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Fureai Koryukan
3.7★ · 408 Google ratings · Minakami, Gunma · ふれあい交流館
✓ Natural hot-spring water✓ Free-flowing source water✓ Rest area
Before you go
Can you bathe here?
Day visitors
✓ YesA day-use-only facility, open from 11:00 with entry accepted until 20:00.stated by 3 visitors · Jun 2025 – Feb 2026
Hours
11:00–20:30 · closed Tuesdayfrom the facility listing
Price
¥700Admission recently rose from 600 yen to 700 yen (child 350 yen) due to inflation; older reviews still cite the former 600 yen rate.stated by 5 visitors · Dec 2025 – Jul 2026
Bathing arrangement
Men and women separateMen's and women's baths are separated; during busy periods entry is managed with a numbered-ticket wait system per side.stated by 2 visitors · Aug 2025 – Aug 2026
Tattoos
Not known · call aheadno policy stated in the 28 recent reviews we read or on the facility's website
The bath
What you’ll find
A small town-run day bath in the Minakami hot spring district with a single indoor tub, popular with local regulars and hikers off Tanigawadake, offering body soap but charging extra for shampoo, and no sauna or outdoor bath.
Outdoor bath
NoNo outdoor bath.stated by 1 visitor · Feb 2026
Indoor baths
1A single small indoor tub, roughly 4-6 person capacity.stated by 4 visitors · Aug 2025 – Feb 2026
Sauna
NoNo sauna.stated by 1 visitor · Feb 2026
Cold bath
NoNo cold plunge pool.stated by 1 visitor · Feb 2026
Rest area
✓ YesA rest area/lounge, often called spacious relative to the small bath, is available with self-serve water/tea.stated by 6 visitors · Jul 2025 – Feb 2026
Restaurant
NoNo food service on site.stated by 1 visitor · Feb 2026
The water
Spring type
Calcium-sodium sulfate-chlorideOfficially a calcium-sodium sulfate-chloride spring, though one reviewer guessed it was a sulfur-sodium type.stated by 2 visitors · Dec 2025 – Jul 2026
Source temperature
42.3°CSource temperature is recorded at 42.3C.stated by 1 visitor · Dec 2025
Bath temperature
42°CBath is consistently around 42C.stated by 3 visitors · Jun 2025 – Feb 2026
pH
pH 7.6Water is close to neutral, pH 7.6.stated by 1 visitor · Dec 2025
Chlorinated
✓ YesTwo reviewers detected a noticeable chlorine/disinfectant smell in the water.stated by 2 visitors · Dec 2025 – Jul 2026
Practical
What to bring
Soap & shampoo
Not provided — bring your ownBody soap is provided free, but shampoo/conditioner is not supplied and must be bought at the counter (around 120 yen) or brought.stated by 8 visitors · Aug 2025 – Feb 2026
Lockers
✓ Coin returnedValuables lockers take a 10 yen coin that is returned on unlocking; one reviewer described a different free lockable cubby instead.stated by 4 visitors · Jun 2025 – Feb 2026
Guide
What visitors add
Price
Adult admission was 600 yen through 2025 (five distinct reviews, Jun–Dec 2025) but was raised to 700 yen by early 2026 (four distinct reviews, Dec 2025–Jul 2026); one reviewer (Feb 2026) explicitly notes the official 600 yen price was revised to 700 yen adult / 350 yen child.
stated by 9 visitors · Jun 2025 – Jul 2026Towels, soap & lockers
Body soap is provided but shampoo is not — at least five distinct reviews (Jun 2025–Feb 2026) report shampoo must be brought or bought (two reviewers quote 120 yen per single-use set at reception). Valuables lockers take a returnable 10-yen coin (at least three distinct reviews); one reviewer reports a free hair dryer.
stated by 8 visitors · Jun 2025 – Feb 2026Outdoor bath & sauna
Indoor bath only — no open-air bath, no sauna, no cold plunge (one reviewer states all three explicitly; at least four other distinct reviews confirm 'inner bath only'). The single tub is small: reported capacity ranges from 2–3 up to about 6 people across at least five distinct reviews.
stated by 6 visitors · Oct 2025 – Jul 2026Day-use visits
A day-use-only town-run bath: one reviewer (Jun 2025) reports it opens at 11:00, and another (Feb 2026) reports entry is possible until 20:00. At least three distinct reviews describe it as a day-trip (higaeri) facility.
stated by 4 visitors · Jun 2025 – Feb 2026The water
One reviewer (Dec 2025) documents the spring as calcium-sodium sulfate-chloride, 42.3°C source, pH 7.6, colorless and transparent; two distinct reviewers report bath temperature around 42–43°C. Two distinct reviewers complain of a chlorine/disinfectant smell.
stated by 4 visitors · Jun 2025 – Jul 2026Staffing
The facility is staffed with a reception desk; at least four distinct reviews (Nov 2025–Aug 2026) mention staff interactions, including a numbered-ticket queuing system run by staff when the small bath is crowded (one reviewer, Aug 2025).
stated by 4 visitors · Aug 2025 – Aug 2026Timing
When to go
Quietest Monday around 11:00; busiest Saturday around 17:00. Measured by Google over past visits, not a forecast.
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Quiet Busy
| Day | Hours |
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| Monday | 11:00–20:30 |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 11:00–20:30 |
| Thursday | 11:00–20:30 |
| Friday | 11:00–20:30 |
| Saturday | 11:00–20:30 |
| Sunday | 11:00–20:30 |
Closed Tuesday.
Practical
Plan your visit
📍 801 Yubara, Minakami, Tone District, Gunma 379-1617
🚃 Minakami station, 1.1 km
📞 +81278-72-8885
📋 Show at the counter: ふれあい交流館
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