Shin-yu district, Shima Onsen, Nakanojo, Gunma Prefecture
Kawara-no-Yu Public Bath
A simple, free way to experience Shima's communal bathing culture near the bus terminus. The draw is its location and public access, not a long list of amenities or a place to spend the afternoon.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 09:00–15:00, open daily according to the current listing.
- Tattoo policy
- The current first-party information does not confirm a tattoo policy. Ask the bathhouse before visiting.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- The individual spring source is not published in current official information.
- Spring classification
- Not published for this bathhouse. Shima Onsen's regional spring classification is not substituted for facility-specific data.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- The Shima Onsen Association lists Kawara-no-Yu as an operating communal bath. The current individual listing does not publish the spring name, temperature, or water addition, heating, circulation, disinfection or source-flow conditions.
Bathing indications
Current official information does not publish bathing indications for this individual bath. Area-wide indications are not substituted.
Current official information does not specify water treatment or source-flow conditions.
The three communal baths are free. Bring your own towel, soap and other supplies. This is a small stone indoor bath, not a long-stay visitor facility.
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.
