Maga, Maniwa, Okayama

Maga Onsenkan

Choose it for a low-cost soak and the small rock bath where spring water rises from the floor. It is a simple old-style bathhouse, not a resort spa.

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Opening hours
Regular bath: ¥250 for adults and ¥100 for children. Makuyu: ¥400 for adults and ¥200 for children. Private bath: ¥1,300 for up to three people. Open 08:00–21:00, last entry 20:10; closed Tuesdays. Parking is limited to five spaces, with about ten more across the road by the river.

Spring & water temperature

Spring source
Maga Onsen.
Spring classification
Natural hot spring; a current individual classification was not confirmed in the reviewed text sources.
Water handling
In Makuyu, water rises naturally through the floor of a small rock bath and is channelled through bamboo. Treatment details for the regular and private baths are not fully published.

Bath experience

Comfort
7.0/10
Bath variety
7.0/10
Upkeep
7.0/10
Atmosphere
7.5/10
Quiet
9.0/10
Access
6.0/10
Value
10.0/10

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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