| Fuke no Yu Onsen Travelogue | In the 1960s–70s, Tsuge Yoshiharu traveled to remote, little-visited hot springs across the Tohoku region, compiling his travelogues and manga in works such as Hinkon Ryokoki (Poverty Travelogue). One of his best-known stories, 'Ondoro-goya' (The Ondol Hut), is said to be set at Fuke no Yu Onsen in Akita Prefecture, which has since become a pilgrimage site for secluded-hot-spring enthusiasts as 'the hot spring Tsuge Yoshiharu loved.' Details |
| Kuroyu Onsen Travelogue | A cure inn at the far end of the Nyuto Onsen village, where thatched bathhouses and milky-white sulfur water keep their old-fashioned look. Often introduced as a cure inn Tsuge Yoshiharu loved, it is included in the Akita chapter of Tsuge Yoshiharu no Onsen. Details |
| Magoroku Onsen Travelogue | A simple sulfur-spring cure inn in the Nyuto Onsen village, affectionately called the 'Mountain Yakushi Bath.' Tucked quietly beside a stream in the beech forest, it is one of the rustic cure retreats featured in the Akita chapter of Tsuge Yoshiharu no Onsen. Details |
| Oyasukyo Onsen Travelogue | A hot-spring town known for the Dai-Funto, where scalding water bursts roaring from the walls of the Minase River gorge. Long prosperous as a cure retreat with weak saline water containing Glauber's salt, it is included in the Akita chapter of Tsuge Yoshiharu no Onsen. Details |
| Doroyu Onsen Travelogue | A hidden spring in the mountains near the Kawarage Jigoku volcanic area, where hydrogen-sulfide and simple-type springs mingle. Known for its cloudy grey water and rustic inns, it appears in the Akita chapter of Tsuge Yoshiharu no Onsen. Details |
| Yunokami Onsen Travelogue | A small cure retreat on the Naraoka River in Nangai, Daisen, looking toward Mt. Takayakushi. Its remote location away from the center of former Nangai village is said to be one reason it was featured in the Akita chapter of Tsuge Yoshiharu no Onsen. Details |