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Tamatsukuri Onsen Yu-Yu

玉造温泉ゆ～ゆ · Tamatsukuri Onsen

Policy not published (day visit)

Can you bathe here with a tattoo?

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Visiting for the day

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How it scores

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View2
Water3.5
Comfort4
Setting3
Access5
△Somewhere to sit — A small rest area
○Anything else nearby — In the middle of things

The public bathhouse of Tamatsukuri, and the cheapest way to try the spring that made the town's reputation without booking a ryokan. It is a municipal-style building with meeting rooms and a shop rather than anywhere atmospheric, and the baths are large and plain, but it is open late, a few minutes' walk from the riverside inn street and the Himegami shrine, and steps from a bus stop. Bring or buy a bath towel if you want the sauna, and note it closes on Mondays.

Every onsen on this site is scored against the same written rubric, and every score has been reviewed by the editor. The ones marked Visited were also bathed in personally.

The baths

Indoor bath

Large indoor baths fed by Tamatsukuri's sulphate-chloride water, which a pharmaceutical company's skin testing rated the highest of the 180 springs it had analysed for moisture retention - the basis of the 'beauty spring' name the town trades on. Dry and mist saunas as well.

Open to day visitors

Open-air bath

Open-air baths under open sky, in the same water.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
10:00-22:00 (last entry 21:20); an early-morning session runs 6:00-8:00 (last entry 7:40) on Sundays, public holidays and over New Year. Closed Mondays, or the following day when Monday is a public holiday.
Day visit price
¥600
600 yen for adults (junior-high age and up), 300 yen for children aged 3 and over, free under 3 with an adult. Body soap and shampoo are provided; face towels are sold for 250 yen and bath towels rented for 150 yen, and a bath towel is required to use the sauna. The sauna is closed during the early-morning session. Half price on production of a disability certificate.
Staying overnight
No
Getting there
About 5 minutes by Ichibata bus from JR Tamatsukuri-Onsen Station towards Tamatsukuri Onsen, getting off at Himegami Hiroba right outside, or roughly 15 minutes on foot. Five minutes by car from the Matsue-Tamatsukuri interchange; 57 free parking spaces. Matsue city centre and Matsue Castle are about 20 minutes away by train.
Official website
www.tama-yuuyu.com

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Staying nearby

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What we have not confirmed

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