Hot Spring / Hot Spring Bath Spots in Kumamoto Area
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Kumamoto
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- Shimoda Onsen Center, Shirasagi-kan
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- Kumamoto Pref. Amakusashi Amakusamachishimodakita 1290-1
- This day-use spa is in Shimoda Onsen, a hot spring enclave with an 800-year history. The sodium - hydrogen carbonate - chloride thermal spring is all natural and flows freely from the source. It's said to help alleviate cuts and nerve pain. The spa has a large main bathing area, a Jacuzzi, a sauna, and a reservable family bath. It's popular with locals and tourists alike.
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- Spa House Jougen no Tsuki
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- Kumamoto Tamana-gun Nagomimachi Otaguro 310-1
- "A little-known hot spring bathhouse located in Nagomi Town, Kumamoto Prefecture. All of the bathing rooms in this day trip hot spring bathhouse have an indoor and outdoor bath. The bathhouse' exterior is painted in beautifully contrasting black and crimson lacquer. In total, the bathhouse has 13 unique bathing areas, including the Aitetsu no Yu, which bears a theme based on the popular folktale Bunbuku Chagama; the ""Tale of the Bamboo Cutter""-themed Geppaku no Yu; and the Hisui no Yu, which has a spacious Shigaraki ware outdoor bath. The bathhouse is supplied with water from a strongly alkaline simple springs considered one of the best in Kyushu. The waters of this spring are said to treat nerve pain and joint pain, keep the body warm long after your bath, and leave your skin smooth and soft."
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- Onsentei Yu-an
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- Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshikitaku Uekimachikamekou 1526-1
- A day trip hot spring bathhouse located a 20-minute drive from Ueki Station on the JR Kagoshima Main Line. The bathhouse has high class Japanese-inn style garden corridors and a total of 17 tea ceremony arbor-style family bathing rooms. Each room has its own carefully designed atmosphere and facilities, such as semi-outdoor baths, indoor baths, and a semi-outdoor bath plus indoor bath. The waters of the bathhouse' sodium carbonate salt spring are said to treat such ailments as nerve pain and fatigue. Other facilities include Heaven's Door, a Thai-style relaxation room; and Waraku, a restaurant where you can enjoy Inaniwa udon noodles and seasonal cuisine, ensuring customers can have plenty of fun even while they wait for their bath.
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- Hot Spring for Adults’ Day Trips Ruri-no-Yu
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Kumamoto Pref. Asogunminamiogunimachi Manganji Takinooshi 5887-1
- This is a modest adult hot spring facility in Minami-Ogunimachi valley. Built using the incline of the mountain, the baths in the facility are private and annex-style, and each have their own charm with plentiful spring water from the source. The deluxe suite has a bed too, and overnight stays are possible. The other rooms also have Japanese-style rest areas attached. Children under junior-high school age are not permitted.
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- Kikuchi Onsen Hourai
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Kumamoto Kikuchi-shi Wai 1124
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- Suzugatani Onsen
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Kumamoto Aso-gun Ogunimachi 2243-1-2
- This hot spring is owned and operated by Okamoto Tofuten, a longstanding tofu shop which was established in the Meiji period. The grounds of the Inaka no Yado Okamoto mountain inn are replete with two outdoor baths and two family baths. The outdoor baths boast wonderful, open scenery and can be used by guests 24 hours a day. There's also a day-use plan which includes hot spring bathing, meal, and a room to rest in, enabling even non-guests to experience relaxation you don't find every day. The facility can also be rented out, and customers rave this is a place where families with children can enjoy themselves without reserve.
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- Kissho no Yu
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Kumamoto Aso-gun Ogunimachi Shimojo 4132-4
- "This hot spring bathhouse only has outdoor baths and is located in Tsuetate Onsen, a hot spring district which continues to be loved as the ""retreat of Kyushu."" The bathhouse grounds, said to be some of the largest in Kyushu, are designed like a garden and harmonize rock and tree, making it possible for visitors to savor forest therapy amidst seasonal scenery. The bathhouse is replete with five varieties of baths, including bucket baths one can have all to oneself, and men's and women's wood baths, lava baths, and rock baths. The bathhouse exclusively uses the waters of a natural mildly alkaline simple spring to fill its baths, and these waters are said to emulsify and wash away oil and secretions on the skin, beautifying it in turn."
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- Take-no-yu Jigokudani Onsen Tengumatsu Yuka
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Kumamoto Aso-gun Ogunimachi Kitazato 1800-33
- This public bathhouse is located in Oguni Town in northeastern Kumamoto Prefecture. The bathhouse' grounds, situated amidst lush, green forest, are dotted with detached private baths. Customers can choose between four varieties of reservable hot spring baths - quarried stone, rock, hinoki cypress, and bucket baths. Each employs a coin-operated timer system and its waters are replaced with each user, ensuring you'll always enjoy a fresh-filled bath which no one else has been in. The bathhouse' outdoor baths are filled with the waters of a sodium-chloride spring which generates over 400 liters of piping hot water a minute. These waters contain an abundance of metasilicic acid and are renowned for treating such ailments as cuts, skin diseases, and recovery from fatigue. The bathhouse also has a premium reservable bath (family bath) in which customers will feel like they're staying at an extravagant hot spring inn.
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- Benzaiten no Yu
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- Kumamoto Aso-shi Otohime 2073
- This hot spring bathhouse is situated on the eastern side of Otohime Pension Village at the foot of Mt. Aso. Here visitors can enjoy bathing in blessed hot spring waters from Mt. Aso. The dark reddish-brown waters of the bathhouse' magnesium-sulfate spring are renowned for improving atopy, beautifying the skin, and recovery from fatigue. The bathhouse is open on Fridays, Saturdays Sundays, and holidays and is reservation-only. Nearby is Otohime Shrine, a Shinto shrine on whose grounds can be found a dry riverbed rock formation resembling the goddess Kannon which records state Empress Jingu prayed to some 1,500 years ago for a safe birth and which is said to in turn grant worshipers safe childbirth.
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- Public Bathhouse Shironoi Onsen
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Kumamoto Kikuchi-shi Wai 1375
- This public bathhouse adjoins the Shironoi, a ryokan inn established in 1957. Here customers can soak in natural hot spring waters piped from 300 meters below the ground. The bathhouse makes use of two privately owned alkaline simple springs with colorless waters. Enwrapped in the bathhouse' good old-fashioned atmosphere, customers can ease away the fatigue of their journey. As there are no towels, soap, shampoo, or other such items supplied in the bathing area, you should bring your own (the bathhouse also sells bathing necessities). In addition to guests of the inn, the bathhouse is also open to non-guests as a day-use bathhouse as well.
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- Fuji no Yu
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Kumamoto Kikuchi-shi Shisuimachi Tashima 2444
- This natural hot spring bathhouse is located on the grounds of the Kumamoto Fuji Concrete Kogyo company's main factory a 20-minute drive from the Ueki Interchange on the Kyushu Expressway. For the extremely reasonable entry fee equal to the price of a soft drink, you can immerse yourself in natural hot spring waters. The waters of the bathhouse' sodium-hydrogen carbonate chloride spring are said to treat such ailments as nerve pain and muscle soreness, and customers also rave that they leave your skin slippery smooth. The bathhouse was originally used as a health and recuperation facility for employees, but today it is open to the general public and is widely loved by many, from local residents to regulars who travel great distances to come here.
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- Itsuki Onsen Yumeuta
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Kumamoto Kuma-gun Itsukimura Ko 2672-54
- This natural hot spring bathhouse adjoins Roadside Station Komoriuta no Sato Itsuki. The waters of the bathhouse' mildly alkaline simple spring are renowned for treating such ailments as joint pain, chronic illnesses, and rheumatism. The neat and clean bathhouse is replete with an outdoor bath, jacuzzi, and electric bath, as well as a sauna which makes use of deep sea stone from Finland, and a high grade ubame oak charcoal steam bath. Here customers can relax to their heart's content while gazing at seasonal natural beauty.
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- Ebisu no Yu
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Kumamoto Kuma-gun Taragi Machi Taragi 1561
- This bathhouse, located near Kumagawa Railway Taragi Station can be identified by its golden statue of the god Ebisu situated at the intersection. Here customers can enjoy dry and steam saunas, a private family bath, a walking bath, and an outdoor bath. In addition to bathing facilities, it has a reception hall capable of accommodating up to 100 people, all of which are available to customers at a reasonable price.
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- Fureai no Oka Koryu Center
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Kumamoto Tamana-gun Gyokutomachi Konoha 372
- This community center is located on top of a small hill which looks up at the front of Mt. Konoha, symbol of Gyokuto Town. The center is comprised of a bathhouse and a farmers market. In the bathhouse, customers can enjoy facilities such as an outdoor bath with a view of the Kyushu Shinkansen, a scenic lookout sauna redolent with the gentle fragrance of wood, and a hinoki cypress private bath (additional fee required). The farmers market sells fresh fruits and vegetables from the local area. The market's Honey Rosa ice cream, made with the Japanese plums which are a local town specialty product, is particularly popular. The Honey Rosa sherbet has a refreshing, lightly sweet flavor that is perfect for enjoying after a bath.
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- Benisanzashi
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Kumamoto Tamana-gun Nagomimachi Otaguro Matsugamoto 284
- This hot spring bathhouse is located a 15-minute drive from the Nankan Interchange on the Kyushu Expressway. Encircled by atmospheric scenery, the bathhouse is replete with 13 private reservable bath buildings. One of the great things about the bathhouse is the fact that you can enjoy free-flowing spring water in all of its baths. The waters of the bathhouse' natural alkaline simple and mildly radioactive spring are renowned for treating such ailments as nerve pain, muscle soreness, sensitivity to cold, and chronic skin diseases. Each of the bath buildings is outfitted with a different bath for customers to enjoy, such as a bucket bath surrounded by mountain scenery, a chawan bath made of Arita ware porcelain, and a bath made by hollowing out a camphor tree which was over 200 years old.
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- Tama no Yu
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Kumamoto Tamana-shi Iwasaki 391-1
- This public hot spring bathhouse is located a five-minute drive from Tamana Station. The bathhouse makes use of the colorless waters of a mildly alkaline simple spring which are renowned not only for easing nerve pain and muscle soreness but also for leaving the skin silky smooth. They are also said to be treat joint stiffness, promote recovery from fatigue, and improve health. Because it is open from early in the morning and it makes it possible to enjoy natural hot spring bathing at a reasonable price, many of its customers are regulars who come here almost every day.
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- Yamabushi Onsen
- Accommodations / Hot Spring
- Kumamoto Yamaga Naka Fushi Nabe 1028-3
- Located a short distance from downtown Yamaga, this family bathhouse has 17 baths surrounding a courtyard in a spacious building, each equipped with a 28°C cold spring bath. There is also an udon shop in the parking lot.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
Kumamoto Areas
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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