Arifuku Onsen

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Arifuku Onsen Gozen-yu

The landmark of Arifuku, a stair-stepped hamlet of wooden inns tucked into the San'in hills. A 1928 reinforced-concrete bathhouse with Western arched windows, it pours colourless alkaline simple-spring water undiluted into the tub — slippery 'beauty water'. ¥400 with soap and shampoo, open 7:00–22:00 for early soaks. A family bath rents for ¥1,200 an hour, and the tatami rest room upstairs displays pre-war photographs. Cars can't enter the sloping village, which also has the Satsuki-yu and Yayoi-yu public baths for a three-bath circuit.

Day-trip onsenPublic bathhouse (sento)Day use ¥400

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Arifuku Onsen Satsukiyu

One of the three outer baths of Arifuku Onsen, a spa called the Ikaho of the Sanin coast. Its timber front suits the plain spa street, and the water runs a little cooler than at Gozenyu. The source is 46.2 degrees and the tub sits around 40 to 42. It costs 400 yen from junior high age and 200 yen for elementary pupils, closes on Thursdays, and on Tuesdays, when Gozenyu is closed, it opens from 7:00 in the morning to 10:00 at night.

Public bathhouse (sento)Natural hot springDay use ¥400

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Arifuku Onsen Yaoiyu

The coolest of the three outer baths at Arifuku Onsen. The source is 42.5 degrees and the tub sits around 39 to 40, which suits a long, unhurried soak. The bath is shallow and there is no shower, keeping the shape of an old public bath. It costs 400 yen from junior high age and 200 yen for elementary pupils, and closes on Fridays. It stands up a lane of stone steps, easy to reach as part of a walk around the spa street.

Public bathhouse (sento)Natural hot springDay use ¥400