Toyama · Himi Onsen
Himi Onsen Soyu
氷見温泉郷 総湯
Next to the Himi Banya-gai seafood market near the port famous for winter yellowtail, a day spa fed by its own well 1,250 m down. The brown, strongly saline water flows freely, and on clear days the rotenburo frames the Tateyama range across Toyama Bay. Open 10:00–23:00, from 7:00 on weekends and holidays. ¥950. The classic routine: kaisen-don or conveyor sushi at the market, then a soak.
- Price (adult)
- ¥950
- Hours
- 10:00–23:00 (from 7:00 weekends & holidays; last entry 22:00)
- Closed
- Open daily (1–2 maintenance closures a year)
- Access
- 20 min walk from Himi Station (JR Himi Line), or bus to Himi Banya-gai
- Water type
- Simple spring
- Tattoos
- Ask ahead
- Admission
- Adults ¥950, children (4 to elementary) ¥500, infants ¥100 (raised from ¥700 in 2024). Book of 12 tickets. Face towel sold and bath towel rented, ¥100 each. Cash, credit cards and e-payment accepted. LINE-friend promotions at times
- Baths
- Second-floor baths: a main indoor pool (41°C), a reclining bath with jets, a dry sauna and a 13°C cold plunge. Outside, an onsen rotenburo with reclining bath (41°C), a 39°C artificial carbonated bath and eight chairs for cooling off. Views of the Tateyama range and lawn park from both indoor and outdoor baths. Ground-floor canteen (Himi udon, 'after-bath set'), massage, large rest room. Body soap, shampoo and dryers provided. Lift. A free foot bath of the same water at the adjacent Himi Banya-gai
- Water
- Sodium chloride strong-salt spring (hypertonic, neutral, high-temperature), private source at 65.5°C and pH 7.25, tapped 1,250 m down and opened in 2011. With 24 g/kg of dissolved solids it is extremely briny — pale yellow-brown, strongly salty and bitter with an iron smell, reminiscent of Arima's 'gold water'. The onsen tubs are free-flowing from the source (the carbonated bath is artificial and recirculated). Indicated for joint pain, poor circulation, cuts and gynaecological complaints; may sting open cuts
- Parking & access
- Free parking for 90 cars (the Himi Banya-gai car park across the road can also be used). About 25 min on foot from JR Himi Station (Himi Line), or 5 min by Kamome bus or taxi. About 5 min from Himi-kita IC on the Noto Satoyama Kaido, 10 min from Himi IC on the Noetsu Expressway. About 50 min by car from Toyama Station, 1 hour from Kanazawa
- Phone
- 0766-74-2611
- Official site
- himi-banya.jp ↗
- Open in Google Maps
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Why go
- Tateyama range across the bay
- Own 1,250 m spring, free-flowing
- Next to Himi seafood market
A strong-salt spring beside Himi Banya-gai, facing Tateyama
Himi Onsenkyo Soyu is a day-spa opened in 2012 across the road from Himi Banya-gai, the market beside Himi fishing port in Toyama. Its private source, drilled 1,250 m down on the site and struck in 2011, is a 65.5°C sodium chloride strong-salt spring; at 24 g/kg of dissolved solids it is an intensely briny, yellow-brown, cloudy water that recalls Arima's 'gold water'. From the second-floor indoor and outdoor baths you look across Toyama Bay to the Tateyama range, and a half-day of Himi's winter yellowtail and seafood followed by a soak here has become a Toyama classic.
Brown, gold-water-like brine and an artificial carbonated bath
All the onsen tubs run free-flowing from the private source — the main indoor pool, the jetted reclining bath and the rotenburo with its own reclining bath, all kept around 41°C. The water is pale yellow-brown, sharply salty and bitter on the tongue with an iron smell; its heavy salt content heats you quickly and keeps you warm long afterwards, though it can sting cuts and has little slipperiness. Outside there is also a 39°C artificial carbonated bath (recirculated) where people linger in the tepid water, plus a dry sauna, a 13°C cold plunge and eight chairs for cooling off. The baths are not large and get crowded on weekend evenings, so the early bath from 7 a.m. on weekends and holidays is the best time to gaze at Tateyama in peace.
Practical details and enjoying Himi
Hours are 10:00–23:00 on weekdays and 7:00–23:00 at weekends and holidays (last entry 22:00), open year-round apart from one or two maintenance closures. Adults ¥950, children ¥500, infants ¥100 (raised in 2024); towels are sold or rented for ¥100 each, and cards and e-payment are accepted. Himi udon and the beer-and-edamame 'after-bath set' in the ground-floor canteen are the ritual. Across the road, Himi Banya-gai (fish market and eateries) has a free foot bath of the same water, and November to February — Himi's winter-yellowtail season — is the busiest time. JR Himi Station is a 25-minute walk, so bus, taxi or car is easier; there are 90 parking spaces plus the Banya-gai car park.
Before you go
- No official tattoo policy is published — ask at reception.
- Last entry is 30–60 minutes before closing.
Features
Sauna & wellness
Mood & scenery
Price
Who with
Amenities
✔ Verified operating: 2026-09 Operating status and rates cross-checked against the official site and onsen guides (full source notes in Japanese on the JA page)
Prices and hours change. Check official sources before visiting.
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