Kaminoyama Onsen, Yamagata
Sawa-no-Yu Public Bath
A compact community bath with a clear source-flowing, chlorine-free description and basic toiletries supplied. Opening hours vary by day: it opens at 15:00 on most weekdays, but at 10:00 on Sundays and holidays.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 15:00–21:00; Sundays and holidays 10:00–21:00. Closed Tuesdays and Thursdays. Adults (high-school age and up) ¥500; elementary- and middle-school students ¥350; younger children ¥200. No showers; shampoo, conditioner and body wash are provided.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published as a current source measurement; historical spout readings are not substituted.
- Bathing temperature
- No fixed current value published; older records are historical only.
- Spring source
- Kaminoyama district springs No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3.
- Spring classification
- Sodium-calcium chloride-sulfate spring; low-tonicity, weakly alkaline and high-temperature.
- pH
- Not published for this bathhouse.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- The operator describes the bath as source-flowing and chlorine-free. The detailed local page also says no water is added or heated, the water is not circulated or filtered, and no bath additives or disinfectant treatment are used.
- Analysis date
- 2022
Bathing indications
The local bath page lists general bathing indications including cuts, burns, muscle pain and fatigue. These are not a guarantee of medical benefit.
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.
