Shirarahama, Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture
Shirarayu
The most practical outdoor bath after time at Shirarahama Beach, with straightforward bus access, washing facilities and a sea-facing setting.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Visitors: 09:00–11:00 and 14:00–21:30. The 07:00–09:00 session is reserved for Shirahama residents.
- Access
- About 15 minutes by bus from Shirahama Station; get off at Shirarahama, where the bathhouse is by the beach.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 66.8°C at Kinu-yu spring; this is the source temperature.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Kinu-yu spring.
- Spring classification
- Sodium chloride spring.
- pH
- 7.2, from the Nanki-Shirahama Tourism Association's Kinu-yu spring data.
- Flow rate
- 171 L/min.
- Water handling
- Shirahama Town identifies a source-flowing bath. Visitors may use the bath 09:00–11:00 and 14:00–21:30; 07:00–09:00 is reserved for Shirahama residents.
Bathing indications
The town lists general bathing indications including cuts, burns and chronic skin conditions. This is facility information, not a treatment guarantee.
The 66.8°C figure is the spring's source temperature, not a fixed bath temperature.
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.
