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Fast facts
Check in from: | 15:00 |
|---|---|
Check out before: | 11:00 |
Pets | Pets not allowed |
Amenities
Wi-Fi
Parking
Air conditioning
Pool
Front desk 24 hour
Restaurant
More about Sakan
Sakan
Featuring the renowned Sendai Akiu Spa with a hot spring bath, Sakan is located in Sendai. Free WiFi access is available in public areas.
Reviews from 
Family traveller
Comment: 25 Feb 2026
The hotel offered a free shuttle bus from Sendai station. The food is fine dinning. The service are excellent. The room is clean and tidy.
Group traveller
Comment: 17 Nov 2025
Stayed in: Nov 2025
The only Bubbly Giant House in Akiu Onsen. Ideal for group travel.
A huge inn reminiscent of the bubble era. It connects three high-rise buildings, and there is a pond where nishikigoi swim and a historical exhibition room of Sakan in the museum. There are 4 to 5 hot springs, including open-air baths, which can be used by changing the gender. Beef tongue steak can be added as an option for meals. There's a wide variety of breakfast buffets (somewhat sad without them).
Group traveller
Comment: 25 Nov 2024
Stayed in: Nov 2024
The bath and food were good.
The building was magnificent but not up to date. The rooms also feel a little old.
The public baths and other facilities were well-equipped, but there were proudly tattooed gangster-style people in them. It is a so-called yagza tattoo with Japanese carving all over the back instead of the tattoo I got in fashion. His loud voice and ungentlemanly behavior were so intimidating that all he had to say was "I'll check it out" to alert the reception. The next day I encountered them in the bathroom and felt uncomfortable. At least to me, I couldn't confirm any mention of "no tattoos" or "no gang members" on the bathhouse.
I am not particularly averse to fashion tattoos of foreigners or young people, but I don’t want to go to ryokan anymore where gangster-style men with Japanese tattoos all over their backs come in loud and proud, personally.
The breakfast and dinner were good. Part of it is by order, part by Buffet. The food was delicious and satisfying.
The public baths and other facilities were well-equipped, but there were proudly tattooed gangster-style people in them. It is a so-called yagza tattoo with Japanese carving all over the back instead of the tattoo I got in fashion. His loud voice and ungentlemanly behavior were so intimidating that all he had to say was "I'll check it out" to alert the reception. The next day I encountered them in the bathroom and felt uncomfortable. At least to me, I couldn't confirm any mention of "no tattoos" or "no gang members" on the bathhouse.
I am not particularly averse to fashion tattoos of foreigners or young people, but I don’t want to go to ryokan anymore where gangster-style men with Japanese tattoos all over their backs come in loud and proud, personally.
The breakfast and dinner were good. Part of it is by order, part by Buffet. The food was delicious and satisfying.
Business traveller
Comment: 10 Jun 2024
Stayed in: Nov 2023
There is no doubt that this hot spring inn represents Akiu Onsen in terms of both size and service.
During a business trip to Sendai, I wanted to relax in a hot spring, so I stayed at Sakan in Akiu Onsen. It was late autumn, so the open-air bath along the river was a little cold, but I warmed up after soaking in it. I was satisfied with both the dinner and breakfast buffets. I was able to sleep well in the bed in the room. I left slowly in the morning, so I was able to take my time looking at the traditional parts of Sakan. It was a waste to stay just one night, I wanted to relax more.
Couple
US
Comment: 28 Dec 2024
Stayed in: Dec 2024
Amazing onsen experience close to Sendai
Amazing Christmas stay at an onsen spa with incredible history. The room felt like an authentically traditional Japanese apartment, with multiple rooms separated by shoji screens, very comfortable beds, and nice views of the serene courtyard. They are amazing for those unfamiliar with the arrangement. You're provided with heavy metal keys attached to blocks showing the room number. Most of the modern facility appointments (like carpeting and electrical) seem from the 80s or 90s, but everything is well maintained and highly functional.
Staff was very kind and polite, although their limited English made understanding some of the etiquette and procedures challenging (but not impossible). For the benefit of non-Japanese guests, we discovered a few things that may make the experience more seamless for others:
* Dinner is optional, and well worth the modest cost. You present your room key to check in. It's a private cubicle dining experience with a main course supplemented by an expansive buffet. Breakfast is included and has a similar layout but without a main course selection. Recommend wearing the spa-provided kimono and haori (they're in the room closets) to add to the ambiance.
* Hot baths are exclusively male/female. The hot baths in the Kagetsu tower rotate by time of day, but they are color coded at the entrance or indicated in posters around the lobby. Go to all of them if you can. The cedar bath in Hiten tower (at least the men's side) was behind a shoji screen with a noren divider that I initially missed, so keep an eye out.
* Wear the kimono, haori, and slippers to all onsen, and bring your towel basket, which will contain a small and large towel, as well as your key. You will leave slippers at the entrance in a cubby, then check out a free locker to store everything else. Take the small towel with you (carry by folding it and laying it on top of your head) so you can use it to dab off while in the baths.
* Before entering any bath, use the provided showers to either sit down and ritually rinse or shower and wash down.
* Move slowly and be quiet in the spas. I did not encounter any adults talking when there.
* When exiting the bath, towel off with the small towel before entering the locker room to keep things moderately dry.
* If you use the sauna, grab a bamboo butt pad before entering them. They're between the hot and dry saunas.
The town itself is really charming and walkable, with many rural elements and a helpful map. Akiu Craft Town was mostly closed when we were there and it was quite cold, but we nevertheless had wonderful experiences with two shops, particularly the first one on the right entering the town, where a delightful elderly lady showed us all her kokeshi dolls, bowls, and other woodcraft. There's a winery with surprisingly good wine and delicious snacks close to the spa.
Staff was very kind and polite, although their limited English made understanding some of the etiquette and procedures challenging (but not impossible). For the benefit of non-Japanese guests, we discovered a few things that may make the experience more seamless for others:
* Dinner is optional, and well worth the modest cost. You present your room key to check in. It's a private cubicle dining experience with a main course supplemented by an expansive buffet. Breakfast is included and has a similar layout but without a main course selection. Recommend wearing the spa-provided kimono and haori (they're in the room closets) to add to the ambiance.
* Hot baths are exclusively male/female. The hot baths in the Kagetsu tower rotate by time of day, but they are color coded at the entrance or indicated in posters around the lobby. Go to all of them if you can. The cedar bath in Hiten tower (at least the men's side) was behind a shoji screen with a noren divider that I initially missed, so keep an eye out.
* Wear the kimono, haori, and slippers to all onsen, and bring your towel basket, which will contain a small and large towel, as well as your key. You will leave slippers at the entrance in a cubby, then check out a free locker to store everything else. Take the small towel with you (carry by folding it and laying it on top of your head) so you can use it to dab off while in the baths.
* Before entering any bath, use the provided showers to either sit down and ritually rinse or shower and wash down.
* Move slowly and be quiet in the spas. I did not encounter any adults talking when there.
* When exiting the bath, towel off with the small towel before entering the locker room to keep things moderately dry.
* If you use the sauna, grab a bamboo butt pad before entering them. They're between the hot and dry saunas.
The town itself is really charming and walkable, with many rural elements and a helpful map. Akiu Craft Town was mostly closed when we were there and it was quite cold, but we nevertheless had wonderful experiences with two shops, particularly the first one on the right entering the town, where a delightful elderly lady showed us all her kokeshi dolls, bowls, and other woodcraft. There's a winery with surprisingly good wine and delicious snacks close to the spa.
Location
Yakushi-28 Akiumachi Yumoto, Sendai, 982-0241, Tōhoku, Japan|12.17 km from city centre
Check in and check out
Check in from:
15:00
Check out before:
11:00
Good to know
Pets not allowed
[Notice Regarding Miyagi Prefecture Accommodation Tax]
Miyagi Prefecture (including Sendai City) will officially introduce an accommodation tax starting January 13, 2026.
Guests staying in the prefecture whose room charge (room-only rate before tax) is JPY 6,000 or more per person per night will be required to pay an accommodation tax of JPY 300 per person per night.
For details regarding the payment method of the accommodation tax, please contact the hotel directly.
For further information, please refer to the official Sendai City website.
Please contact the hotel for details about adding extra beds.
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