Arifuku Onsen, Gotsu, Shimane Prefecture
Arifuku Onsen Gozen-yu
The easiest benchmark for a first visit to Arifuku, with morning hours, distinctive architecture, a rest area and a family bath. If you dislike very hot water, try Satsuki-yu or Yayoi-yu instead.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 07:00–22:00; last admission at 21:30. Closed Tuesdays.
- Tattoo policy
- The current first-party pages reviewed do not confirm a tattoo policy. Check before visiting.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published for this bath in the current material summarized here.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published as a fixed setting.
- Spring source
- Arifuku Onsen's shared spring system; the pages reviewed do not name a separate source for Gozen-yu.
- Spring classification
- Alkaline simple hot spring; low-salinity, alkaline and high-temperature, based on the official classification for the Arifuku area.
- pH
- Not published for this bath in the current material summarized here.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- The current Arifuku Onsen site describes Gozen-yu as a source-flowing hot spring. Current main text pages do not publish pool-by-pool details for water addition, heating, circulation or disinfection.
Bathing indications
No specific medical effect is claimed here.
The official site confirms source-flowing use; pool-specific treatment details are not published.
Admission is ¥400 for adults, ¥200 for elementary-school children and free for preschool children. A 60-minute family bath costs ¥1,200. The day pass covers the public baths only, not the family bath. Tattoo rules are unconfirmed.
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.
