Mahora no Yu in Fujikawa: Barrel Sauna, Warm Pools and a ¥700 Ticket
Plan a ¥700 visit to Mahora no Yu, with eight bathing features, Yamanashi cypress barrel saunas and an 8:30 pm last entry before its 9 pm close.
Checked: September 27, 2026
Mahora no Yu is easy to budget for: admission for visitors from outside Fujikawa Town is ¥700 for adults, ¥450 for elementary-school children, and free for preschoolers. A face-and-bath-towel rental set adds ¥210. The draw is a practical mix of baths and sauna in a local day spa, not a resort-style complex.
The operator lists eight categories: a large bath, reclining bath, bubble bath, source-fed warm pool, cold plunge, rinse bath, sauna and outdoor bath. The rock bath and brick bath switch between the men’s and women’s areas each week, so photos of one side do not guarantee which layout will be open on your visit. Both sides have a sauna, and the facility added barrel saunas made from Yamanashi cypress in November 2024.
Keep the earlier closing time in mind
Mahora no Yu is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., with last admission at 8:30 p.m. Older tourism directories list a 10 p.m. close.
It usually closes on Tuesday, or Wednesday when Tuesday is a public holiday; holiday periods may have a separate schedule. A notice for September 22, 2026, listed normal Tuesday hours and a closure on Monday, September 28. Check the operator’s notices for your travel date.
The onsen is classified as a simple spring. The prefectural tourism listing, last dated September 2024, gives a source temperature of 38.9°C and flow of 419 litres per minute. That listing is useful for the spring figures but not for the current closing time. The operator identifies a cooler source-water pool but does not provide a full treatment description for every bath, so the source-flowing claim should not be stretched to the whole facility.
Budget a towel, lunch or a private room
Bring a towel if you have one: the bath ticket does not include the ¥210 rental set. A private Japanese-style room costs ¥3,000 and can be reserved. The venue also has a dining room, Mahoratei. Its current page lists lunch service on weekdays and lunch plus dinner on weekends and public holidays; hours can shift on special dates, so check its schedule if you are timing dinner around the bath.
Getting there from the south Kofu Basin
By car, the prefectural tourism site puts Mahora no Yu about five minutes from Masuho Interchange and lists 70 free parking spaces. Without a car, Ichikawa-Daimon Station is about ten minutes away by taxi, or Nagasawa-Shinmachi bus stop is about a ten-minute walk. The operator warns that taxi service can be limited in the area, so make a return plan instead of assuming a car will be waiting after your bath.
The venue lists an infant bath, but its public information does not clearly explain what applies to children who still wear diapers. Ask directly if that affects your family’s visit. The same goes for tattoos: no clear current rule is published on the operator’s bathing page, so visitors with tattoos should confirm before travelling.
For a larger day-use facility with a pool and family rest space, compare Yamanami no Yu. If your route continues toward Shimobe, the three-bath comparison there explains which places are actually close to the railway station.
