Ishiki, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Hanano Onsen Tanuki-yu
A standout in Kagoshima City if you want a sub-¥500 natural hot spring with an open-air bath and sauna. It is better suited to a focus on bathing and facilities than to Sakurajima views.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 06:00–24:00; last admission at 23:00. Open year-round.
- Tattoo policy
- The current prefectural tourism and public-bath association pages reviewed do not state a tattoo policy. Check with the bathhouse before visiting.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published in the current primary sources reviewed.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- Two springs on the Hanano Onsen grounds.
- Spring classification
- Simple spring.
- pH
- Not published.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- The prefectural tourism site and bathhouse association describe the emerald-green water from both springs as source-flowing. Complete pool-by-pool details on water addition, heating, circulation and disinfection are not published, so no other treatment is inferred.
Bathing indications
The current official pages identify it as a simple spring. No specific medical benefit is promised here.
The two springs and source-flowing use are confirmed; other treatment details are not published.
Facilities include an open-air bath, cave sauna, cold bath, waterfall bath, jet bath, bubble bath and dining area. Tattoo rules are unconfirmed.
How to read a bath profile
Spring-source temperature and actual bathing temperature are kept separate. Each score is shown independently for comparison rather than collapsed into one overall score.
