Tottori · Sekigane Onsen
Sekigane Onsen Seki-no-Yu Communal Bath
関金温泉 関の湯共同温泉
A communal bath in Sekigane Onsen, Kurayoshi, Tottori, loved by locals since 1903 as the resort's original bath. Jointly run by residents, its wooden tub is filled with a simple weak-radon spring, free-flowing with no added water, heating, or disinfection. A humble single-tub bathhouse for just 200 yen.
- Price (adult)
- ¥200
- Hours
- Apr-Sep 6:30-20:30 / Oct-Mar 7:00-20:30
- Closed
- 1st and 15th of each month (next day if weekend/holiday)
- Access
- 1227-1 Sekigane-shuku, Sekigane-cho, Kurayoshi, Tottori. About 35 minutes by bus from JR Kurayoshi Station, getting off at Sekigane Onsen, then about a 7-minute walk. Three dedicated parking spaces (behind the bathhouse). It sits up a narrow lane in the onsen village, so drive carefully.
- Water type
- Radon spring
- Tattoos
- Ask ahead
- Phone
- 0858-45-3186
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Why go
- The original bath of 1903, a communal bathhouse maintained by some 100 local co-owners
- A simple weak-radon spring flows free into a wooden tub — no added water, heating, or disinfection
- Bathing for 200 yen (children 100 yen) in a humble tub for two or three
About this onsen
Sekigane Onsen wells up in the mountains of Kurayoshi, Tottori, with about 1,300 years of history — a colorless, transparent radon spring dubbed 'the platinum bath.' Long favored by healing-spring visitors as one of the Chūgoku region's foremost radioactive springs, its original bath is Seki-no-Yu, still maintained in the rare form of a residents' cooperative. The village also has bathing facilities like Yumeikan and foot baths.
Good to know
Bathing is 200 yen for adults and 100 yen for children, paid at the attendant desk. There is just one wooden tub for two or three people and no washing stations, so washing up first at a nearby inn or at Yumeikan is practical. The spring flows free with no added water, heating, or disinfection. Closed on the 1st and 15th of each month (next day if a weekend or holiday). Parking is only the three spaces behind the bathhouse — the temple lot in front is off-limits.
Before you go
- No official tattoo policy is published — ask at reception.
- As a communal bath there is no soap or shampoo — bring your own or buy at the shop.
- Payment is usually by ticket machine in cash — bring coins.
- Last entry is 30–60 minutes before closing.
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✔ Verified operating: 2026-10 Operating status and rates cross-checked against the official site and onsen guides (full source notes in Japanese on the JA page)
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