Mie · Yunoyama Onsen
Aqua Ignis Kataoka Onsen
アクアイグニス 片岡温泉
Seven minutes from Yunoyama-Onsen Station at the foot of Mt. Gozaisho, the bath inside the 'healing and food' resort Aqua Ignis. Free-flowing alkaline water in a bamboo-view rotenburo, lie-down bath and cypress barrel tubs. Luxurious in feel yet only ¥600 weekdays / ¥800 weekends, open 6 am to midnight. Patisserie, Italian restaurant and strawberry picking on site.
- Price (adult)
- ¥600
- Hours
- 06:00–24:00
- Closed
- Open daily
- Access
- 7 min walk from Yunoyama-Onsen Station (Kintetsu)
- Water type
- Alkaline simple
- Tattoos
- Ask ahead
- Admission
- Adults (junior-high+) weekdays ¥600 / weekends & holidays ¥800; elementary and under ¥300. Pay at the front desk, then enter with a QR code. Lockers ¥100 (refundable). Towels extra. Cash, WAON etc.
- Baths
- The day-bath “Kataoka Onsen” inside the first Aqua Ignis complex (2012). Gender-separated indoor baths and a rotenburo enclosed by a bamboo garden (with lying bath and wooden barrel tubs). Yunohana drifts in the outdoor bath. Restaurants, bakery, patisserie (Tsujiguchi Hironobu), strawberry farm and lodging on site. No sauna
- Water
- Alkaline simple spring (listed at about pH 8.7), 100 % free-flowing from its own source — advertised as no recirculation, chlorination or heating. Clear, a skin-smoothing “beauty bath”
- Parking
- Large free car park. 7–8 min on foot from Yunoyama-Onsen Station (Kintetsu Yunoyama line), on Route 477
- Phone
- 059-394-7733
- Official site
- aquaignis.jp ↗
- Open in Google Maps
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Why go
- Free-flowing spring, bamboo rotenburo
- Upscale feel for ¥600
- 6 am to midnight
A bamboo-garden rotenburo and a star patissier’s desserts — a grown-up day out from Nagoya
Aqua Ignis is a “healing and food” resort complex that opened in 2012 at the entrance to Yunoyama Onsen in Komono, Mie, at the foot of Mt Gozaisho in the Suzuka range — the original of a brand that has since spread nationwide. Its core is the day-bath Kataoka Onsen, a makeover of a pre-existing spring: inside a minimalist building of dark timber and glass are gender-separated indoor baths and a rotenburo enclosed by slender bamboo, with a lying bath and wooden barrel tubs. The alkaline simple spring water is 100 % free-flowing from the resort’s own source — no recirculation, chlorination or heating, it declares — yunohana drifts in the outdoor bath, and your skin feels silky afterwards. Despite the upscale look, admission is a surprisingly modest ¥600 on weekdays and ¥800 at weekends, and it is open daily from 6 a.m. to midnight, making it a popular “morning-bath drive” an hour from Nagoya by train or car. On the grounds are patissier Tsujiguchi Hironobu’s Confiture H, a bakery, Italian and Japanese restaurants, a strawberry farm and lodgings, so dessert and shopping after the bath easily fill half a day. There is no sauna, and weekend afternoons get busy — weekday mornings are best. It is 7–8 minutes on foot from Yunoyama-Onsen Station, so no car is needed.
Tips & cautions
- 6:00–24:00, open daily — early morning or late evening is quietest; weekend afternoons are busy.
- Pay first and enter by QR; lockers ¥100 refundable — bring coins.
- No sauna — look elsewhere if that’s your goal.
- The rotenburo is screened by bamboo but cold in winter — alternate with the indoor bath.
- Tattoo policy not officially stated — check at the front desk.
- Popular items at the patisserie sell out early — buy before you bathe.
- Combine with the Gozaisho Ropeway (10 min by bus from Yunoyama-Onsen Station) for a full day; bathe after coming down.
- About 1 hour from Nagoya by Kintetsu limited express with a change to the Yunoyama line.
Getting there
7–8 min on foot from Yunoyama-Onsen Station (Kintetsu Yunoyama line), Komono 4800-1, Komono, Mie, on Route 477. ~1 h from Nagoya by Kintetsu limited express with a change at Yokkaichi. By car ~5 min from Komono IC (Shin-Meishin Expressway); large free car park. Tel. 059-394-7733.
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.
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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)
Prices and hours change. Check official sources before visiting.
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