Tsuchitaru, Yuzawa, Niigata

Tsuchitaru Onsen Iwa-no-Yu

A stone-bath public onsen that works well after outdoor activities around Tsuchitaru and Daigenta. It is a cooler-classified spring, but the current sources do not specify how the individual baths are heated or treated.

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Opening hours
10:00–21:00; last admission 20:30. Closed Wednesdays. Adult ¥850. Parking for 32 cars. The stone bath holds about 15 people.

Spring & water temperature

Spring-source temperature
Not published; the low-temperature classification is the only current source-side detail.
Bathing temperature
Not published.
Spring source
An individual source name was not published on the current official pages.
Spring classification
Alkaline simple spring; low-tonicity and low-temperature.
pH
Not published.
Flow rate
Not published.
Water handling
Current primary pages do not publish water addition, heating, circulation or disinfection details by pool. The low-temperature classification is not used to infer a heating method.

Bathing indications

The outdoor-bath listing gives general indications including neuralgia, limited mobility, frozen shoulder and joint pain. These are not a guarantee of medical benefit.

Bath experience

Comfort
8.0/10
Bath variety
5.5/10
Upkeep
7.0/10
Atmosphere
7.5/10
Quiet
7.5/10
Access
5.0/10
Value
8.0/10

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.

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