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Fujiyama Onsen and the other day-use baths around Fuji

Fujiyama Onsen, the big wooden bathhouse in Fujiyoshida, is closed for now. These are the day baths you can still walk into near the mountain, how each one works and which accept tattoos.

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What to know first

01Fujiyama Onsen: Closed until further notice after earthquake damage.¹
02Nearest open bath: Yurari in Narusawa, with a free shuttle from Kawaguchiko.²
03Price at Yurari: From 1,200 yen for adults, by day and hour.³
04Gotemba side: Fuji Hakkei no Yu and Konohana no Yu.⁴ ⁵
05With tattoos: Konohana no Yu welcomes tattooed guests.⁶

Fujiyama Onsen: closed for now

Fujiyama Onsen in Fujiyoshida closed on 24 June for a renewal of its interior. After the earthquake of 26 June, damage was found in part of the building, and the bath decided to stay closed until repairs and a safety check are complete.⁷ ¹ Its notice, updated on 27 June, gives no reopening date, and its price page shows the same notice in place of a timetable.¹

Many travel guides still list Fujiyama Onsen as open, so it is easy to arrive at a locked door. Check the bath's own notices page before you go, and keep one of the alternatives below in your plan. It sits at 4-17-1 Shin-Nishihara in Fujiyoshida, next to the Highland Resort Hotel & Spa, whose guests have had free entry during their stay.⁸ ⁹

When it reopens, it is worth the trip for the building alone. The bathhouse copies the Kusakabe merchant house of Hida-Takayama, uses no nails in its beams, and has a pure-wood bath hall with a 12 m ceiling that the bath, by its own survey, counts among the largest in Japan.¹⁰ The hall is built of zelkova, cypress and pine.¹⁰

A visit

From the shoe locker to the exit

Entrance

Shoes off

Into a locker before the reception desk.¹¹
Reception

Towels and wristband

At Yurari the wristband is key and bill.¹²
Changing room

Everything off

Onsen bathing is done without swimwear.¹³
Washing area

Wash and rinse

Clean up fully before entering the water.¹⁴
Exit

Pay up

Yurari settles the wristband as you leave.¹⁵

What Fujiyama Onsen offers when it is open

The water is a magnesium, calcium and sodium spring rich in metasilicic acid, 81.2 mg per kg by the bath's own figures, with a source temperature of 30 degrees; it is heated and recirculated, with no water added.¹⁶ That is well above the 50 mg per kg of metasilicic acid that alone qualifies water as a hot spring under the national definition.¹⁷

Its open-air bath is built of green stone, kept at 42 °C on the men's side and 41 °C on the women's.¹⁸ A morning bath has run daily from 6:30 to 9:00, before regular opening at 10:00.¹⁹ There are no private baths, so everyone uses the shared ones.²⁰

Tattoos are a grey area. Its FAQ admits guests whose tattoos can be fully covered by up to two of the bath's own cover stickers, sold at the front desk, while its bath-rules page still lists tattoos and tattoo stickers among the reasons for refusal.²¹ ²² Ask by phone before you rely on either page.

Admission

Adult entry at Yurari by day and hour

yen

Adult prices as Fuji Chobo no Yu Yurari lists them on its own FAQ page, with a lower rate from 19:00.²³ ³

Compare

Day baths around Fuji right now

Bath	Status	Hours	Tattoos
Fujiyama Onsen bathhouse	Closed	None posted	Pages disagree
Yurari day bath	Open	10:00 to 21:00 or 22:00	Not allowed
Benifuji no Yu day bath	Check first	From 6:00 on winter weekends	Not allowed per a tour
Fuji Hakkei no Yu day bath	Open	10:00 to 21:00	Not allowed
Konohana no Yu day bath	Open	Ask the bath	Welcome

From each bath's own site, Yamanashi's official guide, Odakyu's guide and one tour listing; hours change with the season.¹ ²¹ ²² ²⁴ ²⁵ ²⁶ ⁴ ²⁷ ⁶

Decision helper

Which day bath should you choose?

Pick the situation that matches yours

I am at Lake Kawaguchi without a car I want the red Fuji at dawn I have a tattoo I want to see Fujiyama Onsen

Yurari

Free shuttle from Kawaguchiko station, about 20 minutes.²

Benifuji no Yu

Opens at 6:00 on weekends and holidays, December to March.²⁶

Konohana no Yu

Odakyu's guide says tattooed guests are welcome.⁶

Wait for the reopening

It has been closed until further notice since the summer.¹

Yurari: the open day bath closest to the lakes

The Fuji Yurari hot spring, full name Fuji Chobo no Yu Yurari, is the day bath most visitors to Kawaguchiko end up using. It has 16 kinds of baths, two restaurants and body-care services, and its water comes from a fault zone 1,500 m below the Aokigahara forest.²⁸ ²⁹ It stands in Narusawa village beside the roadside station.³⁰

It is open every day from 10:00, until 21:00 on weekdays and 22:00 on weekends and holidays, with last entry an hour before closing.²⁴ Adults pay 1,400 yen on weekdays and 1,700 yen on weekends and holidays, or 1,200 and 1,500 yen after 19:00, as the bath lists its prices.²³ ³ No booking is needed for the public baths.³¹ Plan on spending at least an afternoon: the free rest room is part of what you pay for, and a quick dip wastes most of the entry.

Two rules matter. People with tattoos may not bathe, even if the tattoo is covered with a sticker, although they may use the restaurant and massage.²⁵ And the bath closes for maintenance in early June and in December, with dates posted on its website.³²

Map

The baths north and south of Mount Fuji

The lake towns and the Narusawa plateau on the north side, Gotemba on the south-east, then the whole mountain with the Fifth Station and the Yeti slopes.

Map of Lake Kawaguchi, Fujiyoshida, Narusawa, Oshino and Lake Yamanaka with Kawaguchiko Station, Fuji Lake Hotel, Ubuya, Fujiyama Onsen, Yurari, Fujiten, Oshino Hakkai and Benifuji no Yu — Lake Kawaguchi and the north side

Map of Gotemba with Gotemba Station, Konohana no Yu at the outlet mall and Fuji Hakkei no Yu on the Otome Pass road — Gotemba

Map of Mount Fuji with the Fifth Station on the Subaru Line and Fujiyama Snow Resort Yeti on the south side — Around the mountain

1
Kawaguchiko Station
Yurari's free shuttle, booked ahead, runs from here in about 20 minutes.²
In Google Maps ↗
2
Fuji Lake Hotel
On the lakeshore since 1932, with a hot spring drawn from 1,500 m down.³³
In Google Maps ↗
3
Ubuya
An inn whose guest rooms all face Mount Fuji and the lake.³⁴
In Google Maps ↗
4
Fujiyama Onsen
Closed until further notice after damage found following the earthquake of 26 June.¹ ⁷
In Google Maps ↗
5
Fuji Chobo no Yu Yurari
A day bath with 16 kinds of baths; no bathing with tattoos, even covered.²⁸ ²⁵
In Google Maps ↗
6
Fujiten Snow Resort
Its 2026-2027 ski season is planned to open in mid-December.³⁵
In Google Maps ↗
7
Oshino Hakkai
The spring ponds where our day trip stops for 1 hour.
In Google Maps ↗
8
Benifuji no Yu
Opens at 6:00 on winter weekends and holidays for the red Fuji at dawn.²⁶
In Google Maps ↗
9
Gotemba Station
Free shuttle to Fuji Hakkei no Yu from the Otome exit; buses to Konohana no Yu.³⁶ ³⁷
In Google Maps ↗
10
Konohana no Yu
Day bath at the outlet mall with 19 private open-air baths; tattoos welcome.³⁸ ⁶
In Google Maps ↗
11
Fuji Hakkei no Yu
Halfway up the Otome Pass, open 10:00 to 21:00, no tattoos.⁴ ²⁷
In Google Maps ↗
12
Mt. Fuji 5th Station
The Yoshida Trail starts here at 2,305 m.³⁹
In Google Maps ↗
13
Fujiyama Snow Resort Yeti
Slopes at 1,300 to 1,450 m on the mountain's Second Station.⁴⁰
In Google Maps ↗

Open the map in Google Maps

Checklist

Before a day-bath visit

Check online

The bath's notices page for closures
Last entry, often an hour before closing
Free shuttle times and booking

Bring

Cash or a card for the entry and extras
Water for after the bath
A hair tie for long hair

Video

Our first Japanese onsen experience at Mount Fuji

The player loads on your tap, not before.

Benifuji no Yu at Lake Yamanaka

Further east, Benifuji no Yu sits in Yamanakako village. Yamanashi's official travel guide describes an open-air bath in a large garden, and says Mount Fuji can be seen from every bathroom.⁴¹ ⁴² It also has two types of sauna, a bedrock bath, a spacious rest room and a restaurant with local hoto noodles.⁴³

Its name comes from the red Fuji, the snow cap lit pink at sunrise. On weekends and holidays from December to March the bath opens at 6:00 so that bathers can see it.²⁶ That early opening is the reason to visit in winter, and a reason to stay near Yamanaka the night before. Dress warmly for the walk from the changing room to the garden bath on those dark winter mornings, and be in the water before the sun clears the ridge.

One caution: the prefecture's guide gives no regular opening hours, so confirm them with the bath before a long trip. One of the coach day trips from Tokyo uses Benifuji no Yu as its hot spring stop, and that listing says tattoos are not permitted there.

Gotemba: Fuji Hakkei no Yu and Konohana no Yu

On the south-east side, Fuji Hakkei no Yu sits halfway up the Otome Pass with a wide view of the mountain.⁴⁴ It opens from 10:00 to 21:00, with reception until 20:00, and closes on the second and fourth Thursday of each month unless that day is a holiday.⁴ A free shuttle runs from the Otome exit of Gotemba station.³⁶

It refuses bathing to people with tattoos.²⁷ After a machine fault it closed from 15 September and reopened on 29 September, and its cold plunge pool has been out of use since 3 October.⁴⁵ ⁴⁶ Small notices like these appear on the top of its website, so look there before you set out. Check the shuttle times on the day, since the last bus back to the station leaves well before the bath closes.³⁶

Konohana no Yu stands in the grounds of Gotemba Premium Outlets, connected to HOTEL CLAD, with large indoor baths, open-air tubs that face Fuji and 19 private open-air baths.⁵ ³⁸ Odakyu's guide to it states that guests with tattoos are welcome, which makes it the default choice for tattooed bathers near the mountain.⁶

How a day bath works, step by step

The routine is the same almost everywhere. Shoes go into a locker at the entrance.¹¹ At Yurari you then hand the shoe-locker key to reception and receive a bath towel, a face towel and a wristband that serves as both your locker key and your bill.¹² Everything you buy inside goes on that wristband and is paid as you leave.¹⁵

In the changing room, everything comes off; onsen bathing is done in the nude, and swimwear stays behind.¹³ Wash at a washing station, rinse well, pour a little hot water over yourself, and only then step into the bath.¹⁴ ⁴⁷ Keep the small towel out of the water and your phone in the locker.⁴⁸ ⁴⁹

Most day baths are built for a long stay, not a quick dip. Rest rooms, restaurants and massage are part of the visit, and many people spend half a day moving between the baths, a meal and a nap. At Fujiyama Onsen, when it is open, you pay at an automatic machine before you leave, by cash or card.⁵⁰

Which bath fits your plans

If you are staying at Lake Kawaguchi without a car, Yurari is the obvious choice: the free shuttle from the station takes about 20 minutes, booked ahead.² If you are at Lake Yamanaka, Benifuji no Yu is closest, and winter dawns there are the main event. A night by Lake Yamanaka makes that dawn soak far easier than an early drive from Tokyo.

If you are coming from Tokyo on the day trip this site features, you will not visit Fujiyama Onsen or Yurari. The tour's last stop is one of the Gotemba options, Konohana no Yu, Fuji Hakkei no Yu or Gotemba Onsen Kaikan, or the outlet mall instead, and the onsen ticket is paid by you.

With a tattoo, plan around Konohana no Yu. Yurari and Fuji Hakkei no Yu say no outright, Fujiyama Onsen's pages disagree with each other, and our tour's listing names Konohana no Yu as the bath that admits tattoos.²⁵ ²⁷

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