Yugawauchi Onsen, Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture
Yugawauchi Onsen Kajika-so
A choice for self-drivers and spring enthusiasts who value naturally rising water and want to avoid water addition, heating and circulation, even if that means giving up easy access.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Day use resumed on 1 July 2025; overnight stays are not currently available. Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday: 09:00–12:00, last admission 11:00, and 15:00–19:00, last admission 18:00. Sundays and public holidays: afternoon session only, 13:00–19:00. Closed Wednesdays and Thursdays, though holiday openings may occur. Monthly maintenance and bad weather can bring additional closures.
- Tattoo policy
- The inn's current main pages reviewed do not confirm a tattoo policy. Do not assume public-bath status means tattoos are accepted; ask before visiting.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- About 36°C for the drilled spring used in the showers and taps. A separate source temperature for the floor-fed baths is not published here.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published as a fixed temperature.
- Spring source
- Natural springs rising through the floors of the upper and lower baths; the showers and taps use a separate drilled, naturally flowing spring at about 36°C.
- Spring classification
- Alkaline simple hot spring.
- pH
- Not published in the current material summarized here.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- The inn says both the upper and lower baths are naturally fed from below and use source-flowing water without water addition, heating, circulation or additives. The showers and taps also use natural spring water.
Bathing indications
No specific medical effect is claimed here.
The inn confirms natural floor-fed source flow in both baths, without water addition, heating or circulation. Showers and taps use a separate natural spring.
Admission is ¥450 for adults, ¥150 for elementary-school children and ¥50 for children under six. The inn advises children under 12 and older visitors to avoid bathing where possible for safety reasons; anyone using a diaper may not enter the bath. Weather and monthly maintenance can affect access. 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.
