Ishikawa Kanazawa City
Kinjo Onsen Motoyu
Kanazawa’s pride: a sento sauna with celebrated onsen water and celebrated well water
- Natural Hot Spring
- Free-flow from source
- Sauna Available
- Drinkable natural water (cold bath)
- Natural water cold bath
- Cold Bath Available
About Kinjo Onsen Motoyu
Kinjo Onsen Motoyu is a sento in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. It has two sources of its own, and its large tub fed by the No. 2 source offers water fed straight from the source, never recirculated. The cold plunge is fed continuously with well water pure enough to drink, and its quality stands out. Known as the home base of the Hokuriku Aufguss Team, it holds löyly events several times a week. With a solo sauna and family baths with their own sauna as well, it is a Kanazawa sento sauna to enjoy in any style.
Hot SpringONSEN
Large tub fed straight from the source, never recirculated (Kinjo Onsen No. 2 source)
A true source-fed bath in which the No. 2 source, with an abundant flow of 200 liters per minute, pours into the tub with no heating, recirculation, filtration or disinfection whatsoever. The weakly alkaline water, containing bicarbonate and chloride, gently softens and removes dead skin while forming a moisturizing film, making its skin-beautifying effect easy to feel: “silky in the bath, moist afterward.” The source’s own temperature and freshness are preserved, so you bathe directly in the onsen’s natural power.
Open-air bath (Kinjo Onsen No. 1 source)
An open-air bath using the No. 1 source, one of the place’s two sources of its own. Rich in bicarbonate, it has a strong skin-beautifying effect, while the heat-retaining quality of the chloride spring keeps you warm long after bathing. You can soak in the onsen in the openness of the outdoors and spend a relaxed time feeling the air of the season. For hygiene, the water is heated, recirculated through filters and disinfected, but it is one of the range of baths that only a place with two sources of its own can offer.
SaunaSAUNA
Main sauna
The main sauna room. Its electric stove works by convection, spreading a dry heat evenly. It is a hard-hitting sauna, with about 250 kg of sauna stones piled on a huge sauna stove. Herbs are placed on top of the stove, so when löyly is poured, the steam carries their scent through the whole sauna. Sessions with waves of heat are held regularly, widening the ways to enjoy totonou, the state of deep relaxation.
Cold BathCOLD BATH
Cold Bath
Water drawn up from underground (well water) flows in continuously, and it is pure enough to drink. Soft on the skin as only well water can be, it keeps a gentleness within the cold. At 40 to 60 cm (16 to 24 in) deep, it lets you sink right in, and with fresh water always flowing in, it is wonderfully clear and refreshing. Next to the cold plunge are an indoor bath and an outdoor space for cooling off in the open air, where you can settle into a chair made for totonou and rest at your leisure.
Facility Information
- Address
- To-100-2 Akatsuchi-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
- Business Hours
- Monday06:00〜23:00TuesdayClosedWednesday06:00〜23:00Thursday06:00〜23:00Friday06:00〜23:00Saturday06:00〜23:00Sunday06:00〜23:00Holiday06:00〜23:00
Tuesday
- Closed Days
- Tuesday
- Gender Access
- Gender Separated
- Tattoo Policy (Communal Bath)
- No tattoo-specific restriction
- Official Website
- View official site
Access
By car
- Kanazawa-Nishi Interchange → at the Matsushima-Kita intersection, head toward Seibu Ryokuchi Park and Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital → turn right at the Wakahino-Kita intersection just past the Ishikawa Sports Center
By train and bus
- JR Kanazawa Station West Exit → Hokutetsu Bus No. 52 (bound for Saiseikai Hospital, or for Shimo-Yasuhara via Saiseikai Hospital), about 20 min → Sogo Sports Center-mae or Saiseikai Hospital
- JR Kanazawa Station East Exit → Hokutetsu Bus No. 56 (via Katamachi and Shin-Kanda), about 40 min
- JR Kanazawa Station West Exit → taxi, about 20 min
About a 5-minute walk from the Sogo Sports Center-mae or Saiseikai Hospital bus stops. Parking for 90 cars beside the building and across the road.
Visited by the Editor-in-Chief
The Editor-in-Chief visited in person in October 2025
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