Ichihino Onsen, Satsumasendai, Kagoshima
Shimonoyu Public Bath
Shimonoyu is the no-frills choice for an early bath and a genuinely low admission price. Expect a local public-bath experience rather than extensive facilities.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Open 06:00–22:00. Adult admission is ¥150 and child admission ¥80. Closed on the third Tuesday of each month. The current Kagoshima facility page was updated on March 7, 2025; check locally for any newer changes.
- Access
- Free parking for 11 cars is listed.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published
- Bathing temperature
- Not published
- Spring source
- The spring used by Shimonoyu Public Bath; no source number is listed on the current facility page
- Spring classification
- Alkaline hot spring; a facility-specific legal classification is not published in current web information
- pH
- Not published
- Flow rate
- Not published
- Water handling
- The prefecture lists Shimonoyu as an operating hot-spring public bath, but does not publish water-addition, heating, recirculation or disinfection conditions for each pool.
Bathing indications
The prefectural page lists general bathing information such as joint pain and fatigue recovery. This is not a treatment guarantee.
The former municipal bath moved to private operation in 2016. Admission is ¥150 for adults and ¥80 for children; the third Tuesday is a regular closure. 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.
