Horita, Beppu, Oita
Horita Onsen
A straightforward municipal spring bath with an outdoor pool and convenient access from the Beppu interchange. It has no private bath, and the indoor and outdoor pools close for cleaning from 14:00 to 15:00.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 06:30–22:30; closed for cleaning from 14:00 to 15:00. Closed on the first Wednesday of each month, or the following day if it is a public holiday. Adult admission ¥300.
- Tattoo policy
- Accepted according to Beppu's current official tourism page for this facility; follow any temporary on-site rule.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 51.8°C in an analysis dated February 18, 2019, measured at the storage-tank outlet.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Horita Onsen source.
- Spring classification
- Simple spring.
- pH
- 5.8 on site / 6.0 in the laboratory in the February 18, 2019 analysis.
- Flow rate
- Not measured.
- Water handling
- The city describes the supply as conveyed spring water used source-flowing. The bath has a public outdoor pool; there is no private bath.
- Analysis date
- 2019-02-18
Source analysis figures are dated and do not establish current bath temperature. Temporary closures follow Beppu City's municipal-bath calendar.
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.
