Yamaguchi · Yuda Onsen
Yuda Onsen Onsen-no-Mori
湯田温泉 温泉の森
A large day-spa at Yuda Onsen in Yamaguchi city. The men's 'Byakko-no-yu' faces a Japanese garden while the women's 'Xavier-no-yu' is Western in style; both offer rotenburo, lie-down and jet baths, a walking pool and sauna. The pH 9.2 alkaline water feels silky. ¥1,000 including a face towel, open 10:00–24:00 every day. Upstairs there's a manga and rest lounge plus a canteen. Ten minutes' walk from Yuda-Onsen Station.
- Price (adult)
- ¥1,000
- Hours
- 10:00–24:00 (last entry 23:30)
- Closed
- Open daily
- Access
- 10 min walk from JR Yuda-Onsen Station
- Water type
- Alkaline simple
- Tattoos
- Ask ahead
- Admission
- Adults ¥1,000, children ¥500 (face towel included; reviews mention a bath towel too). Two ticket machines. Bedrock bathing +¥700 per hour. Ticket books and member discounts. Shampoo and body soap provided — come empty-handed. Restaurant, beauty and massage extra
- Baths
- A large day-spa (super-sento style) at the southern entrance to the Yuda spa town. Gender-separated indoor halls with '12 kinds' of tubs including jacuzzi, jet and electric baths, a Showa-style dry sauna with TV (80–89°C), a soft-water cold plunge (21°C) with metal ions removed, and a rotenburo with outdoor-air rest. Bedrock bathing, a relaxation room with some 2,000 manga, table tennis, an okonomiyaki restaurant, beauty and massage. About 100 lockers. Wash stations somewhat few
- Spring water
- Alkaline simple spring (hypotonic, alkaline, high-temperature), 64.5–70°C at source, pH around 9 — a 'beauty water'. Colourless, odourless and silky, gentle enough for children and the elderly. Yuda's roughly 800-year history traces to the legend of a white fox healing its wounds; it is noted for an abundant 2,000 tonnes a day at around 70°C. Some tubs diluted and recirculated. Indicated for neuralgia, poor circulation, fatigue and skin care
- Access & parking
- Free parking for about 140 cars (20 in front plus affiliated lots; free on showing your ticket). 12–13 min on foot (1.1 km) from Yuda-Onsen Station on the JR Yamaguchi Line; 3 min from the 'Shimo-Yuda' bus stop, 4 min from 'Yuda Onsen'. 30 min by bus from Shin-Yamaguchi Station. About 15 min by car from Ogori IC on the Chugoku Expressway
- Phone
- 083-920-1126
- Official site
- onsennomori.com ↗
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Why go
- Yuda's biggest day spa
- 10:00–24:00, open daily
- ¥1,000 with towel
Open till midnight: 12 kinds of tubs, sauna and bedrock bathing for ¥1,000
Yuda Onsen Onsen-no-Mori is a large day-spa at the southern entrance to the Yuda spa town in Yamaguchi city, whose hot-spring output is among the greatest in the San'in and San'yo regions. Yuda is the 'white fox's spring', found some 800 years ago, legend says, when a white fox was seen healing its wounds; about 2,000 tonnes a day of alkaline simple water at around 70°C flow to hotels and foot baths across town. Onsen-no-Mori serves that water super-sento style: twelve kinds of tubs including jacuzzi, jet and electric baths, a rotenburo, a Showa-style sauna and a soft-water cold plunge, open daily from 10 a.m. to midnight, with adults paying ¥1,000 towel included — no need to bring anything. Add bedrock bathing, a lounge with 2,000 manga and an okonomiyaki restaurant, and it fills a lazy half-day after sightseeing in Yamaguchi.
Silky alkaline water, a Showa sauna and a soft-water plunge
Buy a ticket and you enter a roomy changing area with about 100 lockers; the bathroom has wash stations on the left and, further in, a large main pool followed by jacuzzi, jet, electric and seated baths. The water is an alkaline simple spring at around pH 9, colourless and odourless, with the unmistakable slick 'beauty water' feel when you stroke your skin. Non-irritating, it suits children and the elderly, and with tubs at different temperatures you can linger in a cooler one. The sauna is a Showa-style dry room with TV and bright lights at 80–89°C — a little prickly but a good sweat — and the cold plunge is softened water with metal ions removed, kind to the skin. The rotenburo is modest but has chairs for an outdoor cool-down. Wash stations are few, so there may be a wait on weekend evenings; you can step out to the restaurant or lounge and bathe again. Bedrock bathing (+¥700) is a one-hour session in a separate room.
Practical details and a Yuda–Yamaguchi route
Hours are 10:00–24:00 (last entry 23:30), open every day. Adults ¥1,000, children ¥500, towel included; bedrock bathing is ¥700 extra per hour. Parking totals about 140 spaces across the forecourt (20) and affiliated lots, free on showing your ticket. It is a 12–13-minute walk from JR Yuda-Onsen Station or 30 minutes by bus from Shin-Yamaguchi, so Shinkansen travellers can drop in easily. The Yuda spa town offers six free foot baths, the site of the famous 1867 Saigo–Kido–Okubo talks and the memorial museum of poet Nakahara Chuya (10 min on foot), and the classic plan is to tour the Rurikoji five-storey pagoda and Xavier Memorial Church (10 min by car) or the Akiyoshidai plateau and Akiyoshido cave (40 min), then finish here at night. Unlike hotel baths it stays open late and combines sauna and dining under one roof — especially handy for day-trippers not staying in Yuda or for killing time before a late check-in.
Before you go
- No official tattoo policy is published — ask at reception.
- Last entry is 30–60 minutes before closing.
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✔ 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)
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