Sakuranbo Higashine Onsen, Higashine, Yamagata

Sakuranbo Higashine Onsen Komatsu-no-Yu

Komatsu-no-Yu is the more complete pick if you want an outdoor bath and a regular sauna along with an early start. The sauna opens later than the public bath, so a morning visit will be bath-only.

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Opening hours
Open 06:00–22:00, last admission 21:30, with no regular closing day. Admission is ¥500 for adults and ¥300 for children aged three through elementary school. The sauna opens 15:00–21:00 on weekdays and 11:00–21:00 on weekends and public holidays; it is not available at the 06:00 opening.
Access
The Higashine Onsen bus stop is about a 2-minute walk away. Parking for 110 cars is listed.

Spring & water temperature

Spring-source temperature
Not published for this facility; the district's 50–67°C range is not assigned to this bath
Bathing temperature
Not published
Spring source
Sakuranbo Higashine Onsen; an individual source name for the day-use bath is not published in the current pages checked
Spring classification
Sodium chloride spring
pH
Not published for this facility
Flow rate
Not published for this facility
Water handling
Current first-party pages do not publish water-addition, heating, circulation or disinfection conditions for the day-use bath. The free-flowing rock bath at the separate Shitei Komatsu lodging property is not used to describe Komatsu-no-Yu.
Analysis date
2026

Bathing indications

Yamagata Prefecture lists general bathing indications for sodium chloride springs. These are not treatment guarantees.

Admission is ¥500 for adults and ¥300 for children aged three through elementary school. The sauna has later opening hours than the bath. Tattoo rules are unconfirmed.

Bath experience

Comfort
8.0/10
Bath variety
8.5/10
Upkeep
8.0/10
Atmosphere
7.5/10
Quiet
6.0/10
Access
8.0/10
Value
9.0/10

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.

Sources

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