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Choei-no-Yu Public Bath
4.2★ · 5 Google ratings · Kusatsu, Gunma · 長栄乃湯（共同浴場）
✓ Free-flowing source water
Before you go
Can you bathe here?
Day visitors
Local residents onlyRestricted to Kusatsu town residents since COVID, though one reviewer reported non-residents can enter under some condition - worth confirming locally before assuming access.stated by 4 visitors · Jul 2024 – Aug 2026
Hours
00:00–24:00from the facility listing
Tattoos
Not known · call aheadno policy stated in the 6 recent reviews we read
Watch out
Day visitors
Restricted to Kusatsu town residents since COVID, though one reviewer reported non-residents can enter under some condition - worth confirming locally before assuming access.
stated by 4 visitors · Jul 2024 – Aug 2026The bath
What you’ll find
One of Kusatsu's roughly 19 free community bathhouses, rebuilt after the old building's age and earthquake-safety issues, fed by the very hot Bandaiko sulfur source and effectively open around the clock - but restricted to town residents only since COVID, with strict no-talking etiquette enforced by locals.
Indoor baths
1A single tub, described as smaller after the 2025 rebuild (about 3-person capacity) than the old building (about 5-person capacity).stated by 2 visitors · Jul 2024 – Jul 2025
The water
Spring type
Sulfur (hydrogen sulfide) spring, Bandaiko sourceFed by Kusatsu's very hot Bandaiko hydrogen-sulfide source; the rebuilt bathhouse added ventilation to manage the fumes.stated by 2 visitors · Jul 2025
Guide
What visitors add
For foreign visitors
Access for non-residents is effectively closed: 4 reviews spanning Jul 2024 - Aug 2026 state people from outside Kusatsu town cannot bathe (COVID-era restriction still in force), while one July 2026 reviewer says outsiders can enter 'conditionally' — and was loudly scolded by an elderly local for talking; that reviewer advises greeting loudly and staying absolutely silent if you do get in.
stated by 5 visitors · Jul 2024 – Aug 2026The water
The bath draws the Bandaiko source: one reviewer says it is therefore very hot and long soaks are unwise (also noting improved ventilation was built for the hydrogen-sulfide water), and another (2024) found the inflow very hot with tap water used to temper the tub; a third reviewer found the tub temperature just right, and a fourth calls the onsen itself superb.
stated by 4 visitors · Jul 2024 – Jul 2026The water
The building was rebuilt after the old bathhouse aged and failed seismic standards: the new tub is one size smaller (about 3 people at distance, per the post-rebuild reviewer; a 2024 reviewer described roughly 5 abreast), and signs ask bathers to avoid talking in the tub for infection and noise reasons — conversation carries to neighboring houses.
stated by 2 visitors · Jul 2024 – Jul 2025Timing
When to go
Quietest Friday around 6:00; busiest Friday around 21:00. Measured by Google over past visits, not a forecast.
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Quiet Busy
| Day | Hours |
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| Monday | 00:00–24:00 |
| Tuesday | 00:00–24:00 |
| Wednesday | 00:00–24:00 |
| Thursday | 00:00–24:00 |
| Friday | 00:00–24:00 |
| Saturday | 00:00–24:00 |
| Sunday | 00:00–24:00 |
Practical
Plan your visit
📍 〒377-1711 Gunma, Agatsuma District, Kusatsu, 大字中島609-3
🚃 Gunma-Otsu station, 8.3 km
📋 Show at the counter: 長栄乃湯（共同浴場）
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