Awara Onsen, Awara, Fukui Prefecture

Centopia Awara

A good baseline for a first day-use visit to Awara: low admission, long opening hours and convenient access without a car.

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Opening hours
10:00–23:00; last admission 22:30. Closed on the third Tuesday of each month; if that is a public holiday, closure moves to the following weekday.
Tattoo policy
Not permitted. The facility's official visitor guide prohibits entry for guests with tattoos.

Spring & water temperature

Spring-source temperature
43.6°C.
Bathing temperature
Not published.
Spring source
The spring used at Centopia Awara; the current official page does not list an individual spring number.
Spring classification
Calcium-sodium chloride spring (weakly alkaline, low-tonicity, high-temperature spring).
pH
7.8.
Flow rate
Not published.
Water handling
The Ten-no-yu and Chi-no-yu bathing areas use natural hot-spring water and alternate between men and women weekly. The current official text does not publish water addition, heating, circulation or disinfection conditions for each pool; the entire facility is not assumed to be source-flowing.

Bathing indications

The facility lists general bathing indications including cuts, burns, neuralgia, muscle and joint pain, and frozen shoulder. This is not a treatment guarantee.

Admission is ¥600 for high-school students and older. The facility's official visitor guide prohibits tattoos.

Bath experience

Comfort
8.5/10
Bath variety
8.5/10
Upkeep
8.0/10
Atmosphere
7.0/10
Quiet
6.5/10
Access
9.5/10
Value
9.5/10

How to read a bath profile

Spring-source temperature and actual bathing temperature are kept separate. Each score is shown independently for comparison rather than collapsed into one overall score.

Sources

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