Gokurakuyu

極楽湯東大阪店ごくらくゆひがしおおさかてん

A kakenagashi hot-spring bathhouse and soba restaurant near Nagata Station

Bathing Complex

Kansai·Osaka

06-4309-1126 gokurakuyu.com

Day Use

Yes

06:00–02:00

Reception closes at 1:30am, half an hour before the bath itself closes. Closed on the third Thursday of each month, except in August, when it stays open every day.

¥600

Adult day-use bathing is 600 yen and includes sauna use. Elementary-school children pay 200 yen, preschoolers pay 100 yen, and children aged 2 and under bathe free.

Bathing & Water

Natural onsen water

Uses natural hot spring water

Outdoor BathYes

Open-air outdoor bath

Indoor BathYes

Enclosed indoor bathing area

A reviewer confirms a separate indoor bath alongside the outdoor rotenburo.

SaunaYes

Sauna room of any kind

Cold BathYes

Cold water plunge bath, typically used after sauna

Bathing Arrangements

Mixed BathingNo

Shared bathing area for all genders

Baths are labelled by gender (men's sauna named separately); no mixed bathing is offered.

Policies & Services

TattooNo

Allows entry with visible tattoos

Tattoos are refused at entry, and the ban explicitly extends to tattoo cover stickers, not just visible ink.

KidsYes

Welcomes children and families

DiningYes

A restaurant or dining room open to visitors, not only meals for overnight guests

WashingNo

Shower, wash stations, soap and shampoo provided

Soap and shampoo are not stocked at the wash stations; bring your own or buy a set at the counter. Three independent 2025-2026 reviews confirm the same.

TowelsNo

Towels to rent or borrow at the desk

Towels are sold at the ticket machine as part of a purchased set, not lent or rented.

ParkingYes

On-site or nearby parking available

Water treatment

Not disclosed

from Article 18 disclosure

Added water
Not disclosed
Reheated
Not disclosed
Recirculated
Not disclosed
Disinfected
Yes
塩素系消毒
Bath additives
Not disclosed

つくもの湯

Tsukumo no Yu

塩

Chloride

Color: gray
Taste: salty
Odor: odorless

Sodium-Calcium Chloride spring

pH 7.4NeutralHot source · 46°C

Composition fingerprint6.7 g/kg dissolved · Hypotonic

Na⁺65

Ca²⁺26

Cl⁻97

◀ CationsAnions ▶

Sodium Na⁺: salt's cation — pairs with chloride to make the water salty.
Chloride Cl⁻: table-salt anion — coats the skin and holds heat in.

Known good for

Warmingcold sensitivity
Aches & jointsstiff shoulders
Cutsminor wounds

A sodium-calcium chloride spring — salty and heat-retaining. Moderately mineralized at 6,735 mg/kg of dissolved solids with a neutral pH, it carries a gray tint at the source and leaves a faint salt film on the skin. The water is chlorine-disinfected before use.

Sampled at wellhead·Analyzed May 12, 2018·株式会社ケイ・エス分析センター·Cert no. R-0055-1

Explore the water

Highlights

Electric Bath

Jet Bath

Steam Sauna

About

Gokurakuyu Higashiosaka is a day-use bathhouse a few minutes from Nagata Station, built around a hot-spring source called Tsukumo-no-yu (つくもの湯). The upper open-air rock bath keeps that water flowing fresh with no dilution: it's salty on the tongue, warms you slowly all the way through, and leaves a lingering heat on the skin after you get out. Indoors there's a plain hot bath, a jet bath, an electric bath, a lie-down bath, a wide cold plunge, a far-infrared tower sauna with automatic steam bursts in the men's section, and a gentler steam sauna. Wash stations don't stock soap or shampoo, so bring your own or pick some up at the counter. It has the scale of a full spa complex but an easygoing, unpretentious feel, and reviewers describe it as clean and spacious. The attached soba restaurant is open to walk-in diners who skip the bath entirely, and it gets favorable mentions of its own in reviews.

Loading map…

Sergey M

1 year ago

314. Gokurakuyu, Osaka Super sento with natural hot spring water, 40 minutes from Osaka station for 520 or 780 (set with body wash and towel). Operating hours listed as 06:00-02:00. They stamp the 41 Kansai Super Sento stamp rally 24/25. Has a restaurant, gift shop, massage, barber shop, and arcade games. No body wash/shampoo provided — bring your own or buy there. 1. Outdoor area. 1.1. Two-level bath. Clear brownish water with mineral deposits. Upper level temperature around 38-39, lower level 41-42. There's a TV. 1.2. Zone to lie down in flowing water. 2. Indoor area. Breathing is fine, no chlorine smell. 2.1. Main bath with clear water, mineral deposits present. Temperature around 41-42. 2.2. Five reclining jet baths. 2.3. Two standing jet baths. 2.4. Two seated jet baths. 2.5. Small bath with one electric zone. 2.6. Sauna. 2.7. Cold bath. Nice place, worth considering for trips near Osaka.