Takahama, by Lake Suwa, Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture
Yutanpo Health and Wellness Center
A useful fit for families, older visitors or anyone who wants an open-air bath, walking pool and a place to rest. For the lowest admission price, Shimosuwa's ¥300 public baths cost less.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Bathing and other facilities: 09:00–20:00. Walking pool: 09:00–17:00. Closed Tuesdays, or the following day when Tuesday is a public holiday.
- Access
- Walking-pool sessions last 60 minutes and are limited to 8 people. Reserve ahead or check for a space on arrival.
- Tattoo policy
- The facility's current first-party information does not confirm a tattoo policy. Check with the facility before visiting.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- The municipal hot-spring system includes the Yutanpo South source, but the current facility page does not identify which pools use it.
- Spring classification
- Natural hot-spring facility; the current main facility page does not publish a full chemical classification for its bathing pools.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- Facilities include indoor and open-air baths, a walking pool and a footbath. Although the town's hot-spring records list a source named for Yutanpo, the current facility page does not specify which pools use it or publish their water-addition, heating, circulation, disinfection or source-flow conditions.
Bathing indications
The center is presented as a place for health activities and community use. This is not a claim that bathing treats illness.
Pool-specific source use and water-treatment conditions are not published.
Shampoo and body wash are provided; towels are sold. The walking pool requires a reservation or an available place in the current session. The official Yutanpo Day event on 7 September 2026 was a health event, not a closure notice.
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.
