Shimotogawa, Namioka, Aomori City, Aomori
Popeye Onsen
A very low-cost choice for dark-colored natural spring water, several pools and private family baths while travelling by car or bus through Tsugaru. It is not a station-side spa or a scenic resort. The current first-party tattoo rule is unconfirmed.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 06:00–21:00, listed as open year-round. Current admission: adults ¥350, children ¥150, and children aged one and up ¥50. Six family baths operate 06:00–21:00; ¥1,200 for one hour, with ¥200 for each additional 10 minutes. The last start is around 20:00; same-day reservations are accepted.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published as a current value. Older analysis transcriptions differ and are not carried forward as current figures.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published as a fixed value. Dated visitor reports are observations, not a facility setting.
- Spring source
- Popeye Onsen; an individual source name is not published.
- Spring classification
- Sodium-chloride and bicarbonate spring, according to current Aomori Prefecture tourism information.
- pH
- Not published as a current value; older analysis transcriptions are not treated as current.
- Flow rate
- Not published as a current value; older records conflict.
- Water handling
- Aomori City tourism information lists this as a natural, source-flowing spring. The water is described as tea-colored to dark brown; color alone does not establish a moor-spring classification.
Older listings show longer hours than the current 06:00–21:00 information. For family baths, the last start is around 20:00.
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.
