Ryujin Onsen, Ryujin, Tanabe, Wakayama
Shimogoten Ryokan (Day Use)
A historic riverside inn, but confirm the short bathing window
Property overview
Overview
Shimogoten offers a traditional inn atmosphere beside the river. The published day-use hours conflict: a tourism listing gives 12:00–14:30, while the prefectural association lists 12:00–21:00. Use the shorter window as a planning limit and call the inn on the day.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 46.0°C in the inn's published analysis from June 16, 2008
- Bathing temperature
- Not published
- Spring source
- Shimo-no-Yu, a Ryujin Onsen spring
- Spring classification
- Sodium bicarbonate spring (mildly alkaline, low-tonicity, high-temperature spring)
- pH
- 7.8 in the inn's published analysis from June 16, 2008
- Flow rate
- 68 L/min, naturally emerging, in the inn's published analysis from June 16, 2008
- Water handling
- The prefectural hot-spring association lists recirculating filtration, no added water, heating to maintain a comfortable temperature and iodine sanitation. The inn still publishes an analysis based on a sample collected in 2008.
- Analysis date
- 2008
Bathing indications
The inn's analysis lists general bathing indications for the spring. This does not guarantee a treatment effect.
The 46.0°C source temperature, pH 7.8 and 68 L/min yield come from a 2008 analysis, not a 2026 reanalysis. Published day-use hours conflict; plan for 12:00–14:30 and call the inn to confirm. The tourism listing gives adult admission as ¥1,200.
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Beside the Hidaka River in Ryujin Onsen, in the mountains of Tanabe. Check bus connections and the return timetable before setting out.
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