Kamata, Tendo Onsen, Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture
Sakaeya Hotel Day-Use Bath
A focused ¥800 soak for visitors who care more about the spring's treatment than a panoramic open-air view. Day visitors can use the first-floor public bath, not the rooftop bath.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- The current hot-spring page lists day use from 11:00 to 15:00. An older day-use page says weekdays only, while the current page does not repeat that restriction; call ahead for weekends and public holidays. Maintenance closures should also be checked on the day.
- Tattoo policy
- The current profile material does not confirm a tattoo policy. Check with the hotel before visiting.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- About 69°C for source No. 8 on the hotel grounds; this is not the bath temperature.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published as a fixed setting.
- Spring source
- Tendo Onsen source No. 8 is on the hotel grounds. The operator says sources No. 6, 8 and 9 supply local inns, but the current blend used by this hotel's bath is not published.
- Spring classification
- Calcium-sodium sulfate spring.
- pH
- Not published for source No. 8 in the current official material reviewed.
- Flow rate
- 300 L/min for source No. 8 on the grounds; this is not the amount delivered to the bath.
- Water handling
- The hotel explicitly says its day-use first-floor bath is used without adding water or heating, with spring water used as it comes from the source. The rooftop panoramic bath is not open to day visitors.
Bathing indications
The hotel describes the water as clear and discusses drinking use and skin-moisturising qualities. These are not treatment guarantees.
The day-use bath is confirmed as unheated and undiluted. Other treatment details are not inferred.
The current hot-spring page lists admission at ¥800 for adults and ¥400 for children, with hand towels at ¥100 and bath towels at ¥300. Day visitors may use only the first-floor public bath. Tattoo rules are not confirmed in the current profile material.
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.
