Himi Banya-gai, Himi, Toyama Prefecture
Himi Onsenkyo Sōyu
The steadiest first choice for a first visit to Himi, especially without a car or when pairing a bath with seafood at Banya-gai.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Weekdays 10:00–23:00; last admission 22:00. Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays open from 07:00 for morning bathing. Open year-round, though maintenance closures may be announced.
- Tattoo policy
- The current official pages reviewed on 7 September 2026 do not state a tattoo policy. Do not assume that silence means tattoos are allowed; call the bathhouse first if this affects your visit.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published; “hot spring” classification does not specify a fixed bathing-pool temperature.
- Spring source
- Himi Onsenkyo Sōyu; the current official page does not name a separate source well.
- Spring classification
- Strong sodium chloride spring; high-salinity, neutral and hot.
- pH
- Not published in the current material summarized here.
- Flow rate
- Not published in the current material summarized here.
- Water handling
- The operator describes the facility as a natural hot spring with source-flowing water. The current page does not publish complete pool-by-pool details on water addition, heating, circulation or disinfection, so no further treatment is inferred.
Bathing indications
The official page lists general bathing indications including neuralgia, muscle and joint pain, sensitivity to cold and fatigue, as well as spring-type indications for cuts, burns and chronic skin conditions. This is Japanese hot-spring bathing information, not a medical treatment promise.
The facility is described as source-flowing; other pool-by-pool treatment details are not published.
Admission is ¥950 for adults, ¥500 for elementary-school children and younger, and ¥100 for children under 3. Face towels cost ¥200 and bath-towel rental ¥300. The facility does not publish a confirmed tattoo rule.
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.
