Fukui · Tsuruga
Tsuruga Kirameki Onsen Rila Port
敦賀きらめき温泉 リラ・ポート
Ten minutes by car from Tsuruga, the Hokuriku Shinkansen terminus, a municipal spa on a hill above Tsuruga Bay. Alongside the open-air and indoor baths and sauna there's a swimsuit 'Bade pool' of thermal water, so it's popular with families. Mild simple spring water; a Japanese restaurant and tatami hall for resting afterwards. ¥750 on weekdays, 10:00–22:00, closed Tuesdays — a handy first stop on a Hokuriku trip from Kansai or Nagoya.
- Price (adult)
- ¥750
- Hours
- 10:00–22:00 (last entry 21:15; Bade pool until 20:00)
- Closed
- Tue (open if a holiday)
- Access
- 10 min by car from JR Tsuruga Station, or community bus to Rila Port
- Water type
- Simple spring
- Tattoos
- Ask ahead
- Admission
- Adults (12+) ¥750 weekdays / ¥850 weekends and holidays. Children (3–11) ¥450. Seniors 65+ ¥650 any day. Towel ¥150 to buy, bath towel ¥110 to rent (set ¥250). Private rest room ¥1,000/hour. Ticket machine is cash only; PayPay accepted at the counter
- Baths
- Third-floor bathhouse: two indoor pools (hot and medium, each from a different source), two open-air tubs (rock and cypress-style), sauna and cold plunge. Swimsuit 'Bade' pool (until 20:00). Japanese and Western rest rooms, hammocks and manga corner, kids' room, body-care salon, restaurant
- Water
- Two sources: an alkaline simple spring (hot pool) — a cold spring struck while boring the Hokuriku railway tunnel, now heated — and a sodium-bicarbonate spring (medium pool) drawn from 1,500 m beneath the building. Colourless with a smooth feel. Indicated for neuralgia, muscle pain, frozen shoulder, poor circulation, fatigue
- Parking & access
- Free multi-storey parking for 300 cars. From JR Tsuruga Station take the 'Gurutto Tsuruga' loop bus (shopping route) about 15 min to 'Rila Port', right outside (about 3 km from the station). By car about 3 min from Tsuruga IC on the Hokuriku Expressway
- Phone
- 0770-24-1126
- Official site
- rilaport.com ↗
- Open in Google Maps
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Why go
- Rotenburo above Tsuruga Bay
- Thermal swimsuit pool
- 10 min from Tsuruga Shinkansen station
A large municipal spa beside the expressway in Tsuruga, the Shinkansen terminus
Tsuruga Kirameki Onsen Rila Port is a city-built hot-spring leisure complex in Takano, Tsuruga, Fukui, three minutes from Tsuruga IC on the Hokuriku Expressway. Opened in December 2002 at a cost of about ¥3.6 billion, the three-storey building holds a bathhouse, rotenburo, swimsuit Bade pool, restaurant, banquet rooms, viewing decks and a 300-car parking structure. It closed in February 2020 and reopened under a new operator in April 2022; since the Hokuriku Shinkansen reached Tsuruga in 2024 it has become the 'hot spring near the station' that travellers reach by loop bus.
Two springs, two pools — and a swimsuit spa
The draw of the third-floor bathhouse is two different springs under one roof. The hot pool is an alkaline simple spring — a cold source that gushed out while the Hokuriku railway tunnel was being bored, now heated — while the medium pool is a sodium-bicarbonate spring pumped from 1,500 m beneath the building; both are colourless, the latter noticeably silkier. Outdoors are a rock bath and a cypress-style tub, plus sauna and cold plunge, and with plenty of tubs and wash stations it stays comfortable even when busy. The swimsuit Bade pool (until 20:00), where families bathe together, is the complex's signature — a rare place to enjoy warm water with the kids.
Tips
Open 10:00–22:00 (last entry 21:15), closed Tuesdays (open on holidays and throughout the spring, summer and winter school breaks). ¥750 weekdays, ¥850 weekends and holidays, seniors 65+ a flat ¥650. The ticket machine is cash only — cards and PayPay at the counter. Inside are Japanese and Western rest rooms, hammocks, a manga corner, kids' room, body-care salon and a restaurant (lunch 11:30–14:00, dinner 17:00–21:00), so it suits a half-day stay. About 15 minutes from Tsuruga Station on the 'Gurutto Tsuruga' loop bus (shopping route) — a fine finish after Tsuruga Port, Kehi Shrine and the red-brick warehouses.
Before you go
- No official tattoo policy is published — ask at reception.
- Payment is usually by ticket machine in cash — bring coins.
- Last entry is 30–60 minutes before closing.
Features
Sauna & wellness
Price
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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