top. Shops here close early in Autumn. Roads are narrow you prefer driving nearby/in town.

This place is a hot spring town. Also, this is the sanctuary of Initial D. There are also many hot springs. There is a charge for parking.

Nice little spot to walk around. There are a few options for day use Onsen’s as well

Very famous with 365 steps stair, but it looks no special attractive places.

Ikaho doesn’t really have much to do compare to Kusatsu but everything is compactly located and easy to look around. If you have a car you have lot more to visit such as green Bokujo, Taiwanese Temple, Chinpo-Kan, Shibukawa Onsen etc… But you can still enjoy Ikaho without it. One thing is though if you are trying to drink in your room, get your drinks and snacks as early as possible as the convenience store close to the stone steps run out of booze real quick. After all, I prefer Kusatsu more but I recommend to visit this place once. Tama-kon is a MUST try!!!!

Visited on 2023.04.07. Not as busy as expected and some shops were still closed. Maybe it was early. Nice place. Will come back again.

One of Ikaho Onsen’s most well-known spots, is the 265-step stone staircase. These stairs which will be your walking trail as you stroll through Ikaho Onsen's hot spring town or going to Kajika Bridge. They said that the staircase was originally only 315 steps, but was expanded to 365 steps in 2010. There is a variety of restaurants and stores surrounding the staircase. These stops will make a perfect rest stops. There are some games that you can play with a minimal fee. There are some day onsens along the way. There is a free foot bath as well and you can buy a towel from souvenir shops nearby. There is a nearby municipal parking with a fee of 300yen but we opted to park near Kajika bridge.

This has to be one of the best walks I have done in Japan. It is quite the arduous journey up the roughly 250 steps. However the fall foliage views mixed with the nighttime lights of a shopping district are simply spectacular. And best of all you can enjoy it and even an outdoor footbath along the way all for free, discounting transportation costs of roughly ¥1000 round trip from Shibukawa JR station.

Very cool little area with a photo area at the bottom and tons of shops along the stairs. There’s food, gift shops, stationary, souvenirs and more. We enjoyed stopping at the shops along the way up. There was a good amount of people since it was the weekend. There’s a shrine at the top and if you keep going there’s an open air hot spring too. Great little adventure, with lots of things to look at. There’s vending machines and a few places to stand / sit along the way.

Beautiful steps leading that lead you to a beautiful Onsen water river behind the temple.

After climbing 365 steps, a nice free foot onsen, chweing jelly balls and crepe recharged my energy.

Iconic, unmissable and unmistakable landmark of Ikaho Onsen which connects many of the most famous food and entertainment stalls, plus many great shops. It's fun to find your 'birthday step' on the climb to/from Ikaho Shrine, whilst taking in all of the sights, sounds and smells around. The traditional Manja shops, new Udon restaurant and shooting games were some of my favourites.

Iconic stairs, nice atmosphere. Unfortunately shops along the stairs are quite disappointing with very few choice of decent restaurant. Would recommend to eat outside of Ikaho.

I did not go to the onsen i just climb the stairs and its good.kinda exercise😊

It is a good place for taking beautiful photos, good weather, beautiful views, atmosphere for a relaxing walk. It is the best source of natural hot spring for onsen.

The slope is steep.

nice

Nice place and beautiful place

Local spot. A lot of shooting games 射的

Evening shots with those lights on must have been better in photos. Lots of shops.

It says one of the old planned Onsen town in Japan. Original steps and town were build in 1580's Amazing!