Arifuku Onsen, Gotsu, Shimane Prefecture
Arifuku Onsen Satsuki-yu
A balanced choice if you want to avoid Gozen-yu's hotter water while still having a shower, basic amenities and source-flowing water.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Normally 10:00–21:00; last admission at 20:30. Closed Thursdays. The tourism association says it opens 07:00–22:00, with last admission at 21:30, on Tuesdays when Gozen-yu is closed.
- 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 Satsuki-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 Satsuki-yu as source-flowing. Gotsu City stated that chlorine disinfection was used when it reopened in 2023, but that is not treated as a fixed 2026 condition. Current pool-by-pool treatment details are not published.
Bathing indications
No specific medical effect is claimed here.
Source flow is confirmed. A 2023 reopening notice mentioned chlorine disinfection, but current treatment conditions for each pool are not published.
Admission is ¥400 for adults and ¥200 for elementary-school children. Showers are available. 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.
