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Hoheikyo Onsen

豊平峡温泉 · Jozankei Onsen

Visited by the editor · No.6Policy not published (day visit)

Can you bathe here with a tattoo?

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Visiting for the day

They have not said

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How it scores

Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Rated from research

View4
Water4.5
Comfort4
Setting5
Access3
○Somewhere to sit — You can spend the day here
△Anything else nearby — Nearby, but off to one side

One of Japan's largest open-air baths, entirely unscreened to the forest beyond Jozankei, fed straight from the ground with no dilution, no reheating, no recirculation and no chlorine. Unusually for a day-use bath there is a free tatami hall, bookable private rooms and a genuinely good Indian curry restaurant, so a whole afternoon here is easy; the sparse buses from Sapporo are the weak point.

Scored from official photos, maps and transport information — not from a visit.

The baths

Indoor bath

Separate indoor baths for men and women, with body soap and rinse-in shampoo provided. Not mixed bathing.

Open to day visitors

Open-air bath

Three named open-air baths (Muine-no-Yu, Fukuro-no-Yu, Yuyu-no-Yu) that swap between men and women on odd and even days. The operator calls this one of Japan's largest open-air baths, taking up to 200 bathers at once, entirely open to the forest with nothing screening the view, and lit up at night. Water is 100% source water - no dilution, no reheating, no recirculation and no chlorine, piped straight from the ground with no storage tank; water wheels in both open-air baths cool the water instead of adding cold water.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
10:00-22:30 (last entry 21:45), open every day of the year
Day visit price
¥1,300
Adults (junior high school age and over) 1,300 yen, children 3 to elementary 600 yen, 0-2 free. Tax included and no weekday/weekend split. Towels are extra: logo towel 220 yen, bath towel 500 yen. Cash, credit cards and QR payments accepted.
Staying overnight
No
Getting there
Reachable without a car. A free shuttle runs once a day from beside Makomanai subway station (Namboku line): pick-up at Makomanai Junior High at 10:00, arriving 10:40, returning at 15:00 - first-come, no reservations, one bus only. Jotetsu bus route 12H from the Makomanai station bus terminal takes about 70 minutes to the Hoheikyo Onsen terminus, and the Kappa Liner / Kaisoku 7 buses run direct from Sapporo Station platform 12 (840 yen one way, roughly 70-85 minutes, last return 19:54). By car it is about 35 km from central Sapporo on Route 230 past Jozankei, turning left at the Hoheikyo Dam entrance junction.
Official website
hoheikyo.co.jp

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Staying nearby

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