Shimane · Yunokawa Onsen, Izumo
Yumoto Yunokawa – One of Japan's Three Beauty Springs
日本三美人の湯 湯元 湯の川（日帰り入浴）
About 7 minutes by car from Izumo Enmusubi Airport, Yunokawa Onsen in Hikawa, Izumo, is counted with Kawanaka (Gunma) and Ryūjin (Wakayama) as one of Japan's Three Beauty Springs. Legend says the goddess Yagami-hime soothed her skin here, and the inn Yumoto Yunokawa, founded in 1877, sits at the source. Its sodium-calcium sulfate and chloride water flows straight from the spring without dilution, and the silky bath is famed for leaving skin smooth. Day bathing is 10:00–15:30 (last entry 15:00) for ¥900 per adult and ¥500 per child, free under 3 (day visitors may be turned away when busy). Three private baths can be booked by day guests too – ¥2,500 for 50 minutes plus admission – with reservations from 9 am the day before. Irregular closures, free parking. About 20 minutes on foot from Shōbara Station on the JR San'in Line or 7 minutes from Shinji IC on the San'in Expressway. A perfect soak between Izumo Taisha, Matsue and your flight home.
- Price (adult)
- ¥900
- Hours
- 10:00–15:30
- Closed
- Irregular
- Access
- About 20 min on foot from Shōbara Station (JR San'in Line); about 7 min by car from Shinji IC on the San'in Expressway; about 7 min by car from Izumo Enmusubi Airport
- Water type
- Sulfate spring
- Tattoos
- Ask ahead
- Phone
- 0853-72-0333
- Official site
- http://www.yumotoyunokawa.jp ↗
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Why go
- Source inn (est. 1877) of a 'Three Beauty Springs' spa
- Undiluted free-flowing spring; three private baths
- ¥900 day bathing, 10:00–15:30; 7 min from Izumo Airport
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.
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✔ Verified operating: 2026-09 出雲観光協会公式（日帰り大人900円 小人500円・10:00–15:30 受付15:00・貸切50分2,500円・不定休）／ゆる〜と
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