Ogoto Onsen, Otsu, Shiga Prefecture
Spa Resort Agaryanse
A full half-day option from Kyoto or Otsu, combining two natural springs, Lake Biwa-facing outdoor baths, saunas, lounges and a heated-stone area. It is not suitable for guests with tattoos or anyone relying on a shuttle after 22:30.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 10:00–24:00; last admission 23:00. The current free shuttle's last departure for Ogoto-Onsen Station is 22:30, before closing.
- Access
- A free shuttle runs to Ogoto-Onsen Station; its current final departure is 22:30. Check the day's shuttle schedule if you plan to stay late.
- Tattoo policy
- Not permitted. The current house rules refuse entry to guests with tattoos or body art, including paint and stickers; guests found inside are asked to leave. No cover-up exception is published.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- About 40°C at Bihada-no-Yu and about 36.5°C at Taiko-no-Fukkatsu; these are source temperatures, not bath temperatures.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- First Natural Spring, Bihada-no-Yu, and Second Natural Spring, Taiko-no-Fukkatsu.
- Spring classification
- Bihada-no-Yu: simple spring (low-tonicity, weakly alkaline). Taiko-no-Fukkatsu: sodium bicarbonate-chloride spring (low-tonicity, weakly alkaline).
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- The facility confirms two natural springs on site and uses them in different baths. Its current main text pages do not fully specify which spring feeds each pool or publish complete water-addition, heating, circulation and disinfection conditions. Carbonated, daily-rotation, silk, jet and cold baths are not all assumed to use natural spring water.
Bathing indications
The 2026 information confirms the classifications of both natural springs. No treatment or medical benefit is claimed here.
Current general admission from 20 June 2026 is ¥1,650 on weekdays and ¥2,050 on weekends and public holidays. Admission includes facility wear and bath towels. The heated-stone area is free for adults, but its clothing and large towel cost an additional ¥300; children below elementary-school age may not use it. Tattoos, body art, paint and tattoo stickers are refused. The free shuttle's last listed departure for Ogoto-Onsen Station is 22:30.
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.
