Okinawa · Miyakojima
Shigira Ōgon Onsen, Miyakojima
シギラ黄金温泉（宮古島）
Miyakojima is often assumed to have no hot springs, yet inside the Shigira Seven Miles Resort on the island's south coast lies one of Japan's southernmost and westernmost natural onsen. Golden sodium-chloride water rises undiluted from 1,250 m underground into separate men's and women's open-air baths and saunas wrapped in subtropical greenery, plus a swimsuit 'jungle pool' and lookout bath where families and couples can soak together – there are even floats for a full resort mood. Adults (12+) pay ¥2,000 and children 4–11 ¥1,000; guests of Shigira Resort hotels pay ¥1,600/¥800. Swimsuit rental is ¥510 and towels are rented for a fee. Open 11:00–22:00 (last entry 21:30), from 12:00 between mid-November and mid-March, every day, with a restaurant and relaxation salon on site. About 15 minutes by car from Miyako Airport, with resort shuttle buses in the evening. Combine it with Shigira Beach, south-coast sunsets and stargazing.
- Price (adult)
- ¥2,000
- Hours
- 11:00–22:00 (from 12:00 mid-Nov to mid-Mar)
- Closed
- Open daily
- Access
- About 15 min by car from Miyako Airport; about 20 min by car from central Hirara; resort shuttle buses run within Shigira Resort in the evening
- Water type
- Simple spring
- Tattoos
- Ask ahead
- Admission
- Admission adults (12 and over) ¥2,000, ages 4–11 ¥1,000, under 3 free; guests of Shigira Resort hotels ¥1,600/¥800; JAF members ¥1,600. Swimwear rents for ¥510, towels for a charge. Shampoo and body soap provided, plus a restaurant, café and relaxation facilities. Cash and cards
- Baths
- A natural onsen of Japan's southernmost and westernmost class, inside the Shigira Seven Miles Resort on the southern coast of Miyakojima. The very fact that Miyakojima has an onsen is a surprise, and the golden water from 1,250 m underground is used in separate men's and women's rotenburo surrounded by subtropical greenery, in a view bath, and in a swimsuit jungle pool. The pool has pounding-water, lying-down and cave baths and floats are provided, so having an onsen and a water park in one is the facility's defining feature
- Spring water
- A sodium chloride spring from 1,250 m underground at 50°C with 800 tonnes a day. The golden water is used with no dilution, and its warm salt content stays on the body for good heat retention. Sinking into the rotenburo under strong subtropical sun, then moving between the shaded cave bath and cool water, is the way to use this onsen. Indicated for neuralgia, fatigue and poor circulation
- Access & parking
- About 15 minutes by car from Miyako Airport. It is inside the Shigira Seven Miles Resort, where a shuttle bus links the resort hotels from the evening, and guests get a discount (¥1,600) at the desk. A rental car is most convenient, with parking for 40. About 20 minutes from the town (Hirara) and 30 from Irabu Bridge
- Phone
- 0980-74-7340
- Official site
- shigira.com ↗
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Why go
- Miyakojima's only onsen, among Japan's southernmost
- Golden open-air baths plus a swimsuit jungle pool
- ¥2,000; open daily till 22:00; 15 min from airport
A golden spring and jungle pool on the southernmost island
Shigira Ōgon Onsen is a natural onsen in Miyakojima, Okinawa, inside the Shigira Seven Miles Resort spreading along the southern coast of the island. Miyakojima brings to mind coral and emerald seas, and 'onsen' does not occur to anyone, yet from 1,250 m beneath this island a rich spring rises at 50°C with 800 tonnes a day, and this facility uses it as it comes — an onsen of Japan's southernmost and westernmost class. The water is a sodium chloride spring, golden in colour because it is not diluted, and its warm salt content stays on the skin for high heat retention. The baths consist of two separate men's and women's rotenburo, a view bath, a dry sauna and an amethyst mist sauna. From the rotenburo you see dense subtropical greenery and the sea beyond, and at night the dark southern sky shows its stars well. What makes the place special is the swimsuit jungle pool. The pool, filled with the source water, has pounding-water, lying-down and cave baths and floats are provided, so families or couples can enjoy the onsen together — a configuration especially welcome to travellers unused to the Japanese custom of separate bathing, and to families with children. Admission is ¥2,000 for adults (12 and over), ¥1,000 for ages 4–11 and free under 3; guests staying at Shigira Resort hotels pay ¥1,600/¥800, and JAF members ¥1,600. Swimwear rents for ¥510 and towels are charged, so if you want to travel light it is better to bring them from the resort. Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. (last entry 9:30 p.m.), starting at noon from mid-November to mid-March, open every day. Inside there is a restaurant, a café and relaxation facilities, enough for half a day, and it is 15 minutes by car from Miyako Airport with a resort shuttle running from the evening, so it can be used for a bath before or after a flight. In a journey built around the sunset at Shigira Beach and the starry sky of a southern island, this onsen fits neatly as the close of a day.
Half a day moving between jungle pool and rotenburo
Arrive by car (40 spaces) or on the resort shuttle and pay at the desk (¥2,000 for adults, ¥1,600 for resort guests). You leave your shoe-locker key at the desk in exchange for a locker key, and swimwear can be rented for ¥510. A recommended circuit: wash in the changing room; 15 minutes in the separate men's and women's rotenburo — warming the body in subtropical air is the first stage of this onsen; 10 minutes in the view bath looking at the sea; change into swimwear and go to the jungle pool — move around the pounding-water, lying-down and cave baths and float for 40 minutes; 8–10 minutes in the dry sauna, then the mist sauna, cooling in the pool water; and finish in the rotenburo looking toward where the sun sets. Because the water is undiluted sodium chloride spring water, salt stays on the body and warmth lasts, and with the sea breeze there is the openness typical of a southern island. Notes: bring swimwear or rent it (¥510); towels are charged (bringing them from the resort saves money); last entry 21:30 (opening at noon in the winter season); open daily, though closures are possible in typhoons; parking for 40 (crowded at weekends); cash and cards accepted. For anyone who wants the water of an island onsen and the rest of a southern resort in one place, Shigira Ōgon Onsen is the most convenient onsen on Miyakojima.
Practical details and a Miyakojima route
Hours are 11:00–22:00 (last entry 21:30; opening at noon from mid-November to mid-March), open daily (with possible closures in typhoons); adults ¥2,000, ages 4–11 ¥1,000, under 3 free, resort guests ¥1,600/¥800, swimwear rental ¥510, parking for 40. Access is 15 minutes from Miyako Airport and 20 from the town of Hirara. Suggested routes: (1) a day on the south coast — Shigira Beach, Shigira Ōgon Onsen, sunset at Aragusu or Shigira; (2) a circuit of the island — Higashi-Hennazaki, Irabu Bridge, Shirotori Beach, the onsen; (3) snorkelling and onsen — snorkelling at Yabiji or Shigira Beach, then washing off the salt at the onsen; (4) a starry sky — an evening bath, then leaving the onsen to look at the stars of a southern island; (5) families — the jungle pool in the morning, lunch in the restaurant, the rotenburo and relaxation in the afternoon. Notes: bring swimwear; towels are charged; last entry 21:30; opening at noon in winter; possible closures in typhoons; the car park is crowded at weekends. With Japan's southernmost natural onsen and a swimsuit onsen pool, Shigira Ōgon Onsen is an easy choice for the end of a trip to Miyakojima.
Before you go
- No official tattoo policy is published — ask at reception.
- Last entry is 30–60 minutes before closing.
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