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The Washington campground with a Japanese bathhouse

October 28, 2026 · The Campgrounder Team

The low timber Ofuro bathhouse at Snow Peak Campfield, seen across a still pond through a stand of thin alders

The Ofuro, across the pond. You'll be looking back out at these alders from the hot pool. Photo courtesy of Snow Peak Campfield.

Snow Peak, the Japanese gear company, runs a string of campgrounds back home. Its first one in the U.S. is on Washington's Long Beach Peninsula, about three hours from Seattle and a little less from Portland. It's called Campfield, it sits on 25 acres that used to be an RV park, and it's open all year.

It's also the only campground we know of where the end of the day can be a hinoki sauna, a cold plunge and a 104-degree pool facing a stand of alders. That's the headline. Here's how the rest of it works.

01You leave the car at the gate

Cars stop at the Gatehouse lot. You load your gear onto one of their big carts and walk it in along a covered boardwalk over restored wetland, and if you'd rather not haul it, the staff will shuttle you to your site. Each reservation gets one parking spot; a second car goes in overflow, first come, first served.

It sounds like a hassle until you're there. With no traffic on the loops, kids just roam, and the parents follow them into conversations with the neighbors. The sites are set so fire pits face each other, which helps.

The covered boardwalk into Snow Peak Campfield, a timber ceiling over leaning wooden posts on one side and a charred wood wall on the other, opening onto grass and trees — The covered boardwalk from the Gatehouse. Photo courtesy of Snow Peak Campfield.

02Pick how you want to sleep

Field Sites.Your tent, or theirs. Bring your own setup, or rent Snow Peak tents, pads, sleeping bags and cookware. A good way to try expensive gear before you buy it.
Tent Suites.Two big Snow Peak tents, the Landlock and the Rigel, set up and ready. The easy on-ramp if you're new to camping.
Jyubako Suites.Small timber cabins from a design by the architect Kengo Kuma. Queen bed, a futon, a kitchenette with an induction cooktop and mini fridge, a private bathroom, heat and air. From $130 a night. Two-night minimum on weekends, dog-friendly options, and one is fully ADA accessible.

A Jyubako Suite at Snow Peak Campfield, a small pale plywood cabin with a wide window and a fold-down ledge, on a deck with two red camp chairs in tall grass — A Jyubako, tucked into the trees near the Ofuro. Photo courtesy of Snow Peak Campfield.

The Jyubakos book up months out. If your dates come back empty, check that you searched two nights; a one-night search on a weekend can hide them entirely.

03The Ofuro is the reason to go

Ofuro just means bath. There's no hot spring, so it isn't an onsen. Think of it as a sento, a Japanese neighborhood bathhouse: rinse off in the showers, then rotate between the hot pool, the hinoki cypress sauna and the cold plunge. One whole side is open to the pond and the alders, and the angled timber beams overhead were drawn to echo them.

The hot soaking pool inside the Snow Peak Campfield Ofuro, a wood-rimmed pool under a timber ceiling held up by angled beams, open on one side to the grass — The hot pool. Photo courtesy of Snow Peak Campfield.

Staying overnight? Your Ofuro time is included, and they'll email you before the trip to book slots. Just passing through? Day passes are $35 for two hours and open up three days ahead.

Bring a towel, a swimsuit and shower shoes. Kids 6 and up can use it, and anyone under 16 needs an adult with them. No food or drinks other than water. It's ADA accessible; email the team ahead if you need accommodations.

04The rest of camp

The Wash House has private bathrooms and showers, plus real dish sinks, so nobody's scrubbing a pot with sand at 9 p.m. The Campstore is café, gear shop and shared living room in one: coffee in the morning, beer and wine later, and the sundries you forgot.

The Snow Peak Campfield Campstore in evening sun, a charred-wood building under a long dark metal roof with timber trim and tall glass walls — The Campstore. Photo courtesy of Snow Peak Campfield.

Inside the Campstore, a pine cafe counter under open shelves of wine bottles, with low camp sofas in the sunlit foreground — Inside, even the sofas are camp furniture. Photo courtesy of Snow Peak Campfield.

05When to go

Fall: the cranberry harvest and Willapa Bay oysters. Winter: storm watching, and the best excuse there is to sit in a hot pool. Spring: gray whales passing and razor clam digs. Summer: kites on the beach and fires in the dunes.

Our pick is a winter weeknight. The storms come in off the Pacific, the Jyubakos are easier to get, and you've got the Ofuro booked.

Know before you go. 5411 Sandridge Road, Long Beach, Washington. Open year-round. Leashed dogs welcome (extra cleaning fee in the cabins and Tent Suites). One car per site at the Gatehouse lot, and there are EV chargers. Book through Snow Peak directly.

Check dates at Snow Peak Campfield →

Want something wilder nearby? Search the coast around Long Beach for state parks and Forest Service camps within a couple of hours.

Sources
Snow Peak Campfield Long Beach
Jyubako Suites (Snow Peak Campfield)
Ofuro Spa (Snow Peak Campfield)
A Stay at Snow Peak's First American Campground (Cool Hunting)
Snow Peak opens first U.S. Campfield in Long Beach (Chinook Observer)
Snow Peak Opens Luxe Campground and Spa (Portland Monthly)
Photos courtesy of Snow Peak Campfield.