Shibi Onsen, Satsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture
Shibi Municipal Public Bath
The lowest-cost way to bathe in Shibi's well-known Kami-no-Yu spring.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 05:00–21:00; last admission 20:30. Open year-round.
- Tattoo policy
- The current town and prefectural tourism pages reviewed do not state a tattoo policy. Check with the bath before visiting.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Kami-no-Yu, rising beneath the worship hall of Shibi Shrine.
- Spring classification
- Sulfur spring, in the simple sulfur spring family.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- The bath uses the spring beneath Shibi Shrine. The town's current pages do not specify water addition, heating, circulation or disinfection, so these details are not inferred.
Bathing indications
The prefectural tourism site lists spring-type bathing indications. These are general hot-spring information, not treatment guarantees.
Current treatment details are not published.
From 1 April 2026, admission is ¥300 for visitors from outside the town and ¥100 for local residents. 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.
