Gifu Ginan Town, Hashima District
Yudokoro Minori
A Gifu bathhouse of real substance, with everything you need to sink into totonou
- Natural Hot Spring
- Sauna Available
- Natural water cold bath
- Cold Bath Available
About Yudokoro Minori
Yudokoro Minori, in Ginan in Gifu Prefecture’s Hashima District, is a day-use bathhouse that brings together natural onsen, a serious sauna and cold plunges. Its many baths center on sodium bicarbonate spring water from the Ikeda Yuge Onsen source. There are two saunas: a hot, humid sauna with automatic löyly and a Finnish sauna where you can pour löyly yourself. The cold plunges are fed continuously with natural groundwater, making the move from heat to cool-down all the better. It is within walking distance of a station and has parking for 180 cars, and there is also a warm-stone room and plenty of space to rest. Everything is in place to lose track of time and sink into totonou, the deep calm that follows the heat.
Hot SpringONSEN
Ikeda Yuge Onsen
At Yudokoro Minori you can enjoy natural onsen drawn from the Ikeda Yuge Onsen source. The water is a sodium bicarbonate spring, known as a “bath of beauty” that gently removes dead skin. It has a distinctive silky, slippery feel on the skin, and it is also expected to improve circulation, relieve fatigue and ease sensitivity to cold. Both the indoor and open-air baths use this source, so you can savor the gifts of natural onsen to the full.
SaunaSAUNA
High-Temperature Sauna
A hot, humid sauna built as a five-tier tower. The sauna stones sit at the foot of a far-infrared gas stove, and about once a minute a spray of water hits them, a so-called “leaky löyly” that wraps the room in soft, moist steam. Hot air circulates constantly, a setup that lets you sweat deeply even in the high heat. A TV makes longer stays comfortable.
Finnish Sauna Plus (Open-Air Area)
A men-only Finnish sauna in the open-air area. Each time the hourglass runs out, you pour one ladle of aroma water over the stones yourself, and it is a pleasure to sit in the steam at your own pace as the scent of hinoki fills the room. Press a button for an extra round of heat and adjustable vents kick in, sending hot air surging through the room all at once, a distinctive touch. Being able to alternate between this and the High-Temperature Sauna makes it a strong draw for sauna lovers.
Foot-Bath Steam Room
A women-only steam room that combines several treatments. In a room filled with steam, you receive the benefits of a mud pack, a salt scrub and yomogi (mugwort) steaming all at once, while a bubbling foot bath at your feet widens the capillaries and naturally lowers how hot you feel. Its distinctive appeal is the combined effect of all four, guiding you toward healthy beauty.
Cold BathCOLD BATH
Bubbling Cold Plunge (Open-Air)
Gifu’s natural groundwater flows through this plunge just as it is, and bubble jets strip away the thin warm layer around your skin, the “hagoromo”, so the water feels even colder. Set in the open air, it works together with the outside air to deepen the cool-down. The soft water feels lovely, and exhilaration and stillness sit side by side in this one pool.
Cold-Water Plunge
The main, intensely cold plunge, designed for cooling down straight after the sauna. At around 12°C (54°F), it pulls your body temperature down sharply from the moment the water touches your skin. It is plenty deep, so you feel the heat drain away in a short time. The ideal pool for experienced sauna-goers who want a strong cold shock.
Cool-Water Plunge
Set at a moderate, cool-but-not-cold temperature, it is easy to get into even for those who find cold plunges hard. It is designed for longer stays, letting the parasympathetic nervous system take over and gently drawing the heat out of the body. Alternating with the Cold-Water Plunge brings a deeper totonou. Its appeal is a comfort that never gets too cold.
Hot Stone SpaHOT STONE SPA
Warm-Stone & Sauna LeLu
A dedicated area with four kinds of warm-stone room and a cooling room, including “music löyly”, where music and hot air blend, and “löyly you pour yourself”, where you relax with the scent of natural herbs. From löyly with aroma ice to a ceramic warm-stone room, the space combines entertainment with healing. Men and women can use it together in the wear provided, with no time limit, and the warm-stone lounge reserved for its users has free massage chairs. It is a blissful wellness space where you can set body and mind free and enjoy a leisurely detox all day long.
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Facility Information
- Address
- 2-60-1 Shimoinjiki, Ginan-cho, Hashima-gun, Gifu
- Business Hours
- 06:00〜00:00
Closed: the second Tuesday of even-numbered months
- Closed Days
- Irregular Holidays
- Gender Access
- Gender Separated
- Tattoo Policy (Communal Bath)
- No Tattoos
- Official Website
- View official site
Access
By car
- About 8 minutes from Gifu-Kakamigahara IC (Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway, 5.3 km)
- About 10 minutes from Gifu Station (3.6 km)
- From Nagoya: Route 22 → Ginan IC → Route 21 → Tokuda IC → turn right, then left at the first traffic light
- From Gifu: Route 157 → turn left at the Gifu National Highway Office intersection → cross the Sakai River and then the railway crossing
By train and bus
- From Nagoya or Gifu → Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line, get off at Ginan Station
- JR Gifu Station, Nagara Exit, stop 5 → bus W18 bound for Shimokawate (Ozaki Danchi Line) → Shimokawate bus stop
About a 10-minute walk from Shimokawate bus stop
Visited by the Editor-in-Chief
The Editor-in-Chief visited in person in April 2026
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