Sagae, Yamagata
Sagae Municipal Bathhouse Yururi Sagae
Yururi Sagae is a practical choice if you want a municipal bath with sauna and accessible bathing facilities, and its early opening makes it easy to fit into a short stop. Check the town's spring-supply notice before setting out.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Open 06:00–21:00, last admission 20:30. Closed on the second Thursday of each month. Admission for visitors from outside Sagae is ¥350 for adults, ¥100 for children under 15 and free for preschoolers. As of May 11, 2026, the hot and warm baths, cold bath, sauna and accessible bath were all listed as available.
- Tattoo policy
- Current city, facility and cooperative pages checked do not publish a tattoo policy. Ask the bathhouse before visiting.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published. The facility's linked analysis-sheet PDF was returning 404 when checked, so older figures are not treated as current.
- Bathing temperature
- Hot and warm pools are available; fixed temperatures are not published
- Spring source
- New Sagae Onsen
- Spring classification
- Simple spring (low-tonicity, neutral, high-temperature spring)
- pH
- Not confirmed in current material; the linked analysis PDF was unavailable
- Flow rate
- Not published for the facility; the town's well output covers a shared source, not this bath's actual inflow
- Water handling
- Sagae City describes the large bath as free-flowing source water. The facility has hot and warm baths; current city pages do not provide treatment details for each pool.
- Analysis date
- 2026
Bathing indications
The Sagae Onsen Cooperative lists general bathing indications for simple springs. These are not treatment guarantees.
The town warns that falling spring-water volume may lead to short-notice closures or supply restrictions. Check the same-day operating notice before a long trip. 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.
