Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture
Saraku Sand Bath Hall
A dependable first stop for Ibusuki if you want to combine the sand bath with an ordinary hot-spring bath and have public transport access.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 08:30–21:00; last reception 20:00. Sand-bath reception pauses from 12:00 to 13:00 on weekdays. Special rates were listed from 19–23 September 2026; the next scheduled equipment closure is 14–18 December 2026.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 84.7°C at the spring source; this is not the sand temperature or bath temperature.
- Bathing temperature
- No current fixed pool temperature is published.
- Spring source
- Ibusuki sand-bath spring, Saraku source.
- Spring classification
- Chloride spring; colourless and clear, strongly salty and odourless.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- Current official tourism information says water is added and that source-flowing and recirculating systems are used together. The proportions for individual pools are not published, so the entire facility is not described as purely source-flowing.
Bathing indications
The facility lists general bathing indications such as stiff shoulders, lower-back pain, neuralgia and sensitivity to cold. Sand bathing also has cautions for high blood pressure, heart disease, pregnancy and fever. This is not a treatment guarantee.
The standard sand-bath session is ¥1,500 for adults; hot-spring bathing only is ¥800. The weekday sand-bath reception pause is 12:00–13:00. Check the special-rate dates and scheduled 14–18 December 2026 equipment closure before visiting.
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.
