Animaedamae Onsen, Kitaakita, Akita Prefecture
Quince Moriyoshi, Animaedamae Onsen (Day Bath)
As of 7 September 2026, the onsen baths remain suspended after Legionella bacteria were detected, and no reopening date has been announced. The restaurant and shop are operating, but do not make a dedicated hot-spring visit until bathing resumes.
Facility photos
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- The usual bath schedule is listed as 09:00–21:00, last admission 20:30; these are not usable hours while bathing remains suspended.
- Access
- Directly connected to Animaedamae Station on the Akita Nairiku Line.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published in current first-party information. An older third-party figure around 53°C is not used as a current source temperature.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published; no fixed current pool temperature is confirmed.
- Spring source
- No individual spring name or well number is published in the current first-party information reviewed.
- Spring classification
- Calcium-sodium chloride spring.
- pH
- Not published in current first-party information.
- Flow rate
- Not published in current first-party information.
- Water handling
- The facility describes natural hot-spring indoor and outdoor baths, but its 2026 first-party text does not fully specify water addition, heating, circulation, disinfection or flow for each pool. Bathing has been suspended since Legionella bacteria were detected on 7 August 2026.
Bathing indications
The facility lists general indications such as cuts and skin conditions. This is not a promise of treatment.
Legionella bacteria were detected in water testing on 7 August 2026, and hot-spring bathing was suspended. Disinfection work was completed on 18–19 August, and reopening preparations were reported on 20 August, but no reopening date had been announced by 7 September. The usual adult rate is ¥500, ¥300 for elementary-school children, and free for younger children; these are not admission rights while the baths are on hold. The restaurant and shop were reported open as usual.
How to read a bath profile
Spring-source temperature and actual bathing temperature are kept separate. Each score is shown independently for comparison rather than collapsed into one overall score.
