Yufuin Onsen, Yufu, Oita
Yama-no-Hotel Musouen
Known for its large outdoor baths and family baths, with day-use admission ending at 14:00. Several baths close on different weekdays for cleaning, and the hotel has also posted additional maintenance closures; check the day's notice before travelling.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Reception 10:00–14:00; bathing until 14:30. Adult ¥1,000; ages 5–12 ¥700; ages 0–4 free. The main women's outdoor bath has a cleaning-related discounted day on Wednesdays, and the main men's outdoor bath has one on Fridays. Individual baths may be unavailable on other weekdays for cleaning; full-facility maintenance closures are announced separately.
- Tattoo policy
- A current tattoo policy was not found on the official pages reviewed. Confirm with the hotel before using a public or family bath; private bathing does not itself imply permission.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 62.5°C for the mixed spring; this is not a fixed bath temperature.
- Bathing temperature
- No fixed year-round value published for the day-use baths.
- Spring source
- Gomusou Spring.
- Spring classification
- Alkaline simple spring.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- The hotel confirms this spring supplies the day-use public outdoor baths and family baths. Current pages do not give complete water-addition, heating, circulation or disinfection details for each pool.
The family indoor bath is closed Mondays, the family open-air bath is closed Tuesdays, and other public outdoor baths have weekday cleaning limits. Check current maintenance notices, as additional whole-facility closures may be posted.
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.
