Akakura Onsen, Mogami, Yamagata Prefecture
Oku no Hosomichi Akakura Yukemuri-kan
The most straightforward day-use choice in Akakura. Check which outdoor bath is open to which gender that day, and plan transport for the roughly 2.9 km from the station.
Facility photos
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 09:00–21:30; last admission 20:30. Opens at 13:00 on the first, third and fifth Wednesday; closed on the second and fourth Wednesday. Adults ¥500; junior-high students ¥300; elementary-school children ¥200; younger children free. Basho-no-Yu is for men on even-numbered dates and women on odd-numbered dates; Sora-no-Yu follows the reverse schedule. Toge-no-Yu is a private bath by reservation, ¥1,500 for one hour, up to four people.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 74.0°C at the municipal No. 2 source; not a fixed bathing temperature.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Akakura No. 2 municipal spring.
- Spring classification
- Sodium-calcium sulfate spring; low-salinity, alkaline and high-temperature.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- The Mogami tourism course describes the large outdoor bath as source-flowing. The current facility pages do not publish treatment conditions for each indoor and smaller outdoor bath, so the large-bath description is not extended to every pool.
- Analysis date
- 74.0
Bathing indications
The facility lists general bathing indications including chronic muscle and joint pain, sensitivity to cold, poor peripheral circulation, fatigue, minor cuts and dry skin. This is not a treatment guarantee.
Sora-no-Yu and Toge-no-Yu briefly closed for pipe repairs on January 5, 2026, then reopened January 8. The repair closure has ended.
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.
