Kinosaki Onsen, Toyooka, Hyogo

Kinosaki Onsen Ichinoyu

A centrally located public bath with a distinctive semi-open cave bath, useful for visitors who want one stop in the middle of the hot-spring town. Its family bath remains closed for major repairs, with no reopening date published.

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Opening hours
07:00–23:00; last admission 22:30. Closed Wednesdays. Adult admission ¥800; children from age 3 through elementary school ¥400.
Tattoo policy
Permitted under the Kinosaki public-bath policy. This does not automatically apply to baths inside individual inns.

Spring & water temperature

Spring-source temperature
Not published for this bath.
Bathing temperature
The shared bath-side reference is about 42°C. A temporary adjustment to 39°C was reported during the August 2026 heat period; check the current setting.
Spring source
Shared Kinosaki Onsen supply; an individual source name for Ichinoyu is not published.
Spring classification
Sodium-calcium chloride spring; high-temperature spring.
pH
Not published.
Flow rate
Not published.
Water handling
The public bath uses the shared Kinosaki spring supply. Facilities include an indoor bath and a semi-open cave bath. Individual dilution, heating, circulation and disinfection details are not published, so source-flowing status is not assumed.

The family bath has been suspended since February 2026 for major repairs; no reopening date has been announced.

Bath experience

Comfort
8.5/10
Bath variety
7.5/10
Upkeep
8.5/10
Atmosphere
9.0/10
Quiet
6.5/10
Access
9.5/10
Value
9.0/10

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.

Sources

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