Mie · Ise
Ise Funae Onsen Mitasu-no-yu
伊勢・船江温泉 みたすの湯
Ise city's only full-scale super-sentō, attached to the Mitasu Ise shopping centre five minutes by car from the Outer Shrine. Funae Onsen water pumped from below fills the open-air stone and rock baths, joined by a high-concentration carbonated bath, jet baths and a tower sauna — eleven baths in all. Open 9:00–23:00 (last entry 22:30); ¥800 weekdays, ¥900 weekends and holidays, with towel-rental packages so you can drop in empty-handed between shrine visits. The Hyōtan-tei restaurant serves local dishes like Ise udon and tekone-zushi. About 20 minutes on foot from Iseshi Station, or right at the Mitasu Ise Kita bus stop (Mie Kōtsū).
- Price (adult)
- ¥800
- Hours
- 09:00–23:00 (last entry 22:30)
- Closed
- Open daily (occasional maintenance)
- Access
- 20 min on foot from Iseshi Station (JR/Kintetsu), or right at the Mitasu Ise Kita bus stop; 15 min by car from Ise-Nishi IC
- Water type
- Alkaline simple
- Tattoos
- Ask ahead
- Admission
- Weekdays adults (junior high and up) ¥800, children ¥350; weekends and holidays ¥900/¥350 (older sources quote ¥600/¥700). Towel rental ¥300, shoe locker ¥100 refundable, shampoo provided. Restaurant, rest lounge, body scrub and massage. Adjoins the 'Mitasu Ise' shopping centre (supermarket, 100-yen shop, eateries)
- Baths
- A day-spa (opened in the 2000s) attached to the 'Mitasu Ise' shopping centre in Ise city, the base for visiting Ise Grand Shrine. Gender-separated indoor halls with a main onsen tub, high-concentration carbonated bath, jets and electric bath; an outdoor garden with rock rotenburo, pot and lying baths; a 95°C sauna (regular loyly) with a 15°C plunge and outdoor chairs. Restaurant and rest room. Popular with sauna-goers for its good sauna set-up. Ise Shrine's Outer Shrine 5 min and Inner Shrine 15 min by car — Ise's 'everyday bath' for washing off after a pilgrimage
- Spring water
- Funae Onsen, a pale-yellow spring of the sodium chloride-bicarbonate family (check on-site notices for the source name and full analysis), heated and recirculated. Smooth to the touch and warming; the high-concentration carbonated bath is artificial. Indicated for neuralgia, muscle pain, poor circulation and fatigue. Natural-spring day facilities are rare in central Ise, making it valuable for pilgrims and sauna fans alike
- Access & parking
- About 20 min on foot (1.8 km) or 5 min by taxi from Iseshi Station (Kintetsu/JR). Mie Kotsu bus to 'Mitasu Ise Kita' then 3 min on foot. By car 10 min from Ise IC or 7 min from Ise-Nishi IC on the Ise Expressway. Free parking for 110–150 (shared with the shopping centre). Outer Shrine 5 min, Inner Shrine and Okage Yokocho 15 min by car
- Phone
- 0596-29-4126
- Official site
- mitasunoyu.com ↗
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Why go
- 5 min from Ise Shrine's Outer Shrine
- 11 baths incl. natural open-air and carbonated
- ¥800 weekdays; Ise udon on site
A bath after the Ise Shrine pilgrimage — the city's sauna favourite
Ise Funae Onsen Mitasu-no-yu is a day-spa attached to the 'Mitasu Ise' shopping centre in Ise, Mie, five minutes by car from the Outer Shrine of Ise Grand Shrine, the 'spiritual home of the Japanese'. Surprisingly few natural-spring day facilities exist in central Ise, so this has become the most convenient place for pilgrims who have walked 20,000 steps between the Outer and Inner Shrines and Okage Yokocho to wash off and ease their legs. Indoors are a pale-yellow onsen main tub and a high-concentration carbonated bath; the outdoor garden holds a rock rotenburo, pot and lying baths; and the 95°C sauna, 15°C plunge and outdoor chairs are rated 'among the best in Mie', drawing sauna devotees from across the country. At ¥800 on weekdays and ¥900 at weekends, open daily from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., it works for a morning bath before worship or a late soak after dinner. Integrated with the shopping centre — supermarket, eateries and a 100-yen shop next door, free parking — it suits families, and rail travellers reach it by a five-minute taxi from Iseshi Station. Less a tourist sight than 'Ise's everyday bath', it slots easily into the evening of an overnight pilgrimage or as the last stop before heading home.
Carbonated bath, 95°C sauna and a 15°C plunge
Park in the shopping-centre lot, enter through the onsen's own door, stow your shoes (¥100 refundable) and buy a ticket from the machine. The changing room is roomy and clean with shampoo provided. The indoor onsen tub holds pale-yellow, slippery water at around 41°C, while the neighbouring high-concentration carbonated bath at 37–38°C coats your skin in bubbles and boosts circulation — a blessing for legs tired from the pilgrimage. Past the jet and electric baths, the outdoor garden offers a rock rotenburo, pot baths and a lying bath under the sky, softly lit at night. The fame here is the sauna: the 95°C hot room blasts during the scheduled loyly sessions, the 15°C plunge is deep and cold, and plenty of outdoor chairs make it, for seekers of 'totonoi', among the best in Mie. The sauna fills on weekend evenings and at loyly times, so aim for weekday afternoons or the 9 a.m. opening. The restaurant serves local Ise udon and tekone sushi, plus the post-sauna 'oropo' drink. With the shopping centre's food court next door, dinner and shopping follow in one go; buy Ise's famous Akafuku sweets at the Inner Shrine main store or station kiosks. Not a scenic resort but a practical super-sento — come for the facilities and convenience rather than the view.
Practical details and an Ise pilgrimage plan
Hours are 9:00–23:00 (last entry 22:30), open daily except a few inspection days a year. Prices were recently raised to ¥800 for adults and ¥350 for children on weekdays and ¥900/¥350 at weekends and holidays (formerly ¥600/¥700); towel rental ¥300, shoe locker ¥100 refundable. Access is 20 minutes on foot or 5 by taxi from Iseshi Station, 3 minutes from the 'Mitasu Ise Kita' bus stop, or 10 minutes by car from Ise IC with free parking. Follow the traditional order 'Outer Shrine first, Inner Shrine after': the Outer Shrine (5 min walk from Iseshi Station) in the morning, bus to the Inner Shrine (20 min), worship and then Akafuku, Ise udon and tekone sushi along Oharai-machi and Okage Yokocho, the Meoto-iwa wedded rocks at Futami (20 min by car) in the afternoon, a bath at Mitasu-no-yu, then a night in Ise or the Kintetsu limited express back to Nagoya or Osaka (about 1 h 20 min to 2 h). Sauna-seekers will find weekday afternoons most pleasant; at New Year, Golden Week and Obon the roads jam with shrine visitors, so use bus and train and bathe early. The Ise-Shima area has many onsen resort hotels in Toba and Shima, but as a city facility offering a natural spring and a fine sauna cheaply without an overnight stay, this is the standout. Families can rest while picking up snacks and souvenirs at the shopping centre's 100-yen shop and supermarket.
Before you go
- No official tattoo policy is published — ask at reception.
- Last entry is 30–60 minutes before closing.
Features
Sauna & wellness
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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