# Yushirushi: Onsen Journal — Hot Spring Check-ins & Notes

> Hot Spring Check-ins & Notes (iPhone/iPad app by 悦 田.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/yushirushi-onsen-journal/id6791968363 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [悦 田](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896610971)
- Category: Travel, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China)
- Released: 2026-07-25
- Data updated: 2026-09-28

## What is Yushirushi?

Yushirushi is a private journal for remembering hot spring visits, personal impressions, and information displayed by each venue. Your journal and personal visit photos are stored on your device.

Add hot spring venues by country and region, then organize them as Favorites or Want to Go. After a visit, save the date, bath type, a five-point personal rating, how the temperature felt, tags, and a short note. Venue, visit, and water-profile entries can all be edited later.

REMEMBER THE VISIT IN PHOTOS
• Keep up to six photos for each visit, using the camera or system photo picker
• Store privacy-safe copies in the app with location metadata removed
• Choose a favorite photo as the visit cover
• When a venue has no saved reference photo, show the newest available personal visit photo as its cover
• Create and share a PNG onsen postcard using only your own selected visit photo

Please take photos only where the venue permits photography and where no other person appears in the image.

REFERENCE PHOTOS FROM WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
Only after you choose Find Reference Photo, Yushirushi sends the venue name and region to Wikimedia Commons to look for candidates. Results are separated into Venue-name candidates, Nearby area references, and Prefecture / region references.

A venue-name candidate is not a guaranteed match. A nearby-area photo may not show the venue itself, and a prefecture or regional reference is not presented as a venue photo. Confirm the location, creator attribution, license, and source page before saving. Results depend on what Commons makes available and on network conditions, so a search may return no suitable candidate. Yushirushi does not import images from Google Images or venue websites.

COMPARE RETURN VISITS
After two or more visits to the same venue, compare the latest two entries. Review their personal photos, ratings, temperature feel, and tag changes side by side.

HOT SPRING PASSPORT
See venues visited, prefectures or areas, return visits, and photo memories together. Journal milestones unlock stamps such as First Hot Spring, Five Hot Springs, Welcome Back, and Ten Visit Stamps. Passport totals are calculated only from records on your device.

WATER INFORMATION WITH ITS SOURCE
Copy information from a venue notice or official website, including spring type, source temperature, pH, dissolved content, and disclosed water treatment. Add a source label and reference URL. If the analysis date is not available, save it as Unknown. pH entries are checked against the 0–14 range.

KEEP YOUR DATA IN YOUR HANDS
• Export venues, visits, water profiles, personal photos, and saved reference media together in a .yushirushi backup
• See preparation progress while media is gathered, followed by the iOS system panel for choosing where to save
• Preview a backup, then merge it with or replace the current journal
• Continue to import legacy JSON backups
• Export visit history as CSV

The app starts in Japanese. You can switch to English or Simplified Chinese in Settings.

Yushirushi has no account, advertising, analytics, or in-app purchases. It does not upload your journal or personal visit photos. Network access occurs only when you open the Wikimedia Commons reference-photo search. The app does not collect location data.

Yushirushi does not test water, assess hygiene or safety, provide medical advice, or claim health effects. It keeps copied venue information separate from your personal impressions.

## Is Yushirushi safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Yushirushi.

## Is Yushirushi legit?

Yushirushi: Onsen Journal has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Yushirushi is 55 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-07-31

This update makes your onsen history easier to revisit and backups clearer to export.

• Backup export now shows preparation progress, then opens the iOS system panel for choosing where to save
• Commons candidates are grouped by venue-name, nearby-area, and prefecture/region search scope
• Labels clarify that venue-name results are not guaranteed matches and area or regional references are not presented as venue photos
• When no reference is saved, the newest available personal visit photo can appear as the venue cover
• Compare the latest two visits to one venue, including photos, rating, temperature feel, and tags
• Collect milestone stamps in the new Hot Spring Passport

Commons results depend on available metadata and network conditions, and a search may return no suitable candidate. Your personal photos and journal are not uploaded.

### 1.2 — 2026-07-30

Your onsen memories can now include photos.

• The app starts in Japanese; switch immediately to English or Simplified Chinese in Settings
• Dismiss the keyboard with Done or by scrolling, with more reliable form saving
• Keep up to six camera or photo-library images per visit, stored on your device
• Choose a Wikimedia Commons reference photo with visible creator, license, and source details
• Compare the reference with a photo from your visit
• Create and share a PNG onsen postcard using only a photo you took or selected
• Export and import a .yushirushi backup containing venues, visits, water profiles, and media

Your journal and personal photos are not uploaded. Network access occurs only when you open the Wikimedia Commons reference-photo search. There are no accounts, ads, analytics, or in-app purchases.

### 1.1 — 2026-07-29

Your onsen journal is now easier to organize, review, and carry with you.

• Edit venue, visit, and water-profile entries
• Add a country or region, Favorite status, and Want to Go status to each venue
• Filter venues by Visited, Favorites, or Want to Go, and sort by name, recent visit, or visit count
• Review six months of visits, average ratings, and bath-type patterns in the new Insights tab
• Export a complete JSON backup and import it by merging with or replacing the current journal
• Export visit history as CSV
• Mark an analysis date as Unknown, with pH input checked from 0 to 14
• Use the app in Japanese, English, or Simplified Chinese

Records and insights continue to stay on your device.

### 1.0 — 2026-07-20

No release notes.

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