Doguchi, Echizen Town, Fukui Prefecture
Echizen Onsen Michi-no-Yu
A low-cost local bath if you want a natural-spring indoor soak on the Echizen Coast. The facility is simple, with no confirmed outdoor bath or sauna offering.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 11:00–21:00; last admission 20:30. Closed Wednesdays, Thursdays and over the New Year period. Adult admission is ¥410, ¥200 for elementary and junior-high students, and ¥100 for children aged 3–6.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Echizen No. 2 spring (Kuriya Onsen), based on Echizen Town's 1 May 2024 survey.
- Spring classification
- Sodium bicarbonate-sulfate spring; low-tonicity and weakly alkaline.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- A local day-bath facility with indoor baths. Echizen tourism information identifies it as using Echizen No. 2 spring water. Water addition, heating, circulation and disinfection details are not published pool by pool.
- Analysis date
- 2024
Bathing indications
The town lists general bathing indications including neuralgia, muscle and joint pain, frozen shoulder and motor impairment. These are not a treatment guarantee.
Closed Wednesday and Thursday, as well as over the New Year period. Check for seasonal changes before travelling.
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.
