Day Use
YesReception for day-use bathing runs 11:00 to 15:00, with a final checkout by 16:00. Closures are irregular rather than a fixed weekly day, so it's worth checking before you go.
Day-use bathing is 1,000 yen for adults; children of elementary-school age and under pay 500 yen. Bath towels aren't included, bring your own or rent one for 350 yen at the front desk.
Bathing & Water
Uses natural hot spring water
Open-air outdoor bath
Enclosed indoor bathing area
Cold water plunge bath, typically used after sauna
The cold utaseyu (waterfall bath) runs about 25°C from the unheated source spring.
Capabilities
Private onsen bath in guest rooms, for overnight guests only
Policies & Services
Welcomes children and families
Children under 5 may bathe with an opposite-sex parent; children 5 and older must use their own gender's bath (standard mixed-bathing age policy, posted 2026-02-23).
Shower, wash stations, soap and shampoo provided
Towels available to rent or borrow
A separate name-printed towel is also sold (200 yen) in addition to the rental.
Relaxation space for after bathing
Views
Waterfall
River
ForestHighlights
Utaseyu
Lukewarm BathAbout
Meiji Onsen keeps three baths at three different temperatures, and the old custom is to move between them: a warm open-air bath, an indoor bath with a view that runs unfiltered day and night, and a properly cold plunge fed straight from the source. The water itself is iron-rich, a rust orange color, and lightly carbonated. It's the only inn on this spring, tucked beside a waterfall in the Oku-Tateshina onsen area, the sort of place people call a hitou (秘湯), a hidden hot spring. The spring was found in the mid-Edo period and used by farming families from the surrounding villages for toji (湯治), the old practice of long soaking cures, and the inn itself has been open for more than 130 years, its name said to come from an old phrase for water that clearly heals.
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Last updated July 30, 2026