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Shaka no Reissen Buddha’s Spiritual Spring
4.3★ · 182 Google ratings · 利根郡みなかみ町, Gunma · 釈迦の霊泉
Before you go
Can you bathe here?
Day visitors
✓ YesDay bathing without lodging is offered and used by many reviewers.stated by 8 visitors · May 2024 – Jun 2026
Price
¥1,500Two 2026 reviews report a 1,500 yen bathing fee, up from 1,000 yen reported by two reviewers in 2024-2025 -- the price appears to have risen.stated by 2 visitors · Oct 2024 – Jun 2026
Tattoos
Not known · call aheadno policy stated in the 35 recent reviews we read or on the facility's website
Watch out
Restaurant
A landslide damaged the ground floor years ago and on-site meal service was discontinued as a result; guests now must source food elsewhere.
stated by 1 visitor · Oct 2024The bath
What you’ll find
A remote, religious-organization-run radium/alkaline hot spring guesthouse reached via a narrow mountain private road, offering indoor-only source-fed bathing, a mist sauna, and take-home drinking spring water, popular with visitors seeking healing effects for serious illness; on-site meals were discontinued after landslide damage.
Outdoor bath
NoOne detailed reviewer explicitly states the bath is indoor-only.stated by 1 visitor · Aug 2024
Sauna
✓ YesA mist sauna using the spring water is offered and mentioned by several reviewers.stated by 5 visitors · Aug 2024 – Jun 2026
Cold bath
✓ YesOne reviewer notes a cold plunge bath alongside the regular indoor tub.stated by 1 visitor · Aug 2025
Restaurant
NoA landslide damaged the ground floor years ago and on-site meal service was discontinued as a result; guests now must source food elsewhere.stated by 1 visitor · Oct 2024
Lodging
✓ YesRoom-only (no-meal) overnight stays are available for 6,600 yen; one reviewer notes room cleanliness issues (dead spider left in the room).stated by 2 visitors · Oct 2024 – Oct 2025
The water
Free-flowing (kakenagashi)
✓ YesReviewers describe the bath as fully source-fed with no recirculation or water dilution, though it is heated.stated by 2 visitors · Aug 2024 – Oct 2025
Spring type
Radium, alkalineReviewers describe the water as a reputed radium spring with alkaline properties, credited by many with health benefits for serious illness.stated by 2 visitors · Aug 2025 – Jun 2026
Guide
What visitors add
The water
The spring is treated as a healing/drinking spring ('goshinsui'): visitors drink the water while bathing, and each bather may take home up to 4 liters free (5 distinct reviews; bring your own bottles per one reviewer). Several reviewers (at least 5) visit for or testify to healing of serious illness including cancer — these are personal testimonials; one skeptical reviewer explicitly notes no special effect is proven.
stated by 10 visitors · May 2024 – Jun 2026The water
The water is colorless and clear (2 reviews) and repeatedly described as soft/mild (3 reviews); bath temperature is on the lukewarm-to-just-right side, suited to long soaks (5 distinct reviews, one calling it near body-temperature 'fukan-yu'). Two reviewers report noticeably smoother skin; one says it is 'apparently alkaline', one 'apparently a radium spring' — neither certain.
stated by 9 visitors · Jun 2024 – Aug 2026Staffing
The facility is staffed and reviewers repeatedly describe the (mostly older female) staff as kind, polite and thorough in explaining bathing procedure and the spring's lore (7 distinct reviews).
stated by 7 visitors · Jun 2024 – Jun 2026Day-use visits
Day-use bathing is offered and commonly used (6 distinct reviewers describe visiting as day-trippers, one frequently); no reviewer states opening hours.
stated by 6 visitors · Jun 2024 – Jun 2026Price
Day-use bathing cost 1,000 yen (tax incl.) through at least March 2025 (2 reviews with that figure), but two later reports state 1,500 yen — one reviewer who visited 12 Oct 2025 paid 1,500 and suspected a price rise, and a June 2026 reviewer confirms 1,500 yen per person. Two reviewers independently call it expensive for a bath.
stated by 5 visitors · Oct 2024 – Jun 2026Staffing
The facility is run by a religious organization (3 reviews state this; one names it as a 宗教法人): two reviewers explicitly report no recruitment or pushy water sales, while one felt the religious color and pressure were strong; healing-testimonial notebooks are displayed in the building (2 reviews).
stated by 5 visitors · Jul 2024 – Jun 2026Practical
Plan your visit
📍 3768 Kamimoku, 利根郡みなかみ町 Tone District, Gunma 379-1303
🚃 Kamimoku station, 3.3 km
📞 +81278-72-3173
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