Gifu · Hida-Takayama
Hida-Takayama Onsen Spa Resort Hidamari-no-yu
飛騨高山温泉 スパリゾート ひだまりの湯
Takayama's largest day-use onsen, ten minutes by car from the old town, using free-flowing mildly alkaline water from 1,000 m underground. A 'hot-spring health land' with ten kinds of baths — indoor, open-air, walking bath, electric bath — plus sauna, a cheap restaurant with a hundred Japanese, Western and Chinese dishes, basic lodging from ¥2,500 a night, karaoke and Korean-style body care. Open 7:30–23:00 (last entry 22:30; open-air bath 15:30–22:00), every day; ¥1,150, or ¥750 for the night bath after 21:00. About 10 minutes by car from Takayama Station, with local buses too. Handy for guesthouse stayers with tiny bathrooms, or on the way back from Shirakawa-gō and Okuhida drives.
- Price (adult)
- ¥1,150
- Hours
- 7:30–23:00 (last entry 22:30; rotenburo 15:30–22:00; sauna until 22:30)
- Closed
- Open daily (closes 18:00 on 31 Dec, opens 10:00 on 1 Jan)
- Access
- 10 min by car from JR Takayama Station, or Nōhi bus to Fuyutō then 5 min on foot; 5 min by car from Takayama IC
- Water type
- Alkaline simple
- Tattoos
- Ask ahead
- Admission
- Adults ¥1,150 / junior high ¥700 / age 4 to elementary ¥600 / under 4 free. Resident and late-night discounts for Hida locals only. Face towel ¥150 to buy, bath towel ¥250 to rent. Shampoo and body soap provided. Electronic payment accepted. Cheap dormitory-style lodging also available
- Baths
- Every tub is hot-spring water: a 42°C hot pool and a 38.5°C tepid free-flowing pool, lie-down bath with adjustable pillows, walking pool, electric bath, jets, Goemon cauldron bath, waterfall shower, rotenburo (open 15:30–22:00 only), 86–90°C far-infrared sauna and cold plunge. Bedrock spa, Korean-style scrub and body care, restaurant (Hida beef, Takayama ramen), kids' and game corners, free shuttle
- Water
- Sodium bicarbonate-chloride spring (weakly alkaline, hypotonic, cool source), pH 8.2, 33.3°C at source, 485 L/min. Own source from 1,000 m down, used undiluted with heating only; the tepid pool is free-flowing. Silky 'beauty water' with brown mineral flakes drifting in it. Indicated for neuralgia, muscle pain, poor circulation, skin moisturising
- Parking & access
- Free parking for 70 cars. About 7 min by car from JR Takayama Station (free shuttle bus, check the timetable). Nohi Bus stop 'Hidamari-no-Yu-mae', 1 min. About 3 min from Takayama IC on the Chubu-Jukan Expressway — an easy stop en route to Shin-Hotaka or Shirakawa-go
- Phone
- 0577-37-4126
- Official site
- hidamarinoyu.com ↗
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Why go
- Takayama's biggest; 10 free-flowing baths
- 7:30–23:00; ¥750 after 21:00
- On the way back from Shirakawa-gō
A big spa beside Takayama IC where every tub is real onsen
Hida-Takayama Onsen Spa Resort Hidamari-no-Yu is a large day-spa in the Fuyuto district of Takayama, Gifu, three minutes from Takayama IC on the Chubu-Jukan Expressway and seven by car from JR Takayama Station. It has its own source yielding 485 litres a minute from 1,000 m down, and its great selling point is that every single tub — hot pool, tepid pool, lie-down bath, walking pool, Goemon cauldron, rotenburo — is filled with genuine hot-spring water, undiluted and only heated, with the tepid pool free-flowing. The building keeps an early-1990s feel, but it packs in a bedrock spa, Korean-style scrubs, a restaurant serving Hida beef, a kids' corner and even budget dormitory lodging, which makes it a known fallback for travellers who cannot find a room in peak season.
A 38.5°C free-flowing tepid pool and a dozen ways to soak
The water is a pH 8.2 sodium bicarbonate-chloride spring — soft, silky 'beauty water' with brown mineral flakes drifting in it. At 33.3°C the source is cool, so most tubs are heated, but the 38.5°C tepid pool is barely warmed and free-flowing, the tub onsen lovers rate most highly; alternate it with the 42°C hot pool. Beyond that there are a lie-down bath with adjustable pillows, a walking pool, electric bath, jets, a single-person Goemon cauldron and a waterfall shower — plenty for a family to work through — plus an 86–90°C far-infrared sauna and cold plunge. Note the rotenburo operates only 15:30–22:00, so it will be shut on a daytime visit. Bedrock spa sessions and Korean-style scrubs and body care cost extra.
Tips
Open 7:30–23:00 (last entry 22:30), every day (closes 18:00 on 31 Dec, opens 10:00 on 1 Jan). ¥1,150 for adults looks steep for a super-sento, but regulars reckon it fair given that every tub is real, partly free-flowing onsen. Late-night and early-morning discounts are now for Hida residents only. Bring a towel (sold and rented on site). The rotenburo opens at 15:30, so an evening visit gets you more. Restaurant hours are 11:00–14:00 and 18:00–21:30 (from 17:00 at weekends). A free shuttle from Takayama Station means no car is needed, and being three minutes from Takayama IC it makes a convenient last bath after Shin-Hotaka or Shirakawa-go.
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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