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Suwanoyu
3.4★ · 38 Google ratings · Takasaki, Gunma · Suwanoyu
✓ Day visitors
Before you go
Can you bathe here?
Day visitors
✓ YesFrom the facility's listing
Hours
Not publishedCheck the official site
Tattoos
? Call aheadNo policy stated in the 24 recent reviews we read or on the facility's website
Price
¥400 adultReported by two visitors
How we know this
- Day visitors: Listed as a sento (public bathhouse): a bath for day visitors by definition. No visitor review states otherwise. · from the listing category
- Price: Two reviewers, in earlier years while it was still open, report an adult entry fee of 400 yen. · 2 visitors, Dec 2018 – May 2024
The bath
What you’ll find
A beloved, decades-old wood-fired public bathhouse (sento, not a natural hot spring) in Shinmachi run by an elderly proprietor, extremely retro and worn, that appears to have permanently closed as of May 2024.
Bath setup
Indoor baths
2.0Reported by two visitors
Spring water
Free-flowing (kakenagashi)
NoReported by two visitors
Heated
✓ YesConfirmed by recent visitor reports
How we know this
- Indoor baths: Two reviewers describe two indoor tubs, one hotter and one more moderate. · 2 visitors, Jun 2017 – May 2024
- Free-flowing (kakenagashi): This is a wood-fired public bathhouse with dyed medicated bath water (yakuyu), not a natural spring-fed onsen. · 2 visitors, Jul 2020 – Nov 2020
- Heated: Multiple reviewers describe the water being heated over a wood-fired boiler by the elderly proprietor, rather than being a natural hot spring. · 3 visitors, May 2021 – May 2024
Getting there
How to get there
Nearest station
Shimmachi · JR EastAbout 6 min on foot, 0.5 km in a straight line
Address
Suwanoyu, 1646-3 Shinmachi, Takasaki, Gunma 370-1301〒370-1301 Gunma, Takasaki, Shinmachi, 1646-3 すわの湯 · From the facility's listing
Show a driver
SuwanoyuThe name in Japanese, for a taxi or at the counter
Phone
+81274-42-1163Japanese-speaking. For tattoos or private baths a call is the only sure answer
Website
gunma.k-o-i.jpOfficial, in Japanese
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Questions
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Can I visit Suwanoyu without staying overnight?
Listed as a sento (public bathhouse): a bath for day visitors by definition. No visitor review states otherwise.
How much does Suwanoyu cost?
Two reviewers, in earlier years while it was still open, report an adult entry fee of 400 yen.
Is the water free-flowing spring water?
This is a wood-fired public bathhouse with dyed medicated bath water (yakuyu), not a natural spring-fed onsen.
