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Choju-no-Yu (Indoor Bath)
4.3★ · 3 Google ratings · Minakami, Gunma · 長寿の湯(内湯)
✓ Natural hot-spring water✓ Free-flowing source water
Before you go
Can you bathe here?
Tattoos
Not known · call aheadno policy stated in the 3 recent reviews we read
The bath
What you’ll find
The historic Hoshi Onsen Chojukan ryokan's registered-cultural-property indoor bath with mixed-gender bathing and floor-fed source water, open for limited day-use hours.
The water
Free-flowing (kakenagashi)
✓ YesThe spring bubbles up directly through the stones of the tub floor -- a genuine foot-source flow-through bath.stated by 2 visitors · Nov 2020 – Apr 2021
Guide
What visitors add
The water
One reviewer (Apr 2021) reports the water temperature was just right and describes four stone-bottomed tubs in a Meiji-era wooden bathhouse; one reviewer (Nov 2020) notes the (inner) bath fits only about six people.
stated by 2 visitors · Nov 2020 – Apr 2021Water handling
Two distinct reviewers (Nov 2020, Apr 2021) describe spring water welling up directly from beneath the bath — through gaps in the stones lining the tub bottom.
stated by 2 visitors · Nov 2020 – Apr 2021Towels, soap & lockers
Shampoo is provided (one reviewer, Nov 2020, complains about its scent); one reviewer (Nov 2022) reports the sole men-only washing area had only two wash stations, so it gets crowded.
stated by 2 visitors · Nov 2020 – Nov 2022Bathing arrangement
One reviewer (Apr 2021) reports that the bath available to day visitors at that time, 'Hoshi no Yu', is a mixed-gender (konyoku) bath; a different reviewer (Nov 2022, staying overnight) mentions a men-only washing area — the only one where hair washing was possible that day.
stated by 2 visitors · Apr 2021 – Nov 2022Practical
Plan your visit
📍 650 Nagai, Minakami, Tone District, Gunma 379-1401
🚃 Minakami station, 12.9 km
📋 Show at the counter: 長寿の湯(内湯)
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