Yunohama Onsen, Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture

Yunohama Kamiku Public Bath

The lowest-cost way to try Yunohama's source-flowing communal bath. The old early-morning session has ended; before 10:00, use Shimoku instead.

Check before bathing

Opening hours
10:00–21:30; last admission 21:00. Closed on the second and fourth Tuesdays. The former 06:00 morning session has been discontinued.
Tattoo policy
The current profile material does not include a confirmed tattoo policy. Check with the bath before visiting.

Spring & water temperature

Spring-source temperature
Not published for Kamiku; temperatures from other Yunohama facilities are not substituted.
Bathing temperature
Not published as a fixed setting.
Spring source
Yunohama Onsen's centrally managed spring supply; the city page does not name the source used specifically by Kamiku.
Spring classification
Sodium-calcium chloride spring.
pH
Not published for this bath.
Flow rate
Not published for this bath.
Water handling
Tsuruoka City describes the bath as source-flowing. Current city pages do not publish complete pool-by-pool details for water addition, heating, circulation or disinfection, so no further treatment is inferred.

Bathing indications

The city and tourism pages describe the warming quality of chloride springs as general reference information. It is not a treatment guarantee, and a current analysis for this individual bath was not confirmed.

Source flow is confirmed; other pool-specific conditions are not published.

Admission is ¥290 for junior-high students and older and ¥110 for elementary-school children. There are no showers; shampoo and other products can be bought on site but are not provided. A ¥100 locker is refundable. Tattoo rules are unconfirmed.

Bath experience

Comfort
5.5/10
Bath variety
3.0/10
Upkeep
7.5/10
Atmosphere
6.0/10
Quiet
6.5/10
Access
8.5/10
Value
10.0/10

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.

Sources

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