Aratae no Yu
TypeNatural Hot Spring
A chloride hot spring pumped from 800 m underground. It has a silky, slippery feel and is known for retaining heat well, making it less likely you will feel chilled after bathing.
A bathing facility proud of an 800 m deep source spring and well-appointed saunas
Tokushima Komatsushima City
Yudokoro Aratae Komatsushima in Komatsushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, is a bathing facility offering extensive amenities and a natural hot spring. The saunas include a genuine high-temperature stone sauna and a slow, sweat-inducing salt sauna (sauna types and temperature settings differ between men and women). After tightening up in the cold plunge bath chilled to around 18°C by a chiller, you can relax outdoors on chairs or in the reclining outdoor bath in the open-air area. The hot spring, drawn from 800 meters underground, is also a major attraction with excellent heat-retention properties.
TypeNatural Hot Spring
A chloride hot spring pumped from 800 m underground. It has a silky, slippery feel and is known for retaining heat well, making it less likely you will feel chilled after bathing.
Sauna TypeSalt Sauna
Capacity8people
A salt sauna where you apply salt to the body to promote gradual sweating. It can also help improve skin condition.
Sauna TypeDry Sauna
Stove Typestone
Capacity15people
A high-temperature sauna equipped with a Metos stove model "Izness." A spacious environment where you can work up a good sweat.
Sauna TypeDry Sauna
Stove Typefar_infrared
Capacity3people
A Bona sauna with the heat source housed behind the wall. It gently warms you through to the core.
Water Qualitytap
Capacity2people
A cold plunge bath chilled to around 18°C by a chiller. Located in the open-air area, it lets you soak with a sense of openness.
Closed Days: None
13-1 Kuroiwa, Tatsue-cho, Komatsushima City, Tokushima Prefecture 773-0017, Japan
Gender Access
Gender Separated

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A bathing facility proud of an 800 m deep source spring and well-appointed saunas
Tokushima Komatsushima City
Yudokoro Aratae Komatsushima in Komatsushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, is a bathing facility offering extensive amenities and a natural hot spring. The saunas include a genuine high-temperature stone sauna and a slow, sweat-inducing salt sauna (sauna types and temperature settings differ between men and women). After tightening up in the cold plunge bath chilled to around 18°C by a chiller, you can relax outdoors on chairs or in the reclining outdoor bath in the open-air area. The hot spring, drawn from 800 meters underground, is also a major attraction with excellent heat-retention properties.
TypeNatural Hot Spring
A chloride hot spring pumped from 800 m underground. It has a silky, slippery feel and is known for retaining heat well, making it less likely you will feel chilled after bathing.
Sauna TypeSalt Sauna
Capacity8people
A salt sauna where you apply salt to the body to promote gradual sweating. It can also help improve skin condition.
Sauna TypeDry Sauna
Stove Typestone
Capacity15people
A high-temperature sauna equipped with a Metos stove model "Izness." A spacious environment where you can work up a good sweat.
Sauna TypeDry Sauna
Stove Typefar_infrared
Capacity3people
A Bona sauna with the heat source housed behind the wall. It gently warms you through to the core.
Water Qualitytap
Capacity2people
A cold plunge bath chilled to around 18°C by a chiller. Located in the open-air area, it lets you soak with a sense of openness.
Closed Days: None
13-1 Kuroiwa, Tatsue-cho, Komatsushima City, Tokushima Prefecture 773-0017, Japan
Gender Access
Gender Separated

Curated by an expert who visits onsen and sauna facilities every day and has explored 300+ locations — only facilities confirmed to be truly exceptional are featured.
Learn more