Baba, Otsu, Shiga

Miyako-yu ZEZE

A convenient sento three minutes on foot from JR Zeze Station, with a sauna and Sunday morning bathing. The operator uses natural groundwater heated with wood, but the research did not confirm a legally classified natural hot spring.

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Opening hours
Weekdays 15:00–24:00; Saturdays and public holidays 14:00–24:00; Sundays 08:00–24:00. Closed Thursdays. Bath admission is ¥490, with a ¥110 sauna supplement. Eight parking spaces and complimentary shampoo and body soap are listed.

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
The operator describes the water as natural groundwater heated with wood. This does not establish a natural onsen classification. The current pages do not provide pool-by-pool treatment details.

Bath experience

Comfort
9.0/10
Bath variety
8.5/10
Upkeep
8.0/10
Atmosphere
8.0/10
Quiet
6.0/10
Access
10.0/10
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.

Sources

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