Gensenkan (Day-Use Onsen)
Gensenkan suits travelers making the remote Motoyu hot-spring area the destination, rather than just looking for a convenient large bath. Limited car-free access and possible day-use restrictions on busy dates are the main trade-offs.
Property overview
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published; an older third-party figure of 50.6°C is not used as the current Takao-no-Yu temperature
- Bathing temperature
- Not published for the Takao-no-Yu indoor bath or outdoor bath
- Spring source
- Takao-no-Yu spring, used for day visitors; the inn has three spring systems, including Kandanno-yu and the newer Gensenkan bore
- Spring classification
- Sulfur-bearing sodium chloride-bicarbonate spring (hydrogen sulfide type)
- pH
- Not published for Takao-no-Yu alone. The inn gives a combined pH range of 6.4–6.8 for all three spring systems.
- Flow rate
- Not published
- Water handling
- The inn confirms three different spring systems. Day visitors may use only the Takao-no-Yu large bath and the riverside outdoor bath; guest-only rock baths and the other springs are not included. The inn publishes a combined pH range of 6.4–6.8 for its three springs, but does not provide complete treatment details for each bath, so no further conditions are inferred.
Bathing indications
The inn lists rheumatic conditions, neuralgia and impaired movement among Takao-no-Yu's general bathing indications. This is onsen information, not a treatment promise.
From April 20, 2026, day-use admission is ¥1,000 for adults and ¥500 for children aged 4 through elementary school. Reception begins at 08:00 and closes at 19:00. Day use may be restricted on the eve of holidays, holidays and busy periods, especially from 14:00 to 17:30. Only the Takao-no-Yu large bath and riverside outdoor bath are available to day visitors.
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