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Kitsuregawa Onsen Motoyu (Municipal Bath No. 1)

喜連川温泉 市営もとゆ温泉（第1温泉浴場） · Kitsuregawa Onsen

Policy not published (day visit)

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Visiting for the day

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How it scores

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ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

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View3
Water3.5
Comfort4
Setting3
Access2
—Somewhere to sit — not checked
△Anything else nearby — Nearby, but off to one side

Kitsuregawa markets itself as one of Japan's three great skin-beautifying springs alongside Ureshino in Saga and Hinokami in Shimane, and this is the cheaper of the town's two municipal baths. The water is a sodium chloride spring, weakly alkaline and hot at source, faintly yellow and noticeably smooth on the skin. Indoor baths at two temperatures plus a rock open-air bath, clean and unfussy, open from 7 in the morning. There is no station in town, so plan on a bus from Ujiie or a car.

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The baths

Indoor bath

Indoor baths with a hot tub and a cooler tub side by side, so you can pick your temperature, behind a large window looking at the hills.

Open to day visitors

Open-air bath

A rock-built open-air bath.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
7:00-21:00 (last entry 20:00). Closed on the first Monday of each month.
Day visit price
¥500
Adults (junior-high age and up) 500 yen, or 400 yen after 17:00. Primary-school children 300 / 200 yen, pre-school children free.
Staying overnight
No
Getting there
At 6620-1 Kitsuregawa, Sakura City, near the Arakawa river. Kitsuregawa has no railway station: take a bus from Ujiie Station on the JR Utsunomiya Line, about 20 minutes. Opening at 7:00 makes this the easiest early-morning bath in the area.
Official website
www.city.tochigi-sakura.lg.jp/sightseeing/000039/000234/p003177.html

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Staying nearby

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What we have not confirmed

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