Sagae Cherry Qua Park, Sagae, Yamagata
Sagae Hanasaka Onsen Yu-Cherry
Yu-Cheery is the strongest pick in Sagae if you want to compare different springs without paying more for the larger selection. It also works well for a longer stop, with saunas, dining and rest facilities on site.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Open 06:00–22:00 and usually closed on the first Monday of the month; if that Monday is a public holiday, the closure moves to the following day. Current prefectural tourism information lists admission at ¥350 for adults and ¥150 for children aged one through elementary school. The facility has dining, a shop, paid rest rooms and both high- and low-temperature saunas.
- Tattoo policy
- Current facility, prefectural tourism and city pages checked do not state a tattoo policy for the public baths. Ask before visiting.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published for the three current sources
- Bathing temperature
- Not published for the three pools
- Spring source
- Three source systems serve different baths: Sagae Hanasaka No. 1, Hanasaka Nos. 2 and 3, and New Sagae Onsen
- Spring classification
- Hanasaka No. 1: sulfur-bearing sodium-calcium chloride spring. Hanasaka Nos. 2 and 3: sodium-calcium chloride spring. New Sagae Onsen: simple spring (low-tonicity, neutral, high-temperature spring).
- pH
- Not published for the current individual sources
- Flow rate
- Not published per bath; shared source-well output is not treated as this facility's inflow
- Water handling
- The facility and local onsen cooperative describe three baths on each side, each with a different spring, all 100% free-flowing. Current first-party pages do not itemize additional water, heating, circulation or disinfection for each pool.
- Analysis date
- 2026
Bathing indications
The facility and local cooperative list general bathing indications for the three spring types. These are not treatment guarantees.
Adult admission is ¥350 and child admission ¥150, 06:00–22:00; usually closed the first Monday of the month. The town is monitoring changes in New Sagae Onsen source volume, so bath availability may be adjusted; check current notices. 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.
