Oji, Kusatsu, Shiga
Sakura-yu (Kusatsu)
A neighborhood sento about six minutes on foot from JR Kusatsu Station. Current local information describes heated groundwater and a compact sauna; it is not confirmed as a natural hot spring.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 14:00–22:00. Closed Sundays. Adult admission is listed at ¥490; about a 6-minute walk from JR Kusatsu Station, with six parking spaces. The facility listing also mentions jets, a shallow pool and a small sauna.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published; no legal natural hot-spring source has been confirmed.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Natural groundwater; a legally classified natural hot-spring source has not been confirmed.
- Spring classification
- General public bathhouse using groundwater; not confirmed as a natural hot spring.
- pH
- Not confirmed.
- Flow rate
- Not confirmed.
- Water handling
- Current local information describes groundwater heated with wood. Natural hot-spring analysis and pool-by-pool water-treatment details were not confirmed.
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.
