Tateyama Sanroku Onsen: Day-Use Hot Spring Prices

Springing from the Hara highlands of Toyama City at the foot of the Tateyama range, Tateyama Sanroku Onsen is a bathing area spreading below the Tateyama Sanroku ski slopes. Soaking while gazing at the majestic peaks in the clear high-altitude air, you forget the bustle of the city.

Highlights

Nearby are Shomyo Falls and the entrance to the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, making it an excellent base for mountaineering and sightseeing. Ski slopes in winter and highland hiking in summer offer no shortage of outdoor pleasures. It is a relatively new hot spring, supplied to lodgings via drilling from around the year 2000, and its sodium bicarbonate water is soft on the skin. Known to be good for cuts and chronic skin conditions, some inns command a full view of the peaks from their open-air baths.

Enjoying the Seasons

Summer is cool as a mountain retreat, ideal for pleasant walks across the green highlands. Autumn brings brocade-tinted slopes and winter a blanket of snow, each season showing a wholly different face. Winter bustles with the ski slopes, and you can see people enjoying snow views after a bath.

Access and Basic Information

It is convenient to travel by car or bus from Toyama Station, and the area lies close to Tateyama Station, the base of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route. The water is a sodium bicarbonate spring, a soft, mildly alkaline water. Lodging and day-use hot springs are scattered about, used as a base for skiing and sightseeing. A hot-spring water stand has also been set up at the source area.

Practical Travel Notes

It is ideally placed to combine with the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route or a walk to Shomyo Falls. Shomyo Falls swells and shows a powerful figure after snowmelt or rain. Since winter draws ski crowds, booking your lodging early is reassuring. As a highland, it is cool morning and evening even in summer, so carrying something to throw on keeps you comfortable. The area is convenient by car, making it easy to plan a tour of the surrounding sights together. Being close to Tateyama Station on the Alpine Route, it also serves conveniently as a base for a night before or after mountain sightseeing.

A Quick Tip

Pairing your visit with the Alpine Route or a walk to Shomyo Falls is recommended. Since winter draws ski crowds, booking your lodging early is reassuring. As the highland chills morning and evening even in summer, having a jacket along keeps you comfortable.

Practical Information for Your Visit

• Spring quality (the hot spring area as a whole): Sodium bicarbonate spring. Rich in bicarbonate ions, it has a smooth, silky feel and is known as a "bijin no yu" (beauty bath)
• Indications: Neuralgia and muscle pain, chronic digestive disorders, skin conditions and more
• Day-trip bathing: Green View Tateyama "Senju no Yu": 10:30-14:30 (reception 10:30-13:30). 1,000 yen for adults, 700 yen for elementary school students, 500 yen for preschool children (tax included). Not available on Tuesdays due to cleaning. The spring is a sodium bicarbonate spring with a pH of 9.52
• Day-trip bathing: Hotel Morinokaze Tateyama: Weekdays 15:00-18:00, weekends and public holidays 12:00-18:00 (last admission 17:00). 900 yen for adults, 400 yen for children. The spring is an alkaline simple sulfur spring with a pH of 9.8
• Open-air bath at Morinokaze Tateyama: Available. A stone-built open-air bath with views of the Tateyama mountain range
• Private bath at Morinokaze Tateyama: 2,200 yen (tax included) per room per hour, 15:00-22:00 (reception until 21:00)
• Towels at Morinokaze Tateyama: You need to bring your own
• Tattoos: Since July 1, 2024, Hotel Morinokaze Tateyama has accepted bathers whose designs are completely covered, for example with dedicated cover stickers
• Day-trip bathing: Hotel Tetora Resort Tateyama Kokusai: 11:00-21:00 (reception until 20:00). This is the former Tateyama Kokusai Hotel under a new name, and the day-trip bathing reception hours have been extended
• Closed facility: Kametani Onsen "Shirakaba no Yu" (formerly Toyama City Shirakaba Heights, 1-10 Kametani, Toyama City) ceased operations on March 29, 2026
• Access: From Tateyama Station on the Toyama Chiho Railroad to each hot spring inn. By car, about 40 minutes from the Tateyama IC on the Hokuriku Expressway
• Time needed: About an hour if you only take a bath. Many inns accept day-trip bathers only until early afternoon or only from the afternoon, so if you are combining this with sightseeing on the Alpine Route, decide your schedule in advance to be safe
• Clothing: Being on a highland, mornings and evenings are chilly even in summer. Bring an extra layer
• Winter road conditions: The area lies at the foot of a ski resort, and there is snow and ice in winter. Winter tires are required if you drive
• Location: 10-3 Hara, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture (Tateyama Sanroku Onsen)

Information Sources

The spring quality, benefits and location of the hot spring area as a whole and access from Tateyama Station and the Tateyama IC are based on the Tateyama Sanroku Onsen page of "Toyama Kanko Navi," the official tourism site of Toyama Prefecture. The spring quality, pH, day-trip bathing hours and fees, and the Tuesday cleaning closure of Senju no Yu were confirmed on the hot spring page of the official Green View Tateyama website, and the spring quality, pH, day-trip bathing hours and fees, open-air bath, private bath fee, need to bring your own towel and tattoo policy of Morinokaze Tateyama on the hot spring page of the official Hotel Morinokaze Tateyama website. The day-trip bathing hours of Hotel Tetora Resort Tateyama Kokusai are from the news section of that hotel's official website, and the closure of Kametani Onsen "Shirakaba no Yu" as of March 29, 2026, is based on a posting on the official tourism site of the Toyama City Tourism Association. The spring quality of Tateyama Yoshimine Onsen is based on published information regarding Tateyama Green Park Yoshimine. Details are subject to change, so please check official information before you set out.