Fukushima · Tsuchiyu Onsen
Tsuchiyu Onsen Fuku-usagi
土湯温泉 福うさぎ
Three minutes on foot from the bus stop of Tsuchiyu Onsen, an all-tatami inn drawing its own source. Day bathing is received from 10:00 in the morning to 8:00 at night, later than most places in the spa, at 1,000 yen for adults and 600 yen for children. Each side has a single indoor bath, with a cloudy green-white bicarbonate spring. There is also a sauna and a cold bath of around 18 degrees for alternating. Towels are sold for 200 yen, and there is no open-air bath.
- Price (adult)
- ¥1,000
- Hours
- 10:00-20:00
- Closed
- Irregular closures (check ahead)
- Access
- About 50 minutes by Fukushima Kotsu bus for Tsuchiyu Onsen from Fukushima Station, then about three minutes on foot from the last stop. By car it is about 15 minutes from Fukushima-Nishi IC on the Tohoku Expressway along Route 115, with parking for 80 cars.
- Water type
- Bicarbonate spring
- Tattoos
- Ask ahead
- Admission
- 1,000 yen for adults and 600 yen for children. Bring a towel, or buy one for 200 yen. The day-use courses that include a guest room carry a separate room charge.
- Baths
- One indoor bath on each side, with no open-air bath. There is a sauna and a cold bath of around 18 degrees, which makes alternating easy.
- Spring water
- A cloudy green-white bicarbonate spring drawn from the inn's own source. It is presented as water that leaves the skin smooth.
- Access & parking
- About 50 minutes by bus from Fukushima Station, then about three minutes on foot from the last stop at Tsuchiyu Onsen. Parking is available for 80 cars.
- Day bathing
- The inn's own listing gives 10:00 to 20:00, while the spa's tourism association shows 10:00 to 19:00, so the two differ. Groups can mean it is closed to day visitors, so a phone call ahead is safer.
- Tattoos
- No tattoo policy is published. Checking by phone beforehand is the safe course.
- Phone
- 024-595-2611
- Official site
- fuku-usagi.net ↗
- Open in Google Maps
- Google Maps ↗
Essentials
Stay in this onsen town
Compare and book stays in Tsuchiyu Onsen. Day bathing itself needs no booking.
Opens partner booking site (affiliate)
Why go
- Long hours, received until 8:00 at night
- A cloudy green-white bicarbonate spring from its own source
- A sauna and an 18-degree cold bath
A bath at Tsuchiyu open late into the evening
Tsuchiyu Onsen lies in a valley reached by a long mountain road from the city of Fukushima. This inn takes day bathers later than most in the spa, so it is possible to arrive late in the afternoon. The whole building is floored with tatami and it has only around fifteen rooms, but the baths include a sauna and a cold bath, so the spring and alternating hot and cold can be enjoyed together. The water is a cloudy green-white bicarbonate spring, and the skin feels smooth afterwards.
Alongside the other baths of Tsuchiyu
The spa has many places that take day bathers, along with the shared bath, Nakanoyu. The shared bath is a cheap 500 yen but you bring your own towel, while this inn charges 1,000 yen and sells towels for 200 yen. The kinds of water differ within the spa, with simple, simple sulphur and bicarbonate springs, so several baths can be compared in a short time. Each inn has its own days and hours, though, so it is safer to check before setting out.
Before you go
- No official tattoo policy is published — ask at reception.
- Ryokan day-use hours are limited and may be suspended in peak season — phone the same morning.
- Last entry is 30–60 minutes before closing.
Features
Baths
Sauna & wellness
Price
Convenience
Amenities
✔ 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)
Prices and hours change. Check official sources before visiting.
More in this area
Bandai-Atami Reisen Motoyu Public Bath
A municipal public bath two minutes from Bandai-Atami Station. Two pools of free-flowing spring water — a lukewarm one at about 36°C and a hot one — with silky alkaline water made for long soaks. Unusually, admission is highest in the morning and drops to ¥400 from 14:00 and ¥300 from 16:00. No towels or soap; bring your own.
Iizaka Onsen Sabako-yu
Twenty-five minutes by local train from Fukushima, the emblematic communal bath of Iizaka Onsen, where the poet Basho is said to have bathed. Rebuilt in 1993 as a faithful copy of one of Japan's oldest wooden bathhouses, its granite tub runs with free-flowing spring water above 45°C. Locals don't cool it with tap water; visitors get guidance. ¥400, from 6 am. No soap or shampoo. Start here for a crawl of the town's nine public baths.
Takayu Onsen Attaka-yu
Thirty minutes by car from Fukushima city, the communal bath of Takayu Onsen at 750 m on Mt. Azuma. Every bath is open-air, filled with milky-white sulfur water that is neither diluted nor heated. There's a timber men's bath, a rock women's bath and a reservable private rotenburo. A ¥500 gateway to a spa town that has kept its water free-flowing for 400 years. Closed Thursdays; one-hour limit. At the foot of the Bandai-Azuma Skyline — ideal with an autumn drive.
