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Prefectures / Gunma

Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku

宝川温泉 汪泉閣 · Minakami Onsen

Policy not published (day visit)Policy not published (overnight)

Can you bathe here with a tattoo?

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Visiting for the day

They have not said

The tattoo policy is not stated publicly. Please contact the facility.

Staying overnight

They have not said

The tattoo policy is not stated publicly. Please contact the facility.

How it scores

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

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Rated from research

View5
Water4.5
Comfort4
Setting5
Access2
×Somewhere to sit — Bathe and leave
×Anything else nearby — Nothing else around

Four boulder-built baths strung along a mountain river with nothing man-made in sight - the view from the tub is the whole point, and there is very little else in Japan on this scale. Free-flowing water from four wells feeds them continuously. Getting there means a 35-minute bus from Minakami Station or a car, and once you are there the river is the only attraction. The supplied bathing garment makes the mixed baths workable for people who would never otherwise try one.

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

The baths

Open-air bath

Four huge riverside open-air baths built out of boulders along the Takaragawa, about 470 tatami mats of water in total. THREE OF THEM ARE MIXED BATHING: Kodakara-no-yu (200 tatami, with a Hotaka shrine on the roof over the tub), Maka-no-yu (120 tatami, the one on all the posters), and Hannya-no-yu (50 tatami, half of it shallow enough for children). Maya-no-yu (100 tatami) is WOMEN ONLY, built in 1970 after women asked for a bath they could use freely, with a cypress changing room and underfloor heating. The inn supplies a bathing garment to both men and women precisely so the mixed baths are comfortable, so this is mixed bathing with everyone clothed - not the nude kind. The baths and garden are shared between staying and day guests.

Open to day visitors

Indoor bath

Two indoor baths on separate sources, Tono-yu and Hime-yu, open 24 hours to staying guests. Day visitors have their own indoor baths at the Takaragawa Sanso building, one for men and one for women.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
10:00-16:30 (last reception 16:00); you may stay 4 hours
Day visit price
¥1,500
Adults (junior high and up) 1,500 yen, elementary school children 1,000 yen, preschoolers free - and the price INCLUDES the bathing garment (yuamigi) you are required to wear in the mixed baths. You may not use a yuamigi you brought yourself. Bath towel rental 100 yen, face towel 200 yen. Day visitors check in at the Takaragawa Sanso building (0278-75-2614); the inn recommends arriving by about 15:00. No pick-up service for day visitors. Free parking for 150 cars. The whole inn is closed 1-3 September 2026.
Staying overnight
Yes
Getting there
A single inn deep in the mountains at the head of the Tone River. From JR Minakami Station a local bus takes about 35 minutes to Takaragawa Onsen (1,150 yen); an alternative bus reaches Takaragawa Iriguchi in 30 minutes for 1,050 yen, from where the inn will collect you. From Jomo-Kogen Station take the bus 25 minutes (620 yen) to Minakami Station and change. Staying guests can book a free courtesy bus from Jomo-Kogen (13:00, 15:00) or Minakami (15:15), returning at 9:30; day visitors get no shuttle. Free parking for 150 cars.
Official website
www.takaragawa.com

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