Yuno-ya Toukichirou in Kiyosu: Prices, Saunas and Ganbanyoku
Compare Yuno-ya Toukichirou’s standard ticket, sauna and ganbanyoku add-ons, third-floor lounge and shuttle details before a visit to Kiyosu.
For a first visit to Yuno-ya Toukichirou, the standard bath ticket is probably enough. It already covers the facility’s natural hot-spring baths, the spring-water steam sauna called Yugekichi, the outdoor Mizukichi cold bath, a dry sauna and a salt sauna. The third floor costs extra, so add it only if you plan to spend a few hours there using the ganbanyoku rooms, tent sauna, manga library or coworking space.
The 2025 renovation brought Toukichirou’s most distinctive new features into the regular bath ticket. The extra charge is now mainly for turning a soak into a longer stay. The facility has reopened, and its official pages list current hours and prices. The shuttle information is less clear: a notice announced a new timetable from September 2026, but the PDF on the access page appears older. Confirm your departure with the facility before setting out.
What the admission ticket covers
The standard ticket includes the bathing areas and saunas on the lower floors, including the spring-water steam sauna Yugekichi and the outdoor cold bath Mizukichi.
| Admission | Weekday | Weekend / public holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Adult (junior high school age and older) | ¥900 | ¥1,100 |
| Elementary school child | ¥300 | ¥350 |
| Child aged 4 to below elementary school age | ¥100 | ¥100 |
| Child aged 0–3 | Free | Free |
Towels are optional extras. A face towel is sold for ¥150; a rental set with a bath towel and face towel costs ¥300. Shampoo, conditioner and body wash are provided in the bathing area.
The bathing areas include an outdoor rock bath fed directly from the spring, a carbonated bath and Mizukichi, an outdoor cold bath filled with natural hot-spring water. Indoors, there are changing baths, another carbonated bath, jet and electric baths, and two cold-water pools. The sauna lineup includes an automated löyly dry sauna, a salt sauna and Yugekichi, which uses steam made from natural hot-spring water.
Allow roughly 90 minutes to two and a half hours for the baths and saunas; that is enough time to enjoy the regular ticket without paying for the third floor.
Try Yugekichi and Mizukichi before paying for an upgrade
Yugekichi fills with steam made from natural hot-spring water, at close to 100% humidity. Mizukichi, just outside, is a cold bath using the same kind of water. Both remain part of the current lineup, not a short-lived opening feature.
The “zero-second sauna” puts two cold baths inside the sauna room for an immediate change from heat to cold. Experienced sauna users may enjoy that setup, but a first visit need not become a test of every temperature. Start with a spring bath, try Yugekichi briefly, then cool down at a pace that feels comfortable.
Saunas and cold plunges are not a test of endurance. Take breaks and keep sessions short if the heat or temperature feels uncomfortable. The operator’s pages make health and beauty claims; those are promotional language, not a reason to push through discomfort.
Third-floor lounge and ganbanyoku: separate add-on
The third-floor “River, Mountain and View” area requires a standard admission ticket; it cannot be used on its own. The add-on rates are:
| Third-floor add-on | Weekday | Weekend / public holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Adult (junior high school age and older) | ¥900 | ¥1,200 |
| Elementary school child | ¥300 | ¥350 |
Visitors receive a dedicated lounge robe and mat. Children below elementary school age are not admitted upstairs, and elementary school children must be accompanied by a guardian.
Upstairs you will find several ganbanyoku rooms, a self-service löyly tent sauna, a cool room, a city-view lounge, semi-private nook seating, more than 15,000 manga and magazines, free Wi-Fi and a coworking area with power outlets. A bright stone room looks towards the mountains.
The baths are gender-separated, so the shared robe lounge gives couples and groups somewhere to meet again. Read, talk, work or wait for the evening view together. For a short visit, remember that the extra ticket does not unlock Yugekichi or Mizukichi; both are already included downstairs.
What the spring information does—and does not—confirm
The spring is alkaline and comes from about 1,200 metres underground, with a pH of around 8.5 or higher. Its outdoor rock bath uses spring water; Yugekichi uses it to make steam, and Mizukichi is a natural hot-spring-water cold bath.
A full current analysis covering the legal classification and water treatment of every tub is not available. An older 2015 analysis gives a source temperature of 36.6°C and a pH of 8.41, with heating, circulation and disinfection; those are historical figures, not a current account of every bath. The source-fed rock bath also does not establish how the carbonated, functional or cold baths are supplied or treated.
For a plain-language explanation of source temperature versus bathing-pool temperature, see How to read onsen spring and bath temperatures.
Hours and the shuttle need separate checks
Weekdays open at 9am. On weekends and public holidays, morning bathing starts at 6am. On Fridays, Saturdays and the nights before public holidays, the facility stays open until 2am; last admission is 12:20am on regular nights and 1:20am on those extended nights. These are useful windows for planning, but the closing time does not extend the city bus or shuttle service.
Getting there without a car
Toukichirou is not beside a major train station. You can take Nagoya City Bus route Meieki 25 from Nagoya Station to Hōkōbashi (Higashi), then walk about eight minutes, or take a city bus from exit 1 at Honjin subway station to Hōkōbashi and walk from there.
The facility also runs a free shuttle from areas near Nagoya Station and Honjin Station. A notice dated 6 August 2026 says departures changed from September, while the linked timetable PDF does not appear to reflect that update. Ask the facility for the current times and confirm both legs before travelling. For a late soak, check the return journey first.
Check the rules before you go
- Tattoos: Guests with tattoos are not admitted. The rules do not list an exception for small tattoos or cover-up stickers; ask the facility if either applies to you.
- Children: Children may bathe with an adult of the opposite sex only if they are 7 or younger and no taller than 120 cm. Elementary school children cannot enter alone. They may use the third floor with a guardian; younger children cannot.
- Food: Outside food and drink are not allowed. Restaurant visitors also need an admission ticket, so it is not a separate dining stop.
Is Toukichirou a good fit for your day?
For a quick soak and sauna session, the standard ticket is enough; it includes the spring-fed rock bath and the two post-renovation features that set the complex apart.
Choose the third floor if you have several hours to fill, especially if you are visiting with someone and want shared lounge time after bathing. The add-on gives you space for ganbanyoku, the tent sauna, reading, working and resting; it does not change the main hot-spring circuit.
If you prefer a traditional bath and have no interest in sauna culture, this may not be the strongest match. The renovation shifted space towards sauna and cold-bath facilities.
For another newly renovated Aichi bathing complex, see Spa Aquas Yuraku in Ichinomiya.
