Shinhotaka Onsen, Okuhida Onsen-go, Gifu
Shinhotaka-no-Yu
A seasonal riverside bath for visitors who are comfortable with mixed bathing and want an open-air setting in the Northern Alps. Swimsuits or a bath wrap are required. The river can force a temporary closure, and the 2026 season is scheduled to end on October 30.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Seasonal opening April 18–October 30, 2026, 08:00–18:00. Closed for winter from October 31. Cleaning is scheduled Mondays and Fridays; on Mondays the bath is unavailable 13:00–15:00. Temporary closure is possible if river levels rise.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Shinhotaka Onsen; an individual source name is not published.
- Spring classification
- Simple spring.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- One mixed outdoor pool beside the Kamata River. The current tourism-association page does not specify dilution, heating, circulation, filtration, disinfection or source-flowing status.
Swimsuits or a bath wrap are required. High water can trigger an unscheduled closure; the 2026 season ends October 30.
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.
