Higashiyama Onsen, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture
Shosuke-no-Yado Takinoyu (General Day Use Ended)
General walk-in day bathing ended on 31 August 2026. Compare it as an overnight stay, not as a current day-use ticket. Guests staying at the inn should also note that its public baths do not admit people with tattoos.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- General day-use bathing ended on 31 August 2026. Older tourism pages still show weekend hours of 13:00–15:00 and adult admission of ¥1,200, but those are historical and are not current visitor options.
- Tattoo policy
- Not permitted. The inn's current FAQ and notices ask guests with tattoos to stay out of the public indoor and open-air baths; the inn may refuse access.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- About 35–47.5°C across the different sources used by the baths.
- Bathing temperature
- The inn's current FAQ gives approximate settings of 39°C for the cooler bath, 42°C for a comfortable bath and 44°C for a hotter bath. Actual temperatures vary with the spring, outdoor temperature and number of bathers.
- Spring source
- The baths use different sources, including Fushimi-ga-taki, a blend from the Higashiyama Onsen association, Yamaguchi spring and Takinoyu spring.
- Spring classification
- Calcium-sodium sulfate-chloride spring. The inn's private-bath information lists mildly alkaline water at pH 8.64, low-salinity and hot.
- pH
- pH 8.64 is listed for a private bath; it is not assigned to every source or bath.
- Flow rate
- Not published in the current material summarized here.
- Water handling
- Treatment varies by bath. Some hinoki, hiba and open-air baths are described as 100% source-flowing. Some hotter pools combine source flow with heating and circulation filtration. The entire hotel should not be described as either purely source-flowing or purely recirculated.
Bathing indications
The inn lists general bathing indications for rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions, wounds and chronic skin conditions. These are Japanese hot-spring bathing indications, not treatment guarantees.
Some baths are source-flowing; others combine source flow with heating and circulation filtration. Treatment differs by bath.
Older coupons, magazine offers and third-party tickets do not restore general day-use admission. The inn's current tattoo policy applies to guests using its baths.
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.
