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Cheap and free onsen in Japan

296 day-use onsen at ¥500 or less, 27 of them free.

Prices are the adult day-use rate from each official site, with the date checked on every page. A free bath may have no towels or soap for sale, so bring your own. Updated 2026-10-18.

296 onsen
Under ¥500

By prefecture

  • Oita 56
  • Yamagata 23
  • Aomori 19
  • Nagano 14
  • Fukushima 13
  • Kagoshima 13
  • Ishikawa 12
  • Wakayama 12
  • Hokkaido 11
  • Tochigi 11
  • Gifu 10
  • Shizuoka 10
  • Tokyo 9
  • Gunma 6
  • Miyazaki 6
  • Niigata 6
  • Akita 5
  • Ehime 5
  • Kumamoto 5
  • Miyagi 5
  • Okayama 5
  • Tokushima 5
  • Toyama 5
  • Hiroshima 4
  • Nagasaki 4
  • Saga 3
  • Shimane 3
  • Yamaguchi 3
  • Aichi 2
  • Fukuoka 2
  • Hyogo 2
  • Mie 2
  • Chiba 1
  • Iwate 1
  • Kagawa 1
  • Nara 1
  • Tottori 1

Questions

Are there free onsen in Japan?

Yes. 27 day-use onsen listed here cost nothing, among them Shirahata no Yu, Kakuju-sen, Gani-yu (Kani-yu).

How much does an onsen cost in Japan?

The median adult day-use price across the 1,237 listed onsen that state one is ¥750. 296 charge ¥500 or less.