Hot Spring / Hot Spring Ryokan Spots in Kumamoto Area

  • Sagarahan Ganjoji Onsen
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Hitoyoshi-shi Ganjojimachi 402-1
    A public hot spring located about five minutes on foot from Sagarahan Ganjoji Station. In a building with an old-fashioned atmosphere, guests bathe in a mildly alkaline bicarbonate salt spring. The distinctive gourd-shaped tub has rounded larger and smaller parts. The lightly colored water has a reputation for helping heal cuts and alleviate nerve pain, as well as improving gastrointestinal disorders when consumed. It also smooths the skin, and many put in on their faces in place of lotion when getting out of the bath. There's a vegetable shop beside the break room, and the facility is a popular spot where the locals go to mingle.
  • Ukeba Onsen Hanatebako
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Hitoyoshi-shi Nakagamimachi Shiromoto 1044
    A public bath in the countryside near the Kuma River, one of the three fastest rivers in Japan. It has a unique outdoor bath made from one of the boats that ply the river. The tub brims with simple hot spring water that's gentle on the skin, leaving it smooth and soft. With a cascade bath and a sauna, it's a great place to unwind and enjoy a soak.
  • Tsutsumi Onsen
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Hitoyoshi-shi
    Founded in 1921, this is the oldest public bath in Hitoyoshi. It's an important gathering spot for the locals to this day. It has a retro feel without anyone onsite managing it; you leave the bathing fee in the box provided. The two maple-patterned tile bathtubs are separated by a divider. The sodium hydrogen carbonate chloride spring is known for the fine bubbles that collect on the skin, leaving it silky smooth. Sengetsu Shuzo next door manufactures and sells authentic shochu Japanese spirits.
  • Yunotsuru Onsen Hoken Center Hotarunoyu
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Minamata-shi Yude 1532-2
    A hot spring health center at Yunotsuru Onsen, famous for its curative waters. Enjoy its high-quality simple sulfur spring in a calm atmosphere imbued with the pleasant fragrance of wood. Legend says Yunotsuru Onsen was discovered 700 years ago when the Heike fugitives saw an injured crane soaking there. Selected as one of the New 100 Japanese Hot Springs, it's called Bijin-no-Yu for its extremely high-water quality. With a shop selling lots of local specialties and a free break area, it's known as a great place to unwind.
  • Rinsennoyu
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Amakusa-gun Reihokumachi Shiki 1281
    A hot spring center located about 40 minutes by car from Amakusa Airport. It has a large indoor bath with a spectacular view of the Chijiiwa-nada and Amakusa-nada seas, as well as a floating jet bath, a whirlpool, and a sauna. The simple alkaline hot spring isn't very irritating, so it's gentle on the skin. It is said to aid recovery from fatigue, as well as alleviate lower back pain, chronic digestive diseases, etc. Lots of people stop in for a soak after working up a sweat at the adjacent athletic park and hot spring pool. It also has Amakusa City's only hot spring vending machine, letting you bring the water with you to enjoy at home.
  • Sumoto Onsen Center Kappa Roman kan
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Amakusa-shi Sumotomachi Baba 3725-1
    A hot spring bathhouse about 30 minutes by car from Amakusa Airport. The building has a kappa (mythological Japanese river creatures) theme. It has a stone-encircled outdoor bath, a large indoor bath, and a family bath. The clear, colorless, simple alkaline hot spring is rich in radon and good for the skin. It has a restaurant and a rest area where you can relax while looking out at a Japanese garden with a pond and waterfall.
  • Hotel Alegria Perlano Yubune
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Amakusa-shi Hondomachi Hirose 996
    A natural hot spring bathhouse at Spa Resort Hotel Alegria Gardens Amakusa. It has two natural hot spring baths: Yama-no-Yu and Mori-no-Yu where visitors can soak up the seasons, everything from spring's new green to the colors of fall. There is also a private family bath and their Umi-no-Yu bath with a panoramic view of the Ariake Sea. They make use of a simple spring that isn't too hot. As the water doesn't irritate the skin, both children and adults can safely bathe there. After your bath you can use their germanium and maifanite bedrock bath and oil lymphatic massage service. There is also a restaurant serving meals made with local ingredients.
  • Yatsushiro Sencho Kenko Onsen Center
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Yatsushiro-shi Senchomachi Shinmuta 1433
    A hot spring bathhouse located in the Patoria Sencho complex with its cultural and community welfare centers. It's located about five minutes by car from Shin-Yatsushiro Station and features hot spring water flowing freely from the source. The slightly cloudy saline spring has a reputation for helping alleviate nerve pain and chronic dermatitis. It has a variety of tubs for visitors to enjoy, including a large indoor bath, bubbling bath, cascade bath, electric bath, and sauna.
  • Toyo Exchange Center Seseragi
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Yatsushiro-shi Toyomachi Minami 1051-1
    "A complex that promotes ""nature, healing, and food."" It has a natural hot spring, a vegetable restaurant, and a vegetable stand selling produce direct from local farmers. Except for the main bath, all the baths on the second floor Kakenagashi Tennen Onsen Yume Akari facility are fed by hot spring water flowing freely from the source. The simple alkaline water is gentle on the skin and non-irritating, so it's refreshing for body and mind. The large indoor bath has a high ceiling and is equipped with three bathtubs with varying temperatures. They also prepare seasonal soaking opportunities such as ginger and yuzu baths. Their shops sell prepared and original products featuring ginger, a Toyo-machi specialty."
  • Kurokawa Onsen
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Aso-gun Minamiogunimachi Manganji Kurokawa
    A hot spring district surrounded by lush greenery sprawling amid mountains with commanding views of Mt. Aso and the Kuju Mountains. The area has gained prominence for its novel town renewal initiative which treats the entire hot spring district like a single ryokan inn-for example, Kurokawa Onsen sells a pass which allows access to every hot spring bath facility in the district called the Nyuto Tegata. There are several different source springs in the area with differing compositions, and visitors can enjoy bathing in hot spring waters with different qualities in different bathhouses. Another attraction of the area is the many ways in which you can enjoy hot spring waters here-in addition to indoor and outdoor baths, there are face baths which you can use to steep your face in steam rich in hot spring minerals, facilities where you can get healthy hot spring water for drinking, footbaths, and more.
  • Hirayama Onsen
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    4.5
    41 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Yamaga Hirayama 5346-1
    The culture and traditions of this hot spring district, which once prospered as a post station town Yamaga, were shaped by the Kikuchi River. There are several inns here with their own hot spring sources, each offering different health benefits but all perfect for soothing away the fatigue of a weary traveler. Here visitors will find 15 lodging establishments ranging from traditional ryokan inns with detached bathhouses to public bathhouses to mass-market inns. There are also many casual day trip hot spring facilities in the area, and visitors can enjoy bathing in and comparing the waters of different bathhouses. There are also many tourism destinations in the area, such as the Buzen Highway, a road lined with old-fashioned merchant townhomes; and the Yachiyoza theater, build by a local businessman in 1910. Gourmands will also be delighted by the area's fresh seafood from the Ariake Sea, horsemeat cuisine from local city farms, and country-style dishes made with local vegetables.

    トロットロのお湯が良い意味で肌にまとわりついてくるような感覚。とても素敵なお湯だと思います。お湯から上がった後は、肌がすべすべになりますね。家族湯や日帰り入浴できる施設が多いのも嬉しいです。

  • Kikuchi Onsen
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    4.0
    28 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Kikuchi-shi Wai
    A hot spring district located in northern Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu; developed in 1954, the area's hot spring baths are filled with nothing but 100% natural hot spring waters. These waters are colorless, alkaline, and gentle on the skin. In 2011, the district was selected as one of Japan's 100 most famous hot springs. It is believed that the hot spring waters here were discovered after digging in the ground according to the instructions given by a white dragon in a dream. The Kikuchi White Dragon Festival, held each year in August, re-enacts the legend, and many tourists come to see huge white dragon puppets, 50 meters long and weighing 50 kilograms, as they wind their way through the city's streets. The district is also full of places to enjoy natural beauty and history, such as Gosho-dori Street, a road which leads straight to the approach of Kikuchi-jinja Shrine; and the Tsuiji Ide, a waterway created during the Keicho era by the samurai lord Kato Kiyomasa.

    今回の九州旅行に行くまで、菊池温泉をはじめとする熊本県本部の温泉については、まったくその知識がありませんでした。行くにあたって調べてみると、このあたりには「美人の湯」として評判の温泉が点在していることを知りました。 菊池市の市街地にもいくつもの温泉宿が建っていましたし、市の中心部にある「きくち観光物産館」には、立派な足湯もありました。別名「美肌の湯」「化粧の湯」といわれる菊池温泉は、アルカリ性...

  • Tsuetate Onsen
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Aso-gun Ogunimachi Shimojo Tsuetate
    A hot spring district boasting a 1,800 year long history. Bifurcated by the Tsuetate River, steam rises from the ground throughout this hot spring town known as the retreat of the Kyushu region. In the early Heian period, the great monk Kobo Daishi conveyed his impression of the efficacy of the waters found here through a poem, stating, Entering the hot water/praying for disease to be healed/many return home leaving behind their canes. This hot spring district remains beloved by many today. Tsuetate means standing cane, and according to legend this name is derived from people leaving their bamboo canes standing here, which then grew leaves and branches. The town is dotted with 26 source springs, and the waters gushing forth from colorless mildly saline common salt springs forms part of the town's lovely scenery. The Michikusa Annainin-kai society provides local guides with which visitors can talk and explore the area, and one fun activity is to stroll amidst the area's old fashioned townscape and many bathhouses. Advance reservation is required to use this local tour guide service.
  • Kannoniwa Onsen
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    3.5
    22 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Pref. Asogunogunimachi Shimojou 4112

    杖立川がつくる渓谷沿いに、杖立温泉がありました。杖立温泉の温泉街を南へと抜けると、杖立川に架かる橋があって、その先で国道と合流します。その橋を渡らないで、川沿いの狭い道を少し進むと観音岩温泉にたどり着きました。 杖立川の河岸に並ぶ観音岩温泉は、家族風呂の専門温泉です。まるで街道のように川沿いに並んだそれぞれの部屋は、扉を開くとそれぞれに全く違ったお風呂が備えられているそうですよ。

  • Ryokan Yayanoyu
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    4.5
    11 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshikitaku Uekimachiyonetsuka 366

    We went to Kumamoto to see the Lantern Festival. As part of the festival, there is a charming show. Tickets for the 8:30pm show goes on sale at 6pm so that you eat in town. However, this ryokan...

  • Shinonsen
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    4.5
    15 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Hitoyoshi-shi Koyamachi 80-2

    人吉の紺屋町にある公衆浴場。青いトタン屋根に古い木造の建物。昭和6年からやっているそうです。入口を入ると、銭湯のように番台があります。脱衣場が広々していて、レトロ感にあふれています。浴槽は小さいですが、茶褐色の温泉がかけ流しされていて、熱めのとてもいい温泉です。

  • Kunugi Yu
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    4.5
    14 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Aso-gun Ogunimachi Nishizato 2978

    温泉はよいが受付けの男性の態度は傲慢で気分が悪い。 繁盛店のため客を大切にしていない。 簡単に言葉で客を不快にさせる。

  • Hirayama Onsen Moto Yu
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    4.5
    10 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Yamaga Hirayama 256

    以前は地元の人ではないと入られないという雰囲気がたまらない温泉でしたが新しくなり、地元ではない人も入りやすくなった分やはり雰囲気も新しくマニアックな雰囲気が好きな私としては以前の雰囲気が好きだったなと思います。

  • Turunoyuyatushiroten
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    3.5
    4 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Pref. Yatsushiroshi Kawatamachinishi 505

    竜峰山登山後に利用。 大人400円。シャンプーやボディソープなどのアメニティはないので持参必要。 サウナ二種類、露天風呂、ジェット風呂、電気プロテクターなど、施設は少し古いが充実している。八代市の物産品もあり。

  • Tsuetate Onsen Ryokan Yamaga Ya
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Aso-gun Ogunimachi Shimojo 3396

    温泉地自体が寂れているので5日間泊まった内、4日は客が私一人であった。お陰でゆっくりできた。1泊税込7,000円少しなので、一般客のような料理等期待できないが、1日3食で十分満足できた。過剰なサービスもなく孤独を楽しみたい方には良い。ただ5日間は正直長かったと感じた。

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Kumamoto lies in the center of Kyushu, a calm prefecture perfect for easy strolls around the historic center and lazy evenings in the natural hot springs at Kurokawa Onsen. For a slightly more strenuous activity, head to Mount Aso, whose surrounding hills offer hiking opportunities aplenty with views over the active volcano.

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