Shinden area, Nozawa Onsen, Nozawaonsen Village, Nagano Prefecture
Shinden-no-Yu Public Bath
A traditional-looking wooden bathhouse at its current site since a 2018 relocation and renovation. Its spring is part of the Asagama supply mixed with cooler water.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 05:00–23:00 from April through November; 06:00–23:00 from December through March. There is no fixed admission charge; visitors are asked for a voluntary contribution.
- Tattoo policy
- The current tourism-association pages reviewed do not confirm a tattoo rule; check locally if you need a definite answer.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- About 90°C for the listed source.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Asagama source with cooler water from the Mukobayashi direction.
- Spring classification
- Sulfur-bearing sodium-calcium sulfate spring.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- The tourism association describes all 13 Nozawa public baths as 100% source-flowing. Shinden-no-Yu is listed as using Asagama water with cooler water; fixed pool temperatures are not published.
Bathing indications
The association lists general bathing indications including neuralgia, rheumatism, reduced gastrointestinal function, diabetes and dermatitis. These are not treatment guarantees.
The bath moved to its current location and was renovated in 2018. The source temperature is not a pool setting.
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.
