Hot Spring / Hot Spring Bath Spots in Kikuchi / Yamaga Area

  • Kikuchi Grand Hotel
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    4.0
    33 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Pref. Kikuchishi Waifu 1144-2
    This hot spring hotel located in Kikuchi City in Mt. Aso's volcanic zone lets you dine on cuisine made with local produce while taking in the seasonal scenery of the Kikuchi Gorge. The hotel's abundant high-quality hot spring water is colorless, transparent, and alkaline. It has a unique feel and beautifying properties that improve the complexion. It's also thought to help alleviate nerve pain and fatigue.

    This onsen must have some great histories as it is big in a small city like Kikuchi. As with most Japanese establishments, it is clean and tidy even though you can see lack of regular maintenance in...

  • Shichijo Onsen Dome
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    4.0
    12 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Pref. Kikuchishi Shichijoumachihayashibaru 962-1
    This hot spring hotel in Kikuchi City welcomes guests who stop by just to use the baths. The spa has 12 kinds of baths, including a footbath and a reservable private family bath. The alkaline hot spring water is said to help relieve nerve pain, muscle soreness, and fatigue. The hotel also has facilities for sports training, seminars, banquets, and other functions.

    菊池市の旧七城町エリアにある施設です。温泉施設がメインですが、宿泊や宴会の瀬施設も整っているようです。 行ってみて、平日なのに人が多くてびっくりですが、よくできた施設だと思います。 ロビー周辺もゆったりしていて広く、温泉も広くて大人数が入っていても、混み合った感じはなく比較的ゆっくりと入れます。いろんな種類のお風呂があって、楽しめました。特にマイナスイオン浴はぬる湯でのんびりできました。露天には歩...

  • Spa Flora
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    4.0
    20 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Yamaga Hirayama 5235
    A one-day spa in Hirayama Onsen Resort, where the traditions date back as far as 1,300 years ago. The bathhouse is equipped with a large hinoki cypress bath with a hot spring water flowing from the source, a garden open-air bath with seasonal mountain views, a massage-type electric bath, a cascading bath, and a far-infrared sauna. The water used is a weakly alkaline, simple, weakly radioactive sulfur spring. It is famous as spring water for beautiful skin, for the water exfoliates the skin. In 2020, a cafe corner, souvenir shop, and farmers' market were newly opened. Also, the lymphatic massage in the facility can be easily enjoyed from as little as 20 minutes.

    閉館1時間ほど前におじゃましました。内湯大浴場は42度ほどの湯温でサウナ、水風呂、電気風呂、打たせ湯があり設備も充実しています。外には熱めの露天風呂とぬるめの小露天がありました。入浴料450円の平山温泉特有のとてもツルスベ感のするかけ流しのとても気持ち良い温泉でした。温泉の泉質はアルカリ性の単純硫黄・弱放射能温泉のようです。

  • Yamaga Dongurimura
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    4.0
    11 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Yamaga Kubaru 3905
    This hot spring resort looks up at majestically beautiful Fudo Rock. The resort has a natural hot spring bathhouse whose baths are supplied exclusively with free-flowing spring water, a farmers market, and a ground golf course. The resort's large outdoor bath is filled with water from a natural spring drawn up from 500 meters underground. The waters of this alkaline simple and mildly radioactive spring are renowned for treating nerve pain and muscle soreness, aiding recovery from fatigue, and promoting health. The resort is also replete with a special dog hot spring bathhouse with showers and dog-sized indoor baths. As long as they are open, they can be used freely at any time. There are also coin-operated dryers.

    脱衣所が暑い 暖房入ってないか?と聞いたが冷房ですとの回答。 せっかく温泉入ったのに汗かく! 目的のうさぎはいなかった。 もういないと言われました。 まあ、でも安くてよかったかな。

  • Tatsugashira Onsen
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    4.5
    10 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Kikuchi-shi Shisuimachi Tashima 620-1
    This day-use hot spring bathhouse stands on the bank of the Goshi River. Here amidst tranquil pastoral scenery, customers can enjoy free-flowing spring water rich in carbonic acid. The bathhouse makes use of a hydrogen carbonate spring whose waters are so concentrated, they generate a pure white carbonic acid foam near the taps they come out of. The bathhouse makes no use of any additional waters whatsoever, ensuring customers can fully enjoy the spring's nutrients and minerals. The waters of the sodium hydrocarbonate/chloride spring have a powerful warmth retaining effect and leave the skin silky smooth, and many praise the spring for its beautifying properties. Note that as the bathhouse does not supply items such as shampoo and body soap, you must bring your own.

    熊本県菊池市、旧泗水町に近い場所にある日帰り温泉です。 炭酸土類泉がかけ流しで使われています。湯口で頭から浴びているおっちゃん達がいますが、湯は新鮮。炭酸の清涼感も良いです。

  • Yu Palace Benten
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    4.5
    2 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Pref. Koushishi Nonoshima 2441-1
    This bathhouse, located a five-minute drive from Miyoshi Station, is one of the largest in Kumamoto Prefecture. The bathhouse has 13 special baths supplied by a sodium chloride hydrogen carbonate spring whose waters are said to beautify the skin. These waters are also said to keep the body warm long after one's bath and treat nerve pain and women's diseases, making them highly popular with women. Other facilities include an indoor heated pool open year round, a pottery studio with ceramics arts classes, a restaurant, and a 182 square meter rest lounge, and customers can relax in the bathhouse' vast confines. The bathhouse' local specialty products market sells fresh, locally grown vegetables.

    ちょうど訪れた日が20日で200円で温泉にはいることができました。靴のロッカーは100円で後で返金でしたが、更衣室のものは10円で返金なしでした。ジャクジーが足裏のマッサージができるのが気持ちよかったです。露天風呂もありました。秋で涼しくなっていたので水風呂はやめておきました。風呂上がりに炭酸水を凍らせた氷を300円で売っていたので帰りの車の中で口にしました。意外にいけるものでした。

  • YUNOKURA Honkan
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Pref. Yamagashi Hirayama 5255-2
    This hot spring hotel is in Hirayama Onsen Resort in Yamaga City, Kumamoto Prefecture. The alkaline simple sulfur spring water from its source continuously overflows from bathtubs, and the water is thought to have beautifying properties that are good for the skin. They have indoor baths, a bubbling jet bath, a sauna, and a large open-air bath surrounded by nature. They welcome visitors who stop by just to use the baths.

    家族で1泊しました。福亭と寿亭とに分かれており、今回は寿亭に泊まりました。 今はスイート的な「別邸」が準備中の模様でした。福亭は2人程度向け、寿亭は4-5人程度向けとなっており、食事が福亭は大広間の座敷で(過去の記憶)、寿亭は半個室です。 部屋には全室ともに半露天風呂がついており、時間や回数を気にせず好きなだけ満喫できますので、俗世間を忘れてのんびりと寛ぐには最適です。(その分、周辺にはコンビニも...

  • Kamenoko Onsen
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Kikuchi-shi Shisuimachi Tashima 1773
    This hot spring bathhouse can be identified by its bright red torii gate standing out amidst the area's tranquil pastoral scenery. The bathhouse is replete with four neat and clean family baths with differing atmospheres, including a stone bath and a tiled bath. All of the baths have views of the adjoining Oka Inari Shrine. The waters of the bathhouse' sodium hydrogen carbonate spring are said to beautify the skin. Here friends or families can relax together in baths supplied with free-flowing spring water straight from the source.

    5年ぶりに再訪しました。温泉は加温していますがかけ流しの気持ちイイ湯でした。つるりとする無色透明の温泉です。露天風呂には亀さんが待っています。泉質はナトリウム-炭酸水素塩温泉です。

  • Yamaga Onsen Sakurayu
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Pref. Yamagashi Yamaga 1-1
    This day use hot spring facility is in Yamaga City, Kumamoto Prefecture. It was demolished in 1973, rebuilt in 2012, and is now one of the largest wooden spas on the island of Kyushu. It features a spacious inner bathing area replete with stone and wood, and its free-flowing alkaline simple thermal spring is said to be good for the skin. They also regularly hold special events such as Yamaga Sakurayu kaito Festival, and more.
  • Toyomizu no Yu
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Kikuchi-shi Shisuimachi Toyomizu 3575
    This natural hot spring bathhouse is located across from Roadside Station Shisui. The bathhouse is replete with 13 private family baths, including a lie down bath, Shigaraki ware porcelain bath, boulder bath, and universal design welfare bath, as well as one general bath for men and women each. In addition to the baths themselves, the bathhouse' showers notably make use of the water of a sodium-hydrogen carbonate chloride spring. The bathhouse does not recirculate or reheat the water whatsoever. The bathhouse also provides free rentals of baby beds and toys which can be used in the baths for users of the family baths.

    菊池市の旧泗水町エリアにある日帰り温泉施設です(道の駅泗水と道路を挟んですぐ近くにあります)。 大浴場もありますが、それほど大きくなく、むしろ家族風呂や福祉湯と名付けられたバリアフリーの浴室もあり、家族湯の方がメインなのかも知れません。 大浴場のお値段は350円と、かなりリーズナブルです。 [施設について] 入口を入ると右手に受付、左手にロビー(というのか、小さな休憩スペース)があります。畳の休...

  • Hana no Bandai
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Yamaga Hirayama Jinnouchi 4998
    This spa resort incorporates an abundance of Asian influences and adjoins the Ichiboku Issou inn in Hirayama Onsen. In addition to a large indoor bath modeled after tropical Bali, the resort is replete with a restaurant and an aesthetic salon which only utilizes hand-based techniques, no machines. The resort's bathhouse makes use of only free-flowing spring water from a natural source spring. This spring contains an abundance of sulfur and its waters are renowned for their beautifying properties. The resort's restaurant serves original cuisine created without the use of any frozen or ready-made foods whatsoever. The resort also offers a money-saving plan which includes bathhouse access and a meal.

    平山温泉の日帰り温泉施設・華の番台の中のレストランです。 入浴とランチとのセットプランがあり、リーズナブルな平日限定の日替わりランチ 入浴込で1,200円を取ってみました。和食・洋食・パスタから選べるということで家族と共に、洋食とパスタを食べました。味はお値段相応ですが、ちゃんとした料理が出てきます。 レストランはこじんまりとしていますが、お洒落な感じ。掘りごたつ式の席と通常の畳席がありました。隣...

  • YUTORELO YAMAGA
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Pref. Yamagashi Munakatadori 702
    This hot spring hotel is located in Yamaga City, Kumamoto Prefecture. All of the water in the baths is from an alkaline simple thermal spring flowing freely from the source. It's said to have beautifying properties and be good for the skin. The large public bathing area features an open-air bath encircled with stones. They welcome guests who just come to use the baths, so they see both local visitors and tourists alike.
  • Chiyoyu
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Yamaga Koga Jusan Department 1075-12
    "This public bathhouse is located in Yamaga Onsen, a small hot spring district situated along the Buzen Highway. The bathhouse is famously the only public bathhouse in Yamaga City with a sauna and outdoor bath. The bathhouse' name means ""bath of a thousand years"" and was chosen out of the hope that customers would always be healthy and live long lives. The bathhouse' waters have a nice feel and are said to treat a wide variety of ailments, including nerve pain, muscle soreness, motor paralysis, and recovery from fatigue. A day-use bathing package includes a delicious meal of seasonal seafood in the affiliated restaurant, and many customers dine here after their bath (advance reservation required)."

    山鹿でも老舗の温泉施設です。親しみやすい感じです。 [施設全体について] 建物は二階建てで、一階が大浴場、二階に休憩室があります(以前は有料だったのですが、公式サイトでは料金の記載がなく、無料になったのかもしれません。未確認ですいません)。 施設としては銭湯風の感じで庶民的な雰囲気でした。入口を入って靴を置く棚があります。鍵がかかるロッカーもありますが、棚に入れるのが自然な感じ。正面の受付で入浴...

  • Yudokoro Fugetsu
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Yamaga Hirayama 5955
    This private reservable outdoor bathhouse facility is located in the Hirayama Onsen, which is encircled by quiet rural mountain and forest scenery. Located in a famous hot spring district which, according to legend, samurai lord Kato Kiyomasa visited to partake in therapeutic bathing, here customers can enjoy free-flowing hot spring water bathing. The water in the baths in each of the 15 bathing rooms is replaced each time, ensuring customers will always enjoy a freshly drawn bath, anytime. The waters of the bathhouse' natural spring contain an abundance of sulfur and have a viscous texture. These waters are renowned for treating chronic skin diseases and chronic women's diseases. The bathhouse also offers a full array of free amenities, including shampoo, dryers, and facial lotion.

    住所は山鹿市ですが、山鹿温泉ではなく、山鹿市平山の平山温泉内の施設です。 約5年ぶりに平山温泉に立ち寄りました。 はっきり言って平山温泉は、ハズレは無いと思います。 平山温泉は、以前より家族風呂を中心に何度も立ち寄っていましたが、泉質は違えど、どこもトロトロ湯です。 そして、何よりもお安い!! 今回の風月は、毎回お湯の入れ替え式で、基本は60分で1500円より...

  • Kikuchi Wakuwaku Onsen
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Kikuchi-shi Wataru 37-5
    This hot spring bathhouse is open from early in the morning until late at night and is located about 300 meters from Kikuchi City Hall. Here, in the heart of Kikuchi City, customers can savor the characteristically velvety smooth waters of the Kikuchi Onsen hot spring district at a reasonable price. Customers can also make use of a diverse variety of bathing facilities, including a rock bath, sauna, and high grade ubame oak charcoal mist sauna. The waters of the bathhouse' alkaline spring are said to treat such ailments as nerve pain, muscle soreness, joint pain, and motor paralysis. Note that as the bathhouse does not supply items such as shampoo and body soap, you must bring your own.

    内湯のみですが、歩行湯もあります。お湯はつるつるして気持ちがよいです。朝6時から営業しており、300円はとてもリーゾナブルです。

  • Miyazono Onsen
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Yamaga Shimoyoshida Da 646-2
    This day-use hot spring bathhouse is located in the Yamaga Onsen hot spring district situated on the border between Kumamoto Prefecture and Fukuoka Prefecture. Standing in a corner of a quiet residential district, the bathhouse is replete with 13 private family baths, a large indoor bath, flowing walking bath, and more. The bathhouse' baths are filled exclusively with free-flowing spring water from a source spring which wells up from 550 meters underground. These waters have a viscous texture and prevent post-bath chills, and customers rave that the warmth they impart lasts long after one's bath is over. In addition to the baths themselves, the waters of the spring are also used in the bathhouse' showers. The bathhouse also has a shallow lie down bath in which small children can safely bathe.

    道に迷いながら到着しました。 細い住宅街の道を進んで行くと広がります。 やっと見つけた、宮苑温泉です。 貸し切り湯 60分1300円の露天風呂付きのお風呂です。 トロトロのお湯で熱さも自分で調節出来ます。

  • Fuji Hotel (Kumamoto)
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Pref. Yamagashi Shouwamachi 506
    All of the rooms at this hot spring hotel feature hot tubs with 100% free-flowing thermal water from the source. It's weakly alkaline simple spring water and is said to help alleviate joint pain and aid muscle soreness. Their popular fifth floor large bathing area is spacious with high ceilings and a view of the town.
  • Kikuchi Onsen Hourai
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Kumamoto Kikuchi-shi Wai 1124
  • 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.
  • 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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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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