Takaragawa Onsen, Minakami, Gunma
Takaragawa Sanso (Day Use)
Takaragawa Sanso is for making the riverside outdoor baths the main event, not for a quick stop between trains. It offers a long day-use stay, but the mountain location and lack of day-visitor shuttle make a car the easier option.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Day use is 10:00–16:30, last admission 16:00, for up to four hours. Admission is ¥1,500 for adults, ¥1,000 for elementary-school children and free for younger children. A facility-provided bathing garment is included; visitors cannot substitute their own. There is no shuttle for day visitors.
- Tattoo policy
- The current day-use, large-bath and visitor pages checked do not state a tattoo policy. Ask the facility before visiting.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 40–68°C across the four sources on the grounds; not one bath's temperature
- Bathing temperature
- Not published
- Spring source
- Four springs on the Takaragawa Onsen grounds
- Spring classification
- Simple spring
- pH
- Not published
- Flow rate
- 1,800 L/min combined across the four sources; this is not the flow rate to each bath
- Water handling
- The inn describes the water throughout the property as free-flowing. In the large outdoor baths, Maka-no-Yu and Hannya-no-Yu use water without added water or heating. Maya-no-Yu and Kodakara-no-Yu may have water added in summer to control high temperatures; they are not heated, recirculated or chemically treated according to the current facility information. The indoor bath's individual conditions are not published in full.
Bathing indications
The facility lists general bathing indications including neuralgia, joint and muscle pain, sensitivity to cold and fatigue. These are not treatment guarantees.
Day use is ¥1,500 for adults, ¥1,000 for elementary-school children and free for younger children, 10:00–16:30 with last admission 16:00. The visit is limited to four hours. Use the facility's bathing garment in the shared outdoor baths; day visitors have no shuttle. Tattoo rules are unconfirmed.
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.
