Nagaragawa Onsen, Gifu City, Gifu
Juhachiro (Day-Use Bath)
Juhachiro is a good way to combine a historic riverside inn, Nagaragawa scenery and several bathing areas with a visit to Kawaramachi. Build around the 90-minute limit and confirm the day-use schedule first.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- The September 7, 2026 schedule listed day bathing from 14:00–20:00. Admission is ¥1,500 for adults and ¥700 for children aged two through elementary school. Each visit lasts 90 minutes from reception, including time used in the car park and hotel. No reservation is required; payment is cash only.
- Tattoo policy
- Guests with tattoos are not allowed to use the day-use bath. The current rules do not list a cover-seal exception.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 16.9°C in the analysis dated 2017-11-14; not a 2026 re-analysis
- Bathing temperature
- Not published as a fixed value
- Spring source
- Nagaragawa Onsen, from the source at 436-1 Mitahora, Gifu City
- Spring classification
- Simple iron cold mineral spring (neutral, low-tonicity, cold spring)
- pH
- pH 6.6 at the site and 7.0 in the laboratory, in the 2017-11-14 analysis
- Flow rate
- 500 L/min in the same analysis, listed as mechanically pumped; this is not a new measurement
- Water handling
- Nagaragawa Onsen is used in the Kawa-no-Se, Kawa-no-Ne and Kura-no-Yu bathing areas. Current main pages do not publish complete water-addition, heating, circulation or disinfection conditions for each pool, so they are not described as uniformly free-flowing.
- Analysis date
- 2017-11-14
Bathing indications
The inn lists general bathing indications including neuralgia, muscle and joint pain, sensitivity to cold, fatigue and general health. These are not treatment guarantees.
Day-use hours and availability can change; the cited schedule is from September 7, 2026. Admission is ¥1,500 for adults and ¥700 for children aged two through elementary school, for 90 minutes including parking and hotel time. Tattoos are not permitted.
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.
