Onsen - Takayama or Gero

[JasonS]

I'm heading to Japan in just a few weeks, and will be in Takayama for a few days. For some reason, it didn't occur to me until just a couple days ago that I should try to visit an onsen while I'm there. Unfortunately, I've only been able to find a couple possible onsen online.

The one place I've found in Takayama looks more like a rather modern public bath (sento?) than a hotspring. Has anyone been here, or do you know of other onsen in Takayama?

http://www.kankou-gifu.jp/en/hotsprings/takayama.html

Gero is just a short train ride to the south, and I understand there are several onsen located within some of the ryokan, and I can buy a pass for some of those.

Does anyone know if any of the onsen in Gero are open to the public later in the evening?

Thanks!

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

The onsen which is recommended in a Takayama area is Shin-Hotaka Onsen and Oku Hida Onsen.
It is acceptance time of a visitor from a hotel of Gero onsen and the outside of Ryokan.
http://homepage1.nifty.com/fuufuyuuyuu/sub14/gero.htm

There is a free outdoor bath in a riverbank of onsen street of Gero onsen.

[JasonS]

It's a few days late, but:

Arigatou gozaimashita, Nagashima-san.