Yunomoto Onsen, Hioki, Kagoshima Prefecture
Yunomoto Onsen Motoyu & Uchikomiyu
A good first stop for Yunomoto's history, two bathing areas and a low ¥200 admission. It is a straightforward shared bath rather than a full-service spa.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 07:00–21:00; last admission 20:30. Closed on the third Wednesday, 1 April and 1 September. Adult admission is ¥200; children of elementary-school age and younger are free. Haradaya rest-room use costs ¥800 and allows multiple baths between 07:00 and 16:00; coworking day use is ¥1,500.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not published. An older 56.5°C figure is not applied to both current springs.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published; the two bathing areas differ, but no fixed temperatures are given.
- Spring source
- Two spring systems used by Motoyu and Uchikomiyu; current well numbers are not published.
- Spring classification
- The city lists both simple sulfur spring and simple spring descriptions.
- pH
- Not published in current facility information.
- Flow rate
- Not published.
- Water handling
- Hioki's tourism association describes the baths as source-flowing. A current technical table detailing water addition, heating, circulation and disinfection for each pool is not available.
Bathing indications
The city lists general indications including neuralgia, skin conditions and digestive complaints. This is travel information, not a treatment guarantee.
The regular bath and Haradaya rest-room product have separate prices and conditions. Tattoo policy is not confirmed.
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.
