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Yu-no-Michi Riku Maebashi Minami Branch
3.8★ · 889 Google ratings · Maebashi, Gunma · 湯の道 利久 前橋南店
✓ Bedrock bath✓ Private day-use bath✓ Natural hot-spring water✓ Free-flowing source water✓ Outdoor bath✓ Rest area✓ Restaurant
Before you go
Can you bathe here?
Bathing arrangement
Men and women separateMen's and women's bathing areas are separate.stated by 2 visitors · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
Hours
09:00–00:00from the facility listing
Tattoos
Not known · call aheadno policy stated in the 24 recent reviews we read or on the facility's website
Watch out
Restaurant
An on-site restaurant exists; reviewers praise the curry rice as cheap and genuinely tasty, but several others found dishes (ramen, stir-fry, set meals) padded mostly with bean sprouts, expensive for the portion, or simply not tasty.
stated by 6 visitors · Dec 2025 – May 2026Hair dryer
A handful of free dryers (3-4) plus paid ones (100 yen/7 min) are available, but demand outstrips the free ones and one reviewer reported a free dryer emitting sparks and a burning smell.
stated by 4 visitors · Dec 2025 – Jul 2026Towels
Towels are provided and regularly exchanged for sauna use, but the towels stacked in the changing room are for sauna use only, not general use — one visitor was scolded for taking one.
stated by 3 visitors · Dec 2025 – Apr 2026Cold bath
The cold plunge is small and often has a wait.
stated by 2 visitors · Mar 2026 – Jul 2026The bath
What you’ll find
A large natural-hot-spring super sento in Maebashi with indoor and source-fed outdoor baths, carbonated-spring tubs, sauna and a cramped cold plunge, a restaurant with mixed reviews, and a well-documented, recurring problem with rude long-time regulars monopolizing space and harassing other bathers.
Outdoor bath
✓ YesThere is an outdoor bath area in addition to the indoor tubs.stated by 3 visitors · Nov 2025 – Dec 2025
Sauna
✓ YesThe sauna (including a salt sauna) is spacious and well-regarded, though it is also where regular-customer conflicts most often occur.stated by 6 visitors · Dec 2025 – Jul 2026
Cold bath
✓ YesThe cold plunge is small and often has a wait.stated by 2 visitors · Mar 2026 – Jul 2026
Rest area
✓ YesThere is a comfortable rest area with manga, a paperback shelf, and a room to lie down and nap.stated by 4 visitors · Dec 2025 – May 2026
Restaurant
✓ YesAn on-site restaurant exists; reviewers praise the curry rice as cheap and genuinely tasty, but several others found dishes (ramen, stir-fry, set meals) padded mostly with bean sprouts, expensive for the portion, or simply not tasty.stated by 6 visitors · Dec 2025 – May 2026
The water
Free-flowing (kakenagashi)
PartlyThis is a natural hot spring facility, and the outdoor bath is specifically referred to as drawing from the source spring (源泉), suggesting at least that tub is closer to flow-through than the treated indoor pools.stated by 2 visitors · Nov 2025 – May 2026
Practical
What to bring
Towels
✓ IncludedTowels are provided and regularly exchanged for sauna use, but the towels stacked in the changing room are for sauna use only, not general use — one visitor was scolded for taking one.stated by 3 visitors · Dec 2025 – Apr 2026
Hair dryer
✓ YesA handful of free dryers (3-4) plus paid ones (100 yen/7 min) are available, but demand outstrips the free ones and one reviewer reported a free dryer emitting sparks and a burning smell.stated by 4 visitors · Dec 2025 – Jul 2026
Guide
What visitors add
The water
One reviewer calls it a natural hot-spring facility; a high-concentration carbonated bath is mentioned by 3 distinct reviewers (one wishing it were larger because bathers crowd into it); one reviewer notes the baths run hot.
stated by 4 visitors · Jan 2026 – Jul 2026Towels, soap & lockers
Free hair dryers are scarce and weak on the women's side: reviewers count 3 free dryers (two reviews) or 4 free dryers (one review), with extras costing 100 yen; 2 reviewers complain of weak airflow and one reports a free dryer smelling scorched with visible sparks.
stated by 4 visitors · Dec 2025 – Jul 2026Staffing
The facility is staffed and staff are generally praised (3 distinct reviewers), with a body-scrub (akasuri) service available; however, one frequent visitor complains the facility has no telephone, which worried them during a medical emergency (staff on site did call an ambulance).
stated by 4 visitors · Nov 2025 – Jul 2026Outdoor bath & sauna
Sauna facilities include a roomy main sauna and a salt sauna (one reviewer calls the salt sauna pleasingly hot); however, 2 distinct reviewers report the cold-water bath is small, one seeing people queue for it.
stated by 3 visitors · Nov 2025 – Jul 2026Payment
One reviewer explains the payment flow: you pay when leaving (post-pay), and 100-yen coins are needed for the shoe boxes and lockers, so bring coins. Paid hair dryers also take 100-yen coins in cash (one reviewer cites 100 yen for 7 minutes).
stated by 3 visitors · Jan 2026 – Jul 2026Towels, soap & lockers
Sauna towels are exchanged/refreshed frequently (2 distinct reviewers praise this), but one reviewer warns the towels stacked in the changing room are sauna-use only and was scolded for taking one for general use.
stated by 3 visitors · Dec 2025 – Apr 2026Timing
When to go
Quietest Friday around 9:00; busiest Saturday around 19:00. Measured by Google over past visits, not a forecast.
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Quiet Busy
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| Monday | 09:00–00:00 |
| Tuesday | 09:00–00:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00–00:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00–00:00 |
| Friday | 09:00–00:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00–00:00 |
| Sunday | 09:00–00:00 |
Practical
Plan your visit
📍 316-1 Tsurukojimachi, Maebashi, Gunma 379-2141
🚃 Maebashi-Oshima station, 4.1 km
📞 +8127-225-2641
📋 Show at the counter: 湯の道 利久 前橋南店
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