Yunomine Onsen, Hongu, Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture
Yunomine Onsen Public Bath
A reliable starting point among Hongu's hot springs if low cost, an easy wash and early opening matter most. Choose Tsuboyu separately for its World Heritage bathing experience.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 06:00–21:00; last admission 20:30. Irregular cleaning closures may occur. Admission: general bath ¥400, medicinal bath ¥600, family bath ¥700.
- Tattoo policy
- The current first-party information reviewed does not confirm a tattoo policy. Ask the bath before visiting.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 92°C, as listed on the shared public-bath and Tsuboyu information page.
- Bathing temperature
- No fixed values are published; the general baths are described as hot and cooler options.
- Spring source
- Yunomine Onsen; the current shared public-bath and Tsuboyu page does not identify an individual source.
- Spring classification
- Sulfur-bearing sodium bicarbonate spring.
- pH
- Not published in the current material summarized here.
- Flow rate
- Not published in the current material summarized here.
- Water handling
- The Kumano Hongu Tourism Association lists a hot bath, a cooler bath, medicinal bath and family bath. Current main pages do not provide complete treatment details for water addition, heating, circulation or disinfection in each pool.
Bathing indications
The tourism association lists general bathing indications including rheumatic conditions, neuralgia, skin conditions and diabetes. These are not treatment guarantees.
Pool-by-pool water treatment is not fully published on the current main page.
The facility is listed as open on 6 September 2026, with irregular cleaning closures possible.
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.
