Mie · Nagashima Onsen (Kuwana)
Nagashima Onsen Yuami no Shima
長島温泉 湯あみの島
One of Japan's largest day-spa complexes, sharing a resort with Nagashima Spa Land and Nabana no Sato. Roughly 33,000 m² of open-air baths landscaped after the Oirase stream and Kurobe gorge, with 17 natural-spring baths for men and women plus six rock-bath rooms. A 50-minute direct bus from Nagoya's Meitetsu Bus Center makes it popular with families and overseas visitors combining it with the amusement park or outlet mall. Admission ¥2,100; open until 23:00 on weekends.
- Price (adult)
- ¥2,500
- Hours
- 9:30–21:00 (until 23:00 weekends, holidays & peak days; bathing from 10:00; last entry 1 hour before closing)
- Closed
- Open daily (maintenance closures in Jan & Jun)
- Access
- 50 min direct bus from Meitetsu Bus Center (Nagoya Station) to Nagashima Onsen; 20 min by bus from Kintetsu Kuwana Station
- Water type
- Alkaline simple
- Tattoos
- Not allowed
- Admission
- Adults ¥2,500, elementary ¥1,500, children from age 2 ¥800 (prices revised January 2025). After 15:00 ¥1,900/¥1,200/¥700; after 19:00 ¥1,400/¥900/¥500 (sold on site only). Bedrock bathing +¥800 (set ticket ¥2,700). Face and bath towels included; yukata free until 15:00 (¥300 after). Shampoo and body soap provided. Nagashima Spa Land visitors get a discounted add-on rate. Advance tickets at convenience stores. Cashless payment accepted. No re-entry
- Baths
- One of Japan's largest day-spas, inside the Nagashima Resort on the delta at the mouths of the Kiso and Nagara rivers: 17 outdoor and indoor baths in all across a 33,000 m² site. The outdoor area has two zones modelled on famous gorges — the 'Oirase stream baths' (Aomori) and the 'Kurobe gorge baths' (Toyama) — swapped between men and women each season. Japan's largest-class bedrock-bathing complex (löyly 'attraction', hot yoga, 10,000 manga, recliners), a second-floor relaxation room with film screenings, free kayo song shows, Chinese, noodle and Japanese cafeterias, craft beer and body care. Family bath (paid, by reservation). Covered walkways to the resort hotels (Hanamizuki etc.). The Mitsui outlet mall 'Jazz Dream Nagashima' is right outside
- Spring water
- Alkaline simple spring, about 60°C at source, rising abundantly from deep underground to supply the resort hotels and all of Yuami-no-Shima. Colourless, odourless and silky, gentle enough for children. Being a large complex it is heated, recirculated and disinfected. Indicated for rheumatism, neuralgia, stomach ailments and fatigue. Nagashima Onsen began in 1963 when a test bore for natural gas struck 60°C hot water; an amusement park, hotels and the Nabana-no-Sato flower park followed, making it one of Japan's largest resorts
- Access & parking
- Vast free resort car park (about 13,000 spaces; use the area nearest Yuami-no-Shima; shuttle buses run). By car about 15 min from Wangan-Nagashima IC on the Isewangan Expressway, 15 min from Nagashima IC on the Higashi-Meihan, 40 min from central Nagoya. By bus about 50 min on the direct express from Nagoya's Meitetsu Bus Center, or about 20 min on the Mie Kotsu bus from Kintetsu/JR Kuwana Station to the 'Nagashima Onsen' terminus. Just over an hour from Nagoya Station including transfers
- Phone
- 0594-45-1111
- Official site
- nagashima-onsen.co.jp ↗
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Why go
- Vast 33,000 m² open-air baths
- 50-min direct bus from Nagoya
- Same resort as Spa Land & outlet
Seventeen outdoor baths at one of Japan's biggest resort spas
Nagashima Onsen Yuami-no-Shima is one of Japan's largest day-spas, set within the Nagashima Resort on the delta where the Kiso and Nagara rivers meet Ise Bay in Kuwana, Mie. Nagashima Onsen began in 1963 when a test bore for natural gas struck 60°C water; the roller-coaster mecca Nagashima Spa Land, a giant summer pool, hotels, the Mitsui outlet 'Jazz Dream Nagashima' and the flower-and-illumination park Nabana-no-Sato followed, and the resort now draws 15 million visitors a year. Yuami-no-Shima is its bathing heart, a 33,000 m² complex whose two outdoor gardens — convincing recreations of Aomori's Oirase stream and Toyama's Kurobe gorge — scatter seventeen baths in all between men and women for a 'bath pilgrimage'. With Japan's largest-class bedrock bathing, a film-screening relaxation room, daily kayo song shows and several restaurants, it fills half a day or more, and weekend hours to 11 p.m. make it the classic finale after the theme park or outlet shopping. Tattoos of any size are strictly prohibited.
Oirase and Kurobe — two outdoor bathing gardens
Hand in your ticket at the third-floor gate and receive a wristband that pays for everything inside, settled when you leave. Collect a yukata (free until 15:00) at the first-floor locker desk, change, and enter: indoors there is a large main pool, jacuzzi, sauna and cold plunge, and through the doors spreads a vast outdoor garden of recreated forest and stream. One side is the 'Oirase stream baths', water running between mossy rocks; the other the 'Kurobe gorge baths', modelled on canyon cliffs and waterfalls, and since men and women swap each season you can see both over two visits. The seventeen tubs — lying baths, cave baths, pot baths, foot baths — all differ in temperature and depth, and an hour vanishes doing the rounds. The alkaline simple water is slick and non-irritating, so families with children abound; mixed bathing is not allowed from elementary age, with a paid family bath instead. Bedrock bathing (+¥800) includes the giant-fan 'löyly attraction', hot yoga, a lounge with 10,000 manga and a recliner room — good for a half-day rest — while the second-floor relaxation room screens films. Dining spans Chinese 'Tosen', noodle house 'Bashoan', a Japanese cafeteria and a post-bath teahouse, with local craft beer on tap.
Pricing tiers, caveats and a resort itinerary
Hours are 9:30–21:00 on weekdays and 9:30–23:00 on weekends, holidays and peak days; bathing starts at 10:00 and entry closes an hour before closing (check the official calendar for each date). There are a few maintenance closures in January and June. The base price is ¥2,500 for adults, ¥1,500 for elementary pupils and ¥800 for infants, dropping to ¥1,900 after 15:00 and ¥1,400 after 19:00, so evening-only visitors should take the discount ticket. Towels and shampoo are included — nothing to bring — but yukata cost ¥300 after 15:00 and there is no re-entry. Nagashima Spa Land visitors can add the onsen at a reduced rate, so plan rides first, bath second. Tattoos are refused even under stickers or tape, and outside food and drink are banned. Access is 50 minutes by direct bus from Nagoya's Meitetsu Bus Center or 20 minutes by bus from Kuwana Station; by car 15 minutes from Wangan-Nagashima IC, with an enormous car park. A recommended day: Spa Land or the huge Jazz Dream Nagashima outlet in the morning, Yuami-no-Shima in the afternoon, and in winter the Nabana-no-Sato illuminations 15 minutes away in the evening (late October–May). Guests of the resort hotels (Hanamizuki etc.) reach the baths by covered walkway and may also use the 5–8 a.m. swapped baths the next morning.
Before you go
- Tattoos are explicitly not allowed, even if covered.
- Last entry is 30–60 minutes before closing.
Features
Sauna & wellness
Mood & scenery
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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