Myoken Onsen, Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture
Orihashi Ryokan
A good fit for visitors drawn to Myoken's historic bath culture, a naturally lukewarm spring and a ¥500 soak, rather than a large open-air facility.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Regular day bathing 10:00–15:00; last admission 14:00. The indoor Kizu-yu and Take-no-yu open from 11:30 on Tuesdays and Fridays. The Kizu-yu and Take-no-yu day-use baths were closed on 16 September 2026; check for current notices.
- Tattoo policy
- The current first-party information reviewed does not confirm a tattoo policy. Ask the ryokan before visiting.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 54°C, the facility-specific spring temperature listed by the Japan Onsen Association; not the fixed temperature of the day-use indoor baths.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published as a fixed value. The ryokan calls Kizu-yu lukewarm but gives no current temperature figure.
- Spring source
- Orihashi Ryokan's self-flowing springs, including Kizu-yu.
- Spring classification
- Bicarbonate spring.
- pH
- Not published in the current material summarized here.
- Flow rate
- Not published in the current material summarized here.
- Water handling
- The ryokan explicitly describes its outdoor bath as 100% source-flowing, and Kizu-yu as a naturally lukewarm spring unique to the property. The ordinary day-use baths are Kizu-yu and Take-no-yu; their water addition, heating, circulation and disinfection are not fully documented pool by pool. The outdoor bath's source-flowing description is not extended to every indoor bath.
Bathing indications
The ryokan and Japan Onsen Association list general bathing indications such as neuralgia, skin conditions, cuts and bruises. These are not treatment guarantees.
The outdoor bath is explicitly described as source-flowing. The day-use indoor baths' treatment conditions are not fully published.
Ordinary day admission covers only Kizu-yu and Take-no-yu and costs ¥500 for adults. The large Enoki-no-Yu open-air bath is not part of ordinary day admission. Day-use admission and rest-area charges are cash only.
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.
