Sakuranbo Higashine Onsen, Higashine, Yamagata
Sakuranbo Higashine Onsen Ota-yu
Ota-yu is a good low-cost early-morning bath if you value a clean, practical neighbourhood facility over a large selection of pools. The bookable tent sauna is a separate outing, not part of ordinary admission.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Open 06:00–22:00, with no regular closing day. Admission is ¥450 for adults and ¥200 for children aged three through elementary school. The facility lists parking for 30 cars and accepts PayPay. A separate tent sauna costs ¥4,000 for one tent, two hours and up to four people; call to book at least one day ahead.
- Tattoo policy
- The current official and local tourism pages checked do not confirm a tattoo policy for ordinary bathing or the tent sauna. Ask before visiting.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published for source No. 15; the district-wide 50–67°C range is not substituted
- Bathing temperature
- Not published
- Spring source
- Higashine Onsen Cooperative source No. 15
- Spring classification
- Sodium chloride and sulfate spring
- pH
- Not published for source No. 15
- Flow rate
- Not published
- Water handling
- The inn calls the water 100% source water, but also says it circulates the bath to even out the temperature. It should not be described as fully non-circulating. Current pages do not itemize water addition, heating or disinfection conditions.
- Analysis date
- 2026
Bathing indications
The inn lists general bathing indications including muscle and joint pain, sensitivity to cold, cuts, diabetes and fatigue. These are not treatment guarantees.
Adult admission is ¥450 and child admission ¥200, 06:00–22:00 year-round. The tent sauna is a separate product at ¥4,000 for two hours, up to four people, with a phone reservation by the previous day. The facility says it drains and cleans the baths every day. 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.
