Maeda onsen

4.0★ · 51 Google ratings · Beppu, Oita · 前田温泉

✓ Natural hot-spring water✓ Free-flowing source water

Before you go

Can you bathe here?

Day visitors

✓ YesDay visitors regularly bathe here for a small entry fee, with residents paying 100 yen and others 200 yen.stated by 3 visitors · Dec 2023 – Jan 2026

Hours

06:00–09:00from the facility listing

Price

¥200Non-resident day-use admission is 200 yen while Beppu residents pay 100 yen.stated by 2 visitors · Aug 2021 – Feb 2022 · reported in 2022, may have changed

Tattoos

Not known · call aheadno policy stated in the 32 recent reviews we read

How we know this

Watch out

Day visitors

Day visitors regularly bathe here for a small entry fee, with residents paying 100 yen and others 200 yen.

stated by 3 visitors · Dec 2023 – Jan 2026

Soap & shampoo

Multiple reviewers from 2021 to 2023 note that no shampoo or body soap is provided.

stated by 3 visitors · Aug 2021 – Dec 2023

Water added

Bathers add cold water via a hose to cool the very hot source water, reported repeatedly from 2017 to 2025.

stated by 3 visitors · Feb 2022 – Oct 2025

Bath temperature

Bath temperature was measured at 46.5°C in 2022 but noted as 42°C in another 2026 visit, and several reviewers describe the water as very hot.

stated by 2 visitors · Feb 2022 – Mar 2026

Payment

Payment is made by dropping coins into a locked post box at the entrance, with no card option mentioned.

stated by 2 visitors · Feb 2022 – Jan 2026

The bath

What you’ll find

Maeda Onsen is a tiny, retro half-basement neighborhood bathhouse in Beppu with one small round chloride hot-spring tub, kakenagashi source water that runs very hot, no parking, and cash-only self-service payment via a locked box.

Indoor baths

1The facility has a single small round indoor tub, described consistently from 2021 to 2023.stated by 2 visitors · Aug 2021 – May 2023

The water

Spring type

Chloride springReviews from 2022 identify the spring as a chloride-type hot spring.stated by 2 visitors · Feb 2022 – Jun 2022

Source temperature

53.6°CA 2022 review recorded the source spring temperature at 53.6°C.stated by 1 visitor · Feb 2022

Bath temperature

46.5°CBath temperature was measured at 46.5°C in 2022 but noted as 42°C in another 2026 visit, and several reviewers describe the water as very hot.stated by 2 visitors · Feb 2022 – Mar 2026

Water added

✓ YesBathers add cold water via a hose to cool the very hot source water, reported repeatedly from 2017 to 2025.stated by 3 visitors · Feb 2022 – Oct 2025

Practical

What to bring

Payment

Cash onlyPayment is made by dropping coins into a locked post box at the entrance, with no card option mentioned.stated by 2 visitors · Feb 2022 – Jan 2026

Soap & shampoo

Not provided — bring your ownMultiple reviewers from 2021 to 2023 note that no shampoo or body soap is provided.stated by 3 visitors · Aug 2021 – Dec 2023

Timing