Yamanoue, Ryuo, Shiga Prefecture
Natural Hot Spring Gamō-no-Yu
A good-value stop on a self-drive trip around Ryuo or Higashiomi, with a clearly identified source-flowing pool. It is not the easiest choice if you rely on frequent trains and shuttle buses.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 10:00–22:00; closed Thursdays, except when Thursday is a public holiday. Admission allows one entry on the day of purchase.
- Tattoo policy
- Not permitted. The current facility information refuses admission for tattoos, tattoo stickers and small “one-point” tattoo stickers.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Gamō-no-Sato spring.
- Spring classification
- Weakly radioactive sodium chloride-bicarbonate spring; low-salinity and mildly alkaline.
- pH
- Not published in the current material summarized here.
- Flow rate
- Not published in the current material summarized here.
- Water handling
- The current facility page identifies a dedicated “source-flowing spring bath” that receives water directly from the source. The facility also has standard open-air and indoor pools, cold bath, electric bath, relaxation and beauty baths, and sauna; the text does not establish that these all use the same spring-water system.
Bathing indications
The facility lists general and spring-type bathing indications including cuts, burns, neuralgia, muscle and joint pain, sensitivity to cold and fatigue. These are not medical treatment promises.
Only the specifically designated source-flowing bath is confirmed as receiving direct spring water. Treatment conditions for the other pools are not published as identical.
Adult admission is ¥900 on weekdays and ¥1,000 on weekends and public holidays. Children's admission is ¥500; children under 3 enter free. Body wash and rinse-in shampoo are provided, but towels are not included. Mixed bathing is limited to preschool children.
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.
